Following previously-released, stand-alone singles, “As Fear Unfolds” and a killer cover version of Ghost’s “Ritual”, Swedish thrash metal force Mezzrow have finally revealed the first details of their forthcoming, new studio album!
Entitled “Embrace the Awakening”, the band’s third full-length rager will be released on November 14th, 2025, via ROAR.
Today, the thrash metal torchbearers are presenting a video clip for their first official single taken off “Embrace the Awakening”, the brutal-as-hell “Architects of the Silent War”!
Singer Uffe Pettersson comments:
“We’re really proud of this one and it has all the thrash metal elements you can demand! Lyrically inspired by the dark and sophisticated world of the constant cyber war, and cyber attacks globally, which affects us all the time without us knowing anything about it more or less”.
Watch the music video for “Architects of the Silent War” below.
Mezzrow built themselves a name in the thrash metal scene during the late eighties with their critically acclaimed demo tapes, “Frozen Soul” and “Cross of Tormention”. In 1990, they released their classic debut album “Then Came the Killing” through Active Records (Candlemass a.o.), a subsidiary of Music for Nations. The album is still today considered as one of the best, if not the best, thrash metal releases from Sweden and Scandinavia.
During 2021 Mezzrow rose from the ashes, when bass player Conny Welén (ex-Hexenhaus) and singer Uffe Pettersson (ex-Rosicrucian) decided to make a new mark in the thrash metal world of today, together with new guitarists Magnus Söderman (Nightrage) and Ronnie Björnström (ex-Defiatory, ex-Aeon), as well as drummer Alvaro “Alvis” Svanerö (Imperial Domain). Following their comeback album “Summon Thy Demons” (2023, Fireflash Records) and the much-acclaimed “Keep It True – Live” record, Mezzrow started writing material for their third album. Eight new songs were later on chosen to become “Embrace the Awakening”, a Bay Area Thrash Metal monster made in Sweden!
Uffe Pettersson says: “We wanted the new album to sound a bit more straight forward without stepping away too much from ‘Summon Thy Demons’. We feel that we’ve achieved that and at the same time kept our roots intact”!
Available on 2-CD Digipak incl. the “Keep It True – Live” bonus album, 1-LP Vinyl in Bloodred Sky Marbled edition as well as in Digital formats, the album pre-sale has just started here.
Tracklist:
01. Architects of the Silent War
02. Sleeping Cataclysm
03. Symphony of Twisted Souls
04. Foreshadowing
05. The Moment to Arise
06. In Shadows Deep
07. Inside the Burning Twilight
08. Dominion of the Dead
The Double CD will include the “Keep It True – Live” bonus tracks:
09. King of the Infinite Void
10. Then Came the Killing
11. Beneath the Sea Of Silence
12. The Cross of Torment
13. Summon Thy Demons
14. Ancient Terror
15. Through the Eyes of the Ancient Gods
16. Frozen Soul
Line-up:
Ulf “Uffe” Pettersson – Vocals
Conny Welén – Bass
Magnus Söderman – Lead Guitar
Ronnie Björnström – Guitar
Alvaro “Alvis” Svanerö – Drums
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