DUNKELHEIT PRODUKTIONEN is proud to present a special
collection of re-recordings from HORRID titled As We
Forget Our Past. The CD version shall be released on
December 31st, while the vinyl LP version shall be
released on February 18th, 2020.
Italy's longest-running death metal band, HORRID have
built an enviously dependable, unyielding body of work
since 1989. Starting with more primitive influences
but soon moving on to those of early Entombed and
Dismember, the band spent the 1990s solidifying their
sound over a clutch of demos and EPs. Eventually, come
2002, their debut album manifested itself as Reborn in
Sin. From there, the name HORRID has continued to
stand for the timeless upholding of classic death
metal values.
Now, after two brand-new albums for DUNKELHEIT -
2014's Sacrilegious Fornication and 2017's Beyond the
Dark Border, each one as critically acclaimed as the
last - once again do HORRID align with DUNKELHEIT for
a special anniversary record. Fittingly titled As We
Forget Our Past, the 10-song/53 album features a slew
of "greatest hits" re-recorded with HORRID's lineup
that's been firm since 2015. As such, these ten tracks
together form a sort of symbiosis with the preceding
Beyond the Dark Border, given the massive crunch &
crush of that career highpoint. With the original
songs stretching back to 1997's Blasphemic Creatures
and ranging 2002's Reborn in Sin, 2006's Rising From
the Hidden Spheres, 2011's The Final Massacre, and
even Sacrilegious Fornication, here do HORRID put on a
masterclass of pure 'n' proud DEATH METAL: melodic yet
dark, dynamic yet devastating, the power-trio bring
the past into the present with seemingly effortless
aplomb. Despite the usually tawdry proposition of most
re-recordings, truly does As We Forget Our Past both
re-acclimate and re-animate, this lineup of HORRID's
executing these old creations with a palpitating
breathlessness and goosebump-inducing poignancy,
especially where the lead-guitar work is concerned.
Suitably, the band round out the record with a
brand-new song, the title track "As We Forget Our
Past," bring that past into the present and setting
their sights on the future.
Timeless yet fresh, and perfectly complemented by
moody, awe-inspiring cover art courtesy of Matteo
Autunno Di Domenico, HORRID breathe new, rotten life
into the undead with As We Forget Our Past!
Belfagor - Rhythm and Lead Guitars
Dagon - Vocals, Bass and Lead Guitars
Eligor - Drums
All Music by Belfagor and Horrid. Lyrics by Horrid,
except Track 2 and 7 by James. Tracks 4 and 8 by
Riccardo. Track 10 by Dagon. Artwork/Layout and
additional graphics by Matteo Autunno Di Domenico.
Band photo by Marta Elan Rossetti. Recorded by Davide
Ariostini at Walking Cloud Studio, Italy. Mixed and
Mastered by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio,
Italy. Executive Production by Dunkelheit
Produktionen, 2019. WWW.DUNKELHEIT.CC