Polish technical death metallers, Decapitated, released their sixth album, Blood Mantra, on September 26th, via Nuclear Blast. A full stream of the album can be found below.

Blood Mantra debuted at #5 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #24 on the Billboard Hard Music chart. Checking in from his home studio as the band prepares for their upcoming North American tour, guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka shares the following about the chart debut:

“We debuted on the Billboard charts again? We couldn't be more happy that Blood Mantra has such big support! The album also entered the Polish charts at the amazing #11 position, which is our highest chart entry ever. Thanks a lot to our fans for their big support and to our label Nuclear Blast and the Mystic Production Team for their passion and hard work to make that happen. In few days we start our tour with GWAR and American Sharks. Hope to see you there. For those who can make it, come to our three headlining shows with Misery Index!”

Blood Mantra was recorded at Hertz Studio in Bialystok (Poland) under the direction of Wojtek and Slawek Wiesawski. The artwork was created by Polish artist, Lukasz Jaszak, who also made the cover of Carnival Is Forever.

Tracklisting:

"Exiled In Flesh"
"The Blasphemous Psalm To The Dummy God Creation"
"Veins"
"Blood Mantra"
"Nest"
"Instinct"
"Blindness"
"Red Sun"

Digipak bonus track:

"Moth Defect"

“Instinct” video:

"Blood Mantra" lyric video:

Trailer:

Wacaw "Vogg" Kietyka states: "Extreme and groove - I think that's the best way to describe our new album. This time we feel that we have something totally crushing and huge. Blood Mantra is the most heavy and mature album we ever did in our carrier. I cannot wait to start to play songs live because riffs are soo deep and powerful."

Decapitated have been confirmed as direct support on The GWAR Eternal Tour 2014. Check out all live dates at Decapitatedband.net.

Decapitated will tour Poland from November 20th - 30th - their first promotional tour in four years - where the band will perform as a headliner, presenting songs from their upcoming album, Blood Mantra. Decapitated will be supported by three bands - Thy Disease, Materia, and The Sixpounder.

Details about cities/dates can be found below. Because of the large number of Decapitated concerts abroad, it is just a first part of the Polish tour. In the coming days the second part of the tour, scheduled for January 2015, will be announced.

 

 

Blood Mantra Tour 2014 dates:

November

20 - Kielce, Poland - Wspak
21 - Lublin, Poland - Graffiti
22 - Krosno, Poland - Iron
23 - Warszawa, Poland - Progresja
24 - Bialystok, Poland - ACK Sepularium
25 - Olsztyn, Poland - Andergrant
26 - Torun, Poland - Lizard King
27 - Lodz, Poland - Luka
28 - Gdansk, Poland - B90
29 - Poznan, Poland - U Bazyla
30 - Bydgoszcz, Poland - Estrada