Decapitated announce new album ‘The First Damned’

May 1, 2021 James Weaver

DECAPITATED have announced a new album!

Titled The First Damned, the upcoming album from the Polish tech death titans is a special collection of demos, and is scheduled to be released in June this year, via Nuclear Blast Records.

Officially released via Nuclear Blast for the first time, the band’s early demos have not been remixed, remastered or messed with in any way. Instead, this is a blistering snapshot of four young men with fire in their bellies and a bright future ahead of them.

Speaking about the special demo collection, guitarist Vogg says, “for some of you, the story behind these demos might be an awesome way to learn about the band or refresh your memory on our history. Demo tape is at the core of the band’s DNA and when I think about it now, I am really surprised that we were able to record both demos at such a young age.

I am excited that it was possible to work on this release with a great team and deliver something for our die-hard fans. The First Damned is unique, with an awesome layout and bio, which some of you might not be familiar with.
If it wasn’t for Sauron who came up with the idea of starting a band, my brother Vitek who played drums at the age of 12, and Martin who had the idea of going to the studio to record those tracks – there wouldn’t be a band called DECAPITATED. We were just a bunch of young guys who were inspired by thrash and death metal.

Now, with the help of great people: Dom Lawson, Micah Ulrich, Marcelo Vasco, and all the team who worked on this release, we were able to create – in my opinion – a cool design and honouring the true demo cassette vibe.
For the first time this record will be released on LP, and we couldn’t of course forget about cassettes, which are another cool way to keep the memories alive. We didn’t change anything with the sound. We took the sound from the original DAT masters, so it’s the real, organic sound of the music we recorded back in the days.
I hope you will enjoy it the same way I do.”

Alongside the announcement of the demo collection, the band have released the first song from the upcoming release; Destiny. The song is lifted from 1997’s Cemeteral Gardens Demo.

Listen to Destiny (Cemeteral Gardens Demo, 1997) here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the demo collection below:

Track List:

1. Intro
2. The Eye Of Horus
3. Blessed
4. The First Damned
5. Nine Steps
6. Danse Macabre
7. Mandatory Suicide
8. Intro
9. Destiny
10. Way Of Salvation
11. Ereshkigal
12. Cemeteral Gardens