In any serious conversation about death metal the nameVOMITORYhas to come up. Following their inception in 1989, between 1996 and 2011 they dropped eight of the most blistering albums the genre has spewed up, the quartet parting ways in 2013. However, the band's retirement turned out to be short lived, returning to stages in 2019 to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, and now they drop their first new full-length in twelve years, the monstrousAll Heads Are Gonna Roll.
For a first preview of the album, a video (directed by Marcus Svensson /dpmarcus.com) for the title track All Heads Are Gonna Roll can be viewed at:metalblade.com/vomitory- whereAll Heads Are Gonna Rollcan also be pre-ordered in the following formats:
- Digipak-CD
- 180g black vinyl
- dim gray marbled vinyl (limited to 700 copies)
- crimson red marbled vinyl (limited to 500 copies)
- clear w/ red & white splatter vinyl (limited to 300 copies)
- silver w/ black splatter vinyl (limited to 300 copies)
- red w/ purple splatter vinyl (limited to 300 copies) Sound Pollution exclusive
Cover art by Giannis Nakos
Boasting the classicVOMITORYsound with a few new twists and turns, it is everything their faithful could have hoped for, the band having taken their time before committing to it rather than rushing in. "We weren't feeling any pressure, it was rather about making a decision whether we should continue as a band, i.e. release new material, or simply put the band back in the grave again," explains drummer Tobias Gustafsson. "We wrote a few songs first just for the fun of it, to see if we still 'had it', before we made the final decision to continue and make a new full-length album."
All Heads Are Gonna Rollis best described as "fast, grinding, D-beat, fist-in-your-face death metal", it features fresh aspects that are uncommon toVOMITORYrecords. "One thing in particular we did was to try to build distinct choruses in the songs, which is something we didn't put too much effort into earlier," explains drummer Tobias Gustafsson. "We have also spent a lot more time working with the backing vocal arrangements, which we certainly think paid off very well. It brings something new to our sound. We have also tried to write more straightforward riffs, like we did in the early 2000s."
The instruments for the record were tracked in the band's rehearsal space, on a mobile studio setup engineered by Mats Lindström, and was self-produced. This allowed them to work at their own pace in the hours that worked for them, rather than having this dictated to them as would be the case if they had rented a studio. "Although we had a lot of flexibility to choose our working hours, it was still crucial to keep the recording schedule as strict as possible, because it was so easy to say 'let's do it tomorrow instead'." For vocals, they went to Leon Music Studios and engineer Rikard Löfgren, which was where they recorded their last three albums. They brought in good friend Christian Fredriksson (Vulkan) to play some guitar solos, but otherwise it is entirely their own work. With vivid horror movie-inspired artwork - with a hint of anti-religion thrown in for good measure -All Heads Are Gonna Rollreally is the whole package for death metal fans, and a stunning return to form after so many years between releases.
"All Heads Are Gonna Roll" track listing
01. All Heads Are Gonna Roll
02. Decrowned
03. Ode to the Meat Saw
04. The Deepest Tomb
05. Piece by Stinking Piece
06. Raped, Strangled, Sodomized, Dead
07. Dead Man Stalking
08. Disciples of the Damned
09. Dead World
10. Beg for Death
VOMITORY line-up:
Erik Rundqvist - vocals/bass
Urban Gustafsson - guitar
Peter Östlund - lead guitar
Tobias Gustafsson - drums
VOMITORY discography:
Raped In Their Own Blood (1996)
Redemption (1999)
Revelation Nausea (2001)
Blood Rapture (2002)
Primal Massacre (2004)
Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize (2007)
Carnage Euphoria (2009)
Opus Mortis VIII (2011)
All Heads Are Gonna Roll (2023)
VOMITORY live:
June 2: Karlstad, Sweden @ Nöjesfabriken
June 24: Protzen Open Air, Germany
June 25: Basinfirefest, Spálené PoÅ™ÃÄÃ, Czech Republic
July 29: Stonehenge Festival, Steenwijk, The Netherlands
August 11: Alcatraz Open Air Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
August 12: Hellsinki Metal Festival, Helsinki, Finland
September 9: Meh-Suff! Festival, Hüttikon, Switzerland
November 9-12: Mexico Metal Fest, Monterrey, Mexico
December 8: Eindhoven Metal Meeting, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
May 22-25 2024: Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore MD, U.S.A.
Vomitory socials:
https://www.facebook.com/vomitoryband
https://www.instagram.com/vomitoryband
https://www.vomitory.net
