Incoming Death, the new album from Dutch doom death metal division Asphyx will be released on September 30th via Century Media Records. The album’s title track is streaming below. The clip enhancing the song was edited by Carl Assault and features live footage from the band’s performance at Brutal Assault Open Air 2015.

Vocalist Martin van Drunen checked in to comment on the song as follows: ““Incoming Death” was musicwise composed in perhaps 10 minutes when Husky and Paul were checking the sound in the Perle am Rhein studio for the flexi recordings. When we all freaked out on it, we knew we had the title track for the album. It's so typical our Asphyx death metal style. Straight forward, no nonsense, three riff, in-your-face death metal. Not that we were looking for a title track that would be in the tradition of ‘Death The Brutal Way’ or ‘Deathhammer’. It just came out like this. It's a damn neckbreaker to raise hell to when playing live and that's why the choice for the track was only natural. Stanza, chorus, repeat, bridge, stanza, chorus, end. That's how it's done. On Instinct. Lyric wise three times death and gore by plague, aliens and zombies. And some metalbeasts are even shorter than two minutes! So grab a beer, bang that head and scream along. This is fucken Asphyx and we always deliver the goods! “

Next to the album’s standard version on CD, Gatefold LP (with poster) and Digital Download, Incoming Death will also be as a limited edition 2-Disc Mediabook (with 3 stickers), including two bonus cover versions (“Servants Of The Warsmen” by Winter and “Master” by Master) as well as a DVD including the Asphyx live shows at Czech Republic’s Brutal Assault Open Air 2015, France’s Hellfest 2016 and the videoclip for “Deathhammer”.

The album’s vinyl version will be issued in the following versions:

Black vinyl – Unlimited
White vinyl – Limited to 200x via CMR Europe Webshop
“Death Stench” green vinyl – Limited to 200x via CMR USA
Transparent Red vinyl – Limited to 500x via CMR Distro Europe
Clear vinyl – Limited to 300x via High Roller Records
Picture Disc Winter Camouflage – Limited to 500x via Nuclear Blast Records

The pre-sale via CMR Distro for Europe starts on Friday, September 2nd.

Incoming Death tracklisting:

“Candiru”
“Division Brandenburg”
“Wardroid”
“The Feeder”
“It Came From The Skies”
“The Grand Denial”
“Incoming Death”
“Forerunners Of The Apocalypse”
“Subterra Incognita”
“Wildland Fire”
“Death: The Only Immortal”

Martin van Drunen checked in with the following comment about the album: “Incoming Death, the third Asphyx album after our resurrection in 2007, contains 11 furious songs in the traditional death/doom style which we are known for so well. Only more unmerciful than ever! Lyrical themes include gore humor, death, doom, war, sci-fi, the varying trustworthy Asphyx subjects, each fusing perfectly with the metal of the tracks.

“The album title already existed two or three years ago, being a phrase that doesn't really exist but refers to what entrenched soldiers cry out when under severe artillery fire. Thus Incoming Death implies another relentless bombardment of monstrous Asphyx death/doom metal!”

The album’s artwork (which can be seen above) was once more created by longtime design-ally Axel Hermann (Sodom, Grave, Morgoth), who commented on the artwork approach as follows: “Incoming Death is my tenth collaboration with Asphyx. Instead of visualizing the obvious, which would have been a reaper just collecting the soul of a dying man on his deathbed, I tried a maybe more sinister approach, simply by giving the concept a slightly different twist. A demon-infested living cemetery filled with decaying souls, forever being tortured with their own consciousness...or worse!”

And Martin van Drunen added the following: “Of course no Asphyx release without the magnificent cover art of Axel Hermann, whose interpretation of the title fits superb with the atmosphere of the recordings. His demons are ours and soon they will be yours too!”

On the live-front, Asphyc have confirmed some more shows, including a second special Incoming Death album release show at the Turock venue in Essen, Germany for Thursday, October 6th, the day before the other previously announced album release at the Willemeen venue in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Grab your tickets cheaply while supply lasts.

September
3 - Essen, Germany - Turock Open Air
10 - Hüttikon, Switzerland - Meh Suff Fest
17 - Püchersreuth, Germany - Storm Crusher Festival

October
6 - Essen, Germany - Turock / Album release show!
7 - Arnhem, The Netherlands - Willemeen / Album release show!

November
19 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Dolní oblast Vítkovice
26 - Bucharest, Romania - November To Dismember Festival

January
14 - Berlin, Germany - Slaughterhouse

March
4 - Umea, Sweden - House Of Metal Festival

April
16 - München, Germany - Dark Easter Metal Meeting

More dates to be announced soon.
 
Asphyx lineup 2016:

Paul Baayens – Guitars
Alwin Zuur – Bass
Martin van Drunen – Vocals
Stefan “Husky“ Hüskens – Drums

(Photo - Negakinu.com)