Legendary German thrashers, DESTRUCTION, are set to unleash their 17th studio album, Born to Perish on August 9th, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has released the second single entitled, ‘Betrayal’. Watch the official video here: youtu.be/jc5uyQYLaVc
Director: Achilleas Gatsopoulos for Hypnagogia Films | hypnagogia.com
Filmed: June 2019 in Berlin, Germany and Basel, Switzerland
Director Achilleas Gatsopoulos states: “It was my honour to be entrusted by such a historic band to create a fresh visual aesthetic for their new album. It was important for me to strip things down and start with the basic raw and powerful visual elements that derive from their trademark logo: Sharp angular shapes, high contrast and a monochromatic color palette of red, black and white. Inspired by Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece SUSPIRIA as well as by the existential portraits of Francis Bacon and mythology, we created a dark tableaus of archetypal forms of betrayal:
Two-faced/deceit, Back-stabbing, Infidelity, Garden of Eden, Wartime Snitch and we close with none other than the iconic Kiss of Judas.
It was an immense pleasure to work with the guys and I am really looking forward to next time. ‘Til then, enjoy the audiovisual onslaught that is BETRAYAL.”
Frontman Schmier adds: “This is maybe my fave song from the new album cause of it’s classic thrash feel and the very catchy chorus. Randy is all guns blazing here and Mike & Damir have an awesome solo battle! We all have our experience with BETRAYAL and we wanted an emotional, atmospheric and different video!”
Pre-order Born to Perish in various formats, here: nblast.de/DestructionBTP
Pre-save Born to Perish via Spotify: nblast.de/DESTRUCTIONbtpPreSave
Watch the official visualizer video for the first single and vicious title track, ‘Born to Perish’:youtu.be/lad5XCWmbBo
01. Born To Perish
02. Inspired By Death
03. Betrayal
04. Rotten
05. Filthy Wealth
06. Butchered For Life
07. Tyrants Of The Netherworld
08. We Breed Evil
09. Fatal Flight 17
10. Ratcatcher
Bonus:
11. Hellbound
The recordings for Born To Perish took place from January to March 2019 in Little Creek Studio in Switzerland. Production was once again handled by longtime collaborator, VO Pulver.
The stunning cover artwork was created by acclaimed artist Gyula from Hungary, who has also created artwork for ANNIHILATOR, GRAVE DIGGER, STRATOVARIUS, TANKARD and many more.
The brand-new line-up featuring the Canadian drum animal Randy Black and Swiss shred-master Damir Eskić, together with veterans Schmier and Mike, is here to bring you musical destruction. This is a new chapter in the long, impressive history of the band.
