Legendary German Thrashers EXUMER are all set for the release of their long anticipated comeback album Fire & Damnation, to be released April 6th/10th via Metal Blade Records in Europe, April, 10th in North America!
Metal Blade has now launched a landing page that includes pre-order links as well as the brand new song Fire & Damnation! Surf over to http://www.metalblade.com/
Comments EXUMER singer Mem V. Stein: „With „Fire & Damnation”, we tried to create the most punishing and dominant thrash metal album of our career. No lackluster songs, no fillers, no lazy performance and no compromises. It moves straight forward from the the very first song to the last, delivering a vibrant mix of skilled musicianship with the urgency of the classic thrash records from the 1980s!”
Also make sure to surf over to Metal Blade TV to check out the trailer that features music of Fire & Damnation as well as the stunning front cover! The art direction and production of the clip was executed by German-born artist Cyphers-X, who has worked with bands such as The Very End in the past.
EXUMER recorded their first new album in 25 years with renowned producer Waldemar Sorychta (Grip Inc., Therion, Sodom, Moonspell, etc.) at the helm. The 10-track strong, hard-hitting CD Fire & Damnation combines a punishing production with aggressive song writing. EXUMER manages to capture the intensity and feel of the 1980s thrash metal gems and yet sound up to date on their latest output.
Fire & Damnation will catapult EXUMER back in the forefront of the international music markets and the following live assaults in 2012; will only further cement the band’s cult status among the ranks of classic thrash metal acts in the world!
Tracklisting Fire & Damnation:
1. Fire & Damnation
2. Vermin Of The Sky
3. The Weakest Limb
4. A New Morality
5. Waking The Fire
6. Fallen Saint
7. Crushing Point
8. Devil Chaser
9. I Dare You
10. Tribal Furies
11. Destructive Solution (bonus livetrack)
12. A Mortal In Black (bonus livetrack)
13. Xiron Darkstar (bonus livetrack)
EXUMER are:
Mem V. Stein-Vocals
Ray Mensh-Guitars
T. Schiavo-Bass
H.K.-Guitars
Matthias Kassner-Drums
Formed in 1985, by singer/bassist Mem V. Stein and guitarist Ray Mensh, EXUMER went on to release two albums in 1986 (Possessed by Fire), and 1987 (Rising from the Sea), that are regarded as some of the most cult thrash metal releases ever to come out of Germany. EXUMER was also one of the first thrash metal acts to capture exotic, foreign markets like Poland and Brazil, where their albums were domestically released in the 1980s. The subsequent tours that followed those releases secured the band live shows in front of thousands of fans and an unusually large following outside of Germany.
Plagued by line-up changes and internal turmoil the band broke up in 1990, and did not perform live, with the exception in 2001 at the prestigious Wacken Open Air Festival, until 2009.
Mem and Ray decided to re-activate EXUMER in 2008, and the band embarked on their first tour since 1988, where they played 5 shows in April/May of 2009. The „5 Nights of Fire Tour”, took the band through Europe (Germany, Holland, Greece), and the USA, where they headlined the „Thrasho de Mayo Festival”,in front of 1300 fans in Los Angeles.
EXUMER returned to Europe in spring and the fall of 2010, where the band appeared at Norway’s „Inferno Festival”, among other stops in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and Bulgaria during their„European Ignition Tour Part I & II”.
Watch out for Fire & Damnation to be released the 6th/10th of April, 2012! Fire & Damnation will be released as a limited Digipak-CD including three bonus tracks as well as on vinyl!
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