Metal Anarchy

Slower (Monolord, Fu Manchu, etc.) will be releasing a new album, titled “Rage And Ruin,” on November 1. The effort’s first single, “Hellfire,” can be found below:

“Rage And Ruin” Track Listing:

01. “Hellfire”
02. “Chemical Warfare” (Slayer cover)
03. “Gates Of Hell”
04. “Sins Of The Dead”
05. “Haunting The Chapel” (Slayer cover)
06. “Rage And Ruin”

Guitarist Bob Balch commented:

“When we started this album, the original intention was to cover Slayer’s EP ‘Haunting The Chapel‘ in its entirety. We started with ‘Chemical Warfare‘ then went on to ‘Haunting The Chapel‘, but once we got to ‘Captor Of Sin‘ we realized that tune didn’t want to be slowed down at all. So we started writing our own songs and I’m glad we did. The result is ‘Rage And Ruin‘. Two sides with Slayer songs in the middle, bookended by Slower originals. We are super proud of this record and can’t wait for you to hear it!.”

Vocalist Amy Barrysmith added:

“When we started writing originals, I wanted to try to keep to the same themes that Slayer wrote about. There are a lot of songs about war in Slayer‘s songs and when I heard the ‘Hellfire‘ riff, the first image that came to mind was just this bright red fire raining down from the heavens. With all of the upheaval in the world today, it seemed like a fitting topic.

What makes this song slightly unique, though, is that I came up with the title, ‘Hellfire‘, first from that initial image I had in my head. Writing the lyrics after that was easy.”