01/28/2016 12:35

Criminal

Criminal's new album 'Fear Itself' out in March

Anglo-Chileans Thrashers Criminal have announced their new album 'Fear Itself' for release March, 11th through Metal Blade Records.

Listen now to the first single 'Down Driven' at metalblade.com/criminal and check out the front art and the pre-order section. 'Fear Itself' will be released on CD, vinyl and all digital outlets.
Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Down Driven
3. False Flag Attack
4. Shock Doctrine
5. The Needle and Knife
6. Scream of Consciousness
7. Summoning the Apocalypse
8. The One Who Speaks at Night
9. Animals to Gods
10. Deep in the Rot
11. Wasted Youth
12. Carne Molida

Comments Criminal: "Everyone who's heard the new album agrees that it is our most pissed-off sounding record to date. We didn’t try to make it more brutal, but that's the way it came out. We just let the metal flow. I think having Sergio in the band has something to do with it, because, as a long time fan of the band, he told us when certain things seemed unnecessary. In fact, all but one of the songs are under four minutes long. Straight to the point, quick and painful.

In terms of style, we didn't really plan anything, we just wrote the riffs that came to our minds. So there's a bit of thrash, hardcore and death metal, but also some classic heavy metal. All the stuff that we love put through a blender. And the end result sounds like Criminal. It's hard to define, but I think a long time ago we created our own sound, and every new album ends up sounding like that."

Recorded at Criminal bassist Danny Biggin's HVR Studios in Suffolk, UK, with a "no bullshit" approach to recording, the band purposely avoided the vices of modern metal production such as samples, quantizing and amp simulators. The striking artwork by renowned Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu (At The Gates, Arch Enemy, Mayhem, etc.) perfectly represents the bleak, dystopian atmosphere of the lyrics, which denounce warmongering, misinformation, exploitation and other ills of modern society.

A metal band with a hardcore attitude, Criminal's longevity is a testament to their honesty and passion. In it for all the right reasons.

Criminal line-up:
Anton Reisenegger – vocals/guitars
Sergio Klein – guitars
Dan Biggin – bass
Zac O’Neil – drums

Criminal online:
www.facebook.com/Criminal.Band
www.criminal1.com/home
www.youtube.com/user/criminalchile

(source: Criminal)

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Metal Blade Records have announced that they have signed a new recording contract with Criminal: "We are very happy to welcome back Criminal to the Metal Blade roster. Criminal have released four albums in the past via Metal Blade before they moved on to different shores and are now preparing their return to the Blade with a major blast to drop in March of 2016!"

Comments Criminal main man Anton Reisenegger: "Re-signing to Metal Blade feels like coming home to me. I've had a very close relationship to the label from when they sent me vinyl promos for my fanzine in the eighties, to when they offered us to release our second album in the US and Europe in the nineties, to when I worked for them myself in the 00s. I'm very good friends with all of their staff, so I'm really happy they asked us to come back, and I am proud to say we are coming back with one of our best records to date!"

More details on the upcoming new studio album will be revealed shortly, but Anton is nice enough to give us a sneak preview: "The new album sounds really pissed off and aggressive. Angry old men who don't give a fuck any more. We have come to terms with the fact we're not going to be the next Slayer, but we keep doing this because we love making music together and I think we have something important to say in a time when image on the one hand and technique on the other seem to be more important than the riff. To us, it's all about the riff!"

(source: Criminal)