Hellbutcher announce debut self-titled album

April 18, 2024 James Weaver

HELLBUTCHER have announced their debut album!

The upcoming album, a self-titled effort, is the debut full-length album from the Swedish black metal band and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Metal Blade Records.

Following the end of NIFELHEIM, who played their final show in late 2022, vocalist Hellbutcher himself wasted no time in forging forward. “I realised I needed to create my own band to uphold the true spirit of metal. I was incredibly inspired!” Teaming up with old compadres, guitarists Necrophiliac (also of MORDANT) and Iron Beast, bassist Eld, and drummer Devastator (ex-NIFELHEIM), HELLBUTCHER quickly set about bringing this vision to life.

In a short time, they had amassed enough material to record their raging, hellish, self-titled debut album. Recording in various locations around Sweden, such as Devastator’s own Red And Black Hall Drum Studio and Iron Beast’s Chrome Studios and producing and mastering everything themselves.

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; The Sword Of Wrath.

“It kicks off with an epic intro and then dives into a frenzy of thrashing guitars, followed by a powerful chorus and an obscure yet heavy middle section with shredding guitar solos – everything you’d want in a metal song, in my opinion,” explains Hellbutcher. “The song’s lyrics are somewhat metaphorical, inspired by my decision to continue the path I started decades ago with NIFELHEIM.”

Watch the official music video for The Sword Of Wrath here:

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

Track List:

1. The Sword Of Wrath
2. Perdition
3. Violent Destruction
4. Hordes Of The Horned God
5. Death‘s Rider
6. Possessed By The Devil‘s Flames
7. Satan‘s Power
8. Inferno‘s Rage