10/27/2020 20:33

Black Phantom

Black Phantom's to albums to be released on cassette format

Black Phantom, the Italian paladins of New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal, are announcing the forthcoming release on cassette of their two albums 'Better Beware!' (2017) and 'Zero Hour Is now' (2020), in an ultra-limited edition (50 copies each) without future reprints.

Both albums were originally released on CD by Punishment 18 Records, these two albums have been licensed for tape printing to Reborn Through Tapes Records. The official release date of the two tapes is November 26th 2020, and it's already possible to pre-order them (at a discounted price) on the RTT Records website, starting October 26th 2020.

"The current market request for cassettes has objectively surprised us too!" singer Manuel Malini says. "With the release on tape of our two albums, we are sure to make a nice gift to all fans of this medium and traditional heavy metal, and of course to our loyal supporters!"

The month of November will also mark the return of Black Phantom in the studio, to begin recording a new series of unreleased tracks for the soundtracks of various foreign independent films, scheduled for 2021.

"The lockdown period, besides boosting our songwriting activity, as we've written more than 25 new songs" says bassist and band leader Andrea Tito "has brought us some opportunities to broaden our range of action, beyond the usual albums. We have signed a bunch of licensing deals with several US and UK film production companies for the use of our songs (both released and unreleased) in their movies. We are really excited about it, and we're really looking forward to disclose to you all the releases, as they get announced!"

The first movie featuring Black Phantom tracks will be "Creatures", a sci-fi horror-comedy directed by Tony Jopia, due out in the UK at Christmas 2020, which will include the song 'Hordes of Destruction'.

(source: Punishment 18 Records)