MASSACRE: Sign with Nuclear Blast & announce new studio album!

Nearly four decades aftertheir unholy conception, masters of Floridian death metal,MASSACRE, have found a diabolical […]

April 20, 2021

Nearly four decades aftertheir unholy conception, masters of Floridian death metal,MASSACRE, have found a diabolical unionwithNuclear Blast Recordswith plans to release their fourth studio album, and first in seven years, later this year.

Commenting on the signing, vocalistKam Leestates:

"I would first like to give my appreciation to NUCLEAR BLAST for signing MASSACRE. It's a long time dream of mine to be a part of the metal family under the NB flag and I am even more so grateful that it's with my signature band. We have a lot of plans for the future of MASSACRE, and what a great place to be making such a proper return other than one of the best independent metal labels in the world."

BassistMichael Bordersadds:

"It's a privilege at this point in our careers to be associated with the big name in metal labels, we did our best to make this a proper Massacre release, an authentic sounding representation of a band we started over thirty years ago."

Nuclear Blast'sU.S.A. general managerGerardo Martinezsays:

"For many of us at Nuclear Blast,Massacreis one of our favorite bands, and instrumental in the formative years of Death Metal and with their debut album alone. It paved the way to many artists to follow. It's an honor to be working a brand new record with Kam Lee on vocals after nearly 30 years!"

MASSACRErosefrom the swamps of Southern Florida in the early 80's during a heatwave of groundbreaking death metal that produced some of the genre's most revered forefathers,DEATH,OBITUARYandSIX FEET UNDER. Their legacy was foundedwith a string of classic demos, "Aggressive Tyrant"(1986), "Chamber of Ages"(1986) and"The Second Coming"(1990), before unleashing their critically praised classic debut album "From Beyond"(1991). Now decades later, the band makes their long-awaited return, invigorated with the same youthful rage that brought them together at inception. For the forthcoming record, long-time members, vocalistKam Lee(MANTAS,BONE GNAWER,THE GROTESQUERY) andbassistMike Borders, are joined in the studio by some of death's most prolific and malignant songwriters, guitaristRogga Johansson(PAGANIZER,MEGASCAVENGER,RIB SPREADER), guitaristJonny Pettersson(WOMBBATH,NATTRAVNEN,HENRY KANE), guitaristScott Fairfax(MEMORIAM,AS THE WORLD DIES) and drummerBrynjar Helgetun(CRYPTICUS,THE GROTESQUERY).