Death Pill announce debut self-titled album

November 24, 2022 James Weaver

DEATH PILL have announced their debut album!

The upcoming album, a self-titled effort, is the debut full-length record from the Ukrainian punk band and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via their new home at New Heavy Sounds.

Tracking for the debut album started during Covid and was completed in late 2021, only three tracks were mixed before the war hit Ukraine. However the band and their production team were able to somehow continue and finished everything including the artwork in five months whilst the Russian invasion rolled on.

Speaking of the band’s story so far, vocalist/guitarist Mariana Navrotskaya says, “just imagine: You are a 20-year-old girl. Society constantly puts pressure on you: you should find a nice husband, have children and at the same time build a successful career. But no one asks what do you really want? What are exactly your interests and ambitions? Because maybe you want to be a punk rock star?

Yes, I do and even against it all. I can create a female non-commercial band, play heavy high-quality music, and ignite the crowd. After all, rock is not only about brutal men with curly long hair, right? Nafa (Anastasiya), the drummer, also got sick of this idea. Together we created an all-female punk rock band DEATH PILL in 2017, just like we wanted to! Before COVID started we played a lot of gigs at the main underground festivals in Ukraine (Back To Youth, Burn The Scene For Fun). We also released an EP in 2018. We had a lot of success in front of our audience, which led to the creation of more female bands.

We did have trouble with bass players. They changed one after another and we were looking for someone who would be ‘on the same vibe’ with us. There is a strong and super friendly community of people in Ukraine. It’s a big family of true music lovers, people who live by creating the Ukrainian underground scene. This is also how we met Nataliia. After our first practice with her, we realized that this is a real perfect match, and the problem was solved. We started recording our first full album, filming music clips etc.

Until the war comes… In February fucking Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It really changed our plans, dreams, and attitude. So now we are spread out, Mariana stays in Kyiv, Nafa is in Spain, Nataliia is in Australia. We try to stay in touch online, we keep working on the album and support our defenders. Like all in our Ukrainian scene. Some do it with weapons in their hands, some volunteer and help in any way they can to bring our victory closer. Hard times, but right now we have a real chance to change lives for the better. Victory will be ours; we are sure of it.

P.S. It is soon, and we have already decided to make the most hot, amazing and gig ever! Watch out.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, DEATH PILL have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming debut; Расцарапаю Ебало. Translated as ‘Scratch Asshole’, the song is dedicated to Mariana’s ex, she says “if you hear it, honey, you should know, – I’ll scratch your fucking face until it bleeds!”

Watch the official music video for Расцарапаю Ебало here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming debut album below:

Track List:

1. Dirty Rotten Youth
2. Miss Revolt
3. Die For Vietnam
4. Друг
5. It’s A Joke
6. Go Your Way
7. Kill The Traitors
8. Расцарапаю Ебало
9. Would You Marry Me