God Dethroned announce new album ‘Illuminati’

GOD DETHRONED have announced a new album!

The upcoming album, titled Illuminati, is the brand new album from the Dutch blackened death metal band and is scheduled to be released in February next year.

Speaking about the upcoming album, guitarist/vocalist Henri Sattler says, “freemasons, occultists and conspiracy theory enthusiasts pay attention! GOD DETHRONED is back to smack you in the face with our new album called Illuminati. After finishing the World War One trilogy, it was about time to go back to dark side with songs about religion, freemasonry and the occult. Song titles like Spirit of Beelzebub, Broken Halo, Book of Lies and Satan Spawn leave very little to the imagination as to what to expect from us from a lyrical point of view.

But those of you who expected us to go back into a raging frenzy of endless blastbeats and buzzsaw blade guitar sounds better beware. Illuminati is our most varied album to date with a heavy, yet in-your-face type of production. We managed to make our sound bigger and more orchestral than ever before with the use of both atmospheric keyboard parts and many additional vocal parts such as choirs and grunt-on-tone type of vocals. There is a lot to be discovered in the songs of this album because of the many details hidden in the music that will only reveal itself after many listens, and at the same time the tunes on Illuminati are catchier than ever before.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the title track from the upcoming album.

Watch the official music video for Illuminati here: 

Continuing to speak about the upcoming album, Sattler continues, “lovers of Rhandy Roads-meets-Marty Friedman type of melodic guitar solos should definitely give Dave Meester‘s spectacular leads a listen. Dave was welcomed to the band’s line-up during the European tour with BELPHEGOR and SUFFOCATION and stayed within our ranks ever since. Former guitar player Mike Ferguson however contributed greatly to Illuminati by writing several stunning songs and riffs as well as recording half of all the rhythm tracks on the album. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours.”

Track List: 

1. Illuminati
2. Broken Halo
3. Book of Lies
4. Spirit of Beelzebub
5. Satan Spawn
6. Gabriel
7. Eye of Horus
8. Dominus Muscarum
9. Blood Moon Eclipse

Illuminati is set for release on February 7th via Metal Blade Records.

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