Nachdem die Belgier im Februar ihr Album “Recollections Of The Insane” veröffentlicht haben, legt die Death und Thrash Crew SCHIZOPHRENIA mit einer Cover EP nach. Auf dem “Chants Of The Abyss” getauften Output finden sich neben Morbid Angel, Slayer und Exodus auch die Punkbands Misfits und GBH sowie die Heavy Metal Ikonen Judas Priest.
Die Band erklärt dazu:
“There shouldn’t be an introduction for this one. Nevertheless we present you,
our take on one of the MOST influential death metal bands ever to be unleashed upon the masses. Maze Of Torment by Morbid Angel. The way they kept reinventing themselves is truly something we are aspiring to do so. Their sound was so different then any other death metal band out there.. so distinctive in the best way possible. This is our Homage To one of the greatest, ever. The other important reason we decided to do an entire cover EP was to pay homage to the heritage and history of extreme metal. We wanted to shine light on the bands and songs that made history and created thrash metal. This is why we included songs from death and thrash metal pioneers like Slayer, Morbid Angel and Exodus, but it is also why we decided to record two punk songs from Misfits and GBH as well as a NWOBHM song, Judas Priest. Punk, hardcore punk and Heavy Metal are the essence of the music we play now.
We hope you will like the concept as a small treat we did to ourselves, as music fans above all, but also a small treat we did to the schizo fans! Dive into the different Chants from the Abyss of metal history!”
Heute hat SCHIZOPHRENIA ihre Version des Death Metal Meilensteins `Maze Of Torment` als Video veröffentlicht.
Videostream:
https://youtu.be/88G2O2EoL-I
“Chants Of The Abyss” Trackliste:
- Necrophiliac (Slayer cover)
- Maze Of Torment (Morbid Angel cover)
- Metal Meltdown (Judas Priest cover)
- Bullet (Misfits cover)
- Strike Of The Beast (Exodus cover)
- Race Against Time (GBH cover)
Titelfoto: Jens De Vos