Spain’s leading Thrash Metal band Angelus Apatrida are pleased to announce their upcoming, 8th studio album entitled “Aftermath”, to be released on October 20th, 2023, via Century Media Records worldwide.
Following up their self-titled “Angelus Apatrida” (“/ˈan-je-lus – a-ˈpa-tri-da/”) album from 2021, which managed to top the official album charts in Spain at # 1, as well as mark the band’s first ever chart entries in Germany at # 49 and Switzerland at # 41, “Aftermath” was once again self-produced by the band, with recordings handled by Juanan López at Baboon Records in Albacete, Spain, then mixing and mastering with Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Overkill, Hatebreed, Municipal Waste, Shadows Fall) at Planet-Z in Wilbraham, MA, USA.
Angelus Apatrida are releasing a first single for the song “Cold” today, which can also be seen in an intense video scripted and directed by Juan Castillo, J. L. Auñón and Lalo Davia / Kameo Producciones, below.
Angelus Apatrida checked in with the following comment about “Cold”: “Our new album ‘Aftermath’ has a very compact flow and loads of powerful songs. And it took ages for all the people involved in the production to choose the singles; all the 10 songs are singles themselves! But ‘Cold’ might be the ideal first one to introduce this new album, because it has all the Angelus Apatrida ingredients to make this song a new Metal Hymn. Very deep and strong lyrics plus an amazing video story makes this track a perfect starting point. But, trust me, the whole album is a mind-blowing combination of our best-songs-ever”.
“Aftermath” once again comes with artwork by Gyula Havancsák (Annihilator, Destruction, Stratovarius) and the album features the following interesting cast of guest appearances: Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed, vocals), Pablo García (Warcry, guitars), Todd La Torre (Queensrÿche, vocals) and Rap Star Sho-Hai (vocals).
“Aftermath” will be available in as Ltd. CD Jewelcase in O-Card packaging for its first pressing and Digital Album with two fresh live bonus tracks (11. Indoctrinate (Live in Bilbao 2023) & 12. Give ‘Em War (Live in Barcelona 2023)), or as 180g vinyl LP in the following variants: Ltd. transp. red LP (300x copies from cmdistro.de & various other retailers), Ltd. transp. orange LP (600x copies from amazon.es & Angelus Apatrida), Ltd. translucent tan colored LP (500x copies from all US outlets) and as Black LP.
Pre-order & pre-save “Aftermath” here.
Tracklist:
1. Scavenger
2. Cold
3. Snob (feat. Jamey Jasta)
4. Fire Eyes (feat. Pablo García)
5. Rats
6. To Whom It May Concern
7. Gernika
8. I Am Hatred
9. What Kills Us All (feat. Sho-Hai)
10. Vultures And Butterflies (feat. Todd La Torre)
Previously, Angelus Apatrida released an interesting documentary directed by Mike Casey entitled “28 Months Later: A Post-Apocalyptic Metal Documentary”, which deals with the period between the preparation of the last album, its release through the time of the pandemic as well as the way leading towards this next upcoming release. Check it out here.
One of the most intense live-acts in their style out there these days, Angelus Apatrida are currently appearing at several prestigious European festivals across the Summer, before heading on a first European tour in support of “Aftermath” together with Death Angel and Sacred Reich in October & November 2023, as well as a string of dates in Spain between November and February, as follows.
Festivals 2023:
09.08.2023 Jaromer (Czech Republic) – Brutal Assault
10.08.2023 Schlotheim (Germany) – Party.San Open Air
11.08.2023 Villena (Spain) – Leyendas del Rock
12.08.2023 Kortrijk (Belgium) – Alcatraz Festival
17.08.2023 Carhaix (France) – Motocultor Festival
18.08.2023 A Coruña (Spain) – F.I.R.C. 2023
26.08.2023 Morata de Tajuña (Spain) – Tajuña Rock
01.09.2023 S. C. de Tenerife (Spain) – Apocalipsis Fest
02.09.2023 Algarrobo (Spain) – Algarroba Rock
23.09.2023 Pola Laviana (Spain) – Karma Metal Fest
European Tour Dates 2023:
27.10.2023 Antwerpen (Belgium) – Zappa
28.10.2023 Bochum (Germany) – Turock Fest
29.10.2023 Drachten (The Netherlands) – Iduna
31.10.2023 Nilvange (France) – Le Gueulard Plus
01.11.2023 Paris (France) – Petit Bain
02.11.2023 Aarau (Switzerland) – Kiff
03.11.2023 Monthey (Switzerland) – Pont Rouge
04.11.2023 Kassel (Germany) – Philipp Scheidemann Haus
06.11.2023 Munich (Germany) – Backstage
07.11.2023 Ljubljana (Slovenia) – Cvetlicarna
08.11.2023 Vienna (Austria) – Szene
09.11.2023 Aschaffenburg (Germany) – Colos-Saal
10.11.2023 Burglengenfeld (Germany) – VAZ
11.11.2023 Karlsruhe (Germany) – Substage
12.11.2023 Saarbrücken (Germany) – Garage
14.11.2023 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo
15.11.2023 Siegburg (Germany) – Kubana
16.11.2023 Haarlem (The Netherlands) – Patronaat
17.11.2023 Osnabrück (Germany) – Bastard Club *
18.11.2023 Eindhoven (The Netherlands) – Helldorado
(w /Death Angel, Sacred Reich, Angelus Apatrida)
* (Sacred Reich & Angelus Apatrida only)
Iberian Tour Dates 2023 & 2024:
24.11.2023 Málaga (Spain) – La Trinchera
25.11.2023 Sevilla (Spain) – Custom
01.12.2023 Santiago D.C. (Spain) – Malatesta
02.12.2023 Gijón (Spain) – Acapulco
05.12.2023 Valencia (Spain) – Rock City
14.12.2023 Porto (Portugal) – Hard Club
15.12.2023 Faro (Portugal) – Casa des Virtudes
16.12.2023 Lisboa (Portugal) – RCA Club
12.01.2024 Ponferrada (Spain) – La Vaca
13.01.2024 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) – Jimmy Jazz
19.01.2024 Salt (Spain) – La Mirona
20.01.2024 Zaragoza (Spain) – Oasis
26.01.2024 Salamanca (Spain) – Potemkin
27.01.2024 Burgos (Spain) – Andén 56
02.02.2024 Valls (Spain) – RedStar
03.02.2024 Villava-Atarrabia (Spain) – Totem
09.02.2024 Murcia (Spain) – Garaje Beat Club
10.02.2024 Granada (Spain) – El Tren
Tickets are on sale here.
Line-up:
Guillermo Izquierdo – Vocals & Lead/Rhythm Guitars
David G. Álvarez – Lead & Rhythm Guitars
José J. Izquierdo – Bass Guitar
Víctor Valera – Drums
Weblinks:
www.angelusapatrida.com
www.facebook.com/angelusapatrida
