STRIGOI KEEPING THE FAITH

Next week, STRIGOI will finally unleash their debut album Abandon All Faith via Nuclear Blast. Teasing fans with snippets of tracks, the band has unveiled the final part of their lyrical themes series, in which Chris details the inspirations for the second half of the group’s foreboding record. Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/3YpnXpcYE0s

With an approach that was as nihilistic and crusty as it was cinematically grand, Paradise Lost’s Greg Mackintosh teamed up with former EXTREME NOISE TERROR and Vallenfyre bassist Chris Casket to record a truly bonecrushing beast of old-school death metal.

Watch and listen to the vicious track ‘Nocturnal Vermin’ here: youtu.be/4BEsKqx8xIIThe 12-song-debut was recorded and mixed at Greg’s Black Planet Studio between January and March 2019. The English duo announced the album alongside their haunting first single, ‘Phantoms’. Watch the official video for ‘Phantoms‘: youtu.be/4ZGsNENJyW4

Named after the troubled spirits in Romanian mythology who could rise from the grave and assume an entirely different form, STRIGOI‘s bassist Chris Casket was also tasked with writing the lyrics for the new project. Mackintosh gave him simple thematic guidelines: attack organized religion, sparingly discuss grief and dive into the countless horrible things that humanity continues to inflict upon itself.

The debut album will be available on jewelcase CD, black vinyl in gatefold and digitally – full tracklist below:

01. The Rising Horde
02. Phantoms
03. Nocturnal Vermin
04. Seven Crowns
05. Throne Of Disgrace
06. Carved Into The Skin
07. Parasite
08. Iniquitous Rage
09. Plague Nation
10. Enemies Of God
11. Scorn Of The Father
12. Abandon All Faith