Metal Anarchy

VLTIMAS, the project featuring David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel), Rune “Blasphemer” Eriksen (ex-Mayhem), and Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), have premiered a new video for their new song “Miserere.” This track is from the band’s new album “Epic,” which will be released on March 15.

The group said the following about the song:

“The world throws us all trials and tribulations constantly. We use this angst as a weapon in our art to score the apocalypse.”

Vincent also commented on the album:

“We wrote every bit of ‘Epic’ together at my ranch in Dime Box, Texas. The writing sessions were as organic as they could be. There were times when, at the end of the night, Rune would take his guitar and play something ridiculous. Flo would play something even more ridiculous on top of it. I’d say to the guys, ‘I need to capture this.’ So, the magic [of VLTIMAS] is being in the same room together, discussing, playing, and recording music and everything else we’re doing together. We have unbelievable camaraderie.”

“Everything we’re doing and messaging is about strength and honor. These are the fundamentals that I incorporate into my life, which I believe in. I want to share with others, hoping they’ll incorporate strength and honor into their lives. I wouldn’t say I like spelling lyrics out. I use a lot of double meanings on purpose because I want to inspire the listener to think. I’m not a short attention span guy, and I don’t appreciate it. ‘Epic’ is holistic and meant to be experienced that way.”

“I want to be as emotional and honest [with VLTIMAS]. I want to tell stories; I want to have the themes that appeal to me; I want to have some messaging that someone can take away, in this case, strength. ‘Epic’ is strength.”

Eriksen added:

“The main goal [of VLTIMAS] is to be real. To channel the very moment, to let true inspiration out. I don’t believe I ever set myself a goal on what an album should or needs to sound like before I or we write it because that means I have to compromise during the process. For ‘Epic’, we focused on more direct songs, trimming the fat, as opposed to ‘Something Wicked Marches In’, which had a progressive and ‘playful’ flair.”

“Stress, long walks, too much alcohol, yet very focused once in the recording mode. We booked a month, but somehow, that flew by instantly. We worked up until the very end. I even added a few solos at my local Soundscape Studio in Almada, Portugal. Art unfolds, and once you think you are done, there’s always another idea popping up.”

“[‘Epic’ is] old meets contemporary, a symbiosis of all the great things we love about extreme metal. All combined into one album.”

“Epic” Track Listing:

01. “Volens Discordant”
02. “Epic”
03. “Miserere”
04. “Exercitus Irae”
05. “Mephisto Manifesto”
06. “Scorcher”
07. “Invictus”
08. “Nature’s Fangs”
09. “Spoils Of War”