Chicagoland-based melodic death metal band STARKILL will release their debut album, Fires Of Life, on April 29th in Europe and April 30th in North America via Century Media. Check out a new album trailer below:

The album artwork was done by renowned metal artist, Joshua Belanger, in which he properly portrayed the epic musical styling of the band.

Fires Of Life tracklisting:

'Whispers Of Heresy'

'Fires Of Life'

'Sword, Spear, Blood, Fire'

'Below The Darkest Depths'

'Immortal Hunt'

'New Infernal Rebirth'

'Strength In The Shadow'

'This Is Battle; This Is Our Day'

'Withdrawn From All Humanity'

'Wash Away The Blood With Rain'

The track 'Whispers Of Heresy' is streaming below:

The band's video for 'New Infernal Rebirth' can be seen below:

Another video, for the track 'Fires Of Life', filmed mainly in the studio (but also featuring candid clips of Starkill), can be seen below:

Listen to the track 'Sword, Spear, Blood, Fire' below:

Starkill was formed at the tail end of 2008 by Parker Jameson, Spencer Weidner and Charlie Federici. The band makes no qualms about wearing their influences on their sleeves. They combine what they love - melodic death metal, shredding guitars, blasting drum beats and the epic sounds of modern film scores - and make some of the most promising metal music heard this side of the Atlantic in years.

Starkill lineup:

Parker Jameson: Lead guitar, vocals, keyboards and orchestral programming

Spencer Weidner: Drums

Charlie Federici: Guitar

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