Metal
Heathen will release “Lifetime In Hell” on 19 February 2027 through Napalm Records. It is the Bay Area band’s first full-length since “Empire Of The Blind”, which came out on 18 September 2020 through Nuclear Blast. The Napalm signing was announced on 3 February this year.
There are eleven songs: “One Last Mistake”, “Escapegoat”, “Glass House”, “Sanity Charade”, “Lifetime In Hell”, “Goddess Of The Light”, “Demons Making Trophies Of Men”, “The Bitter End”, “Darkness Bleeds”, “Respite For The Damned” and “Exit Strategy”. Chris “Zeuss” Harris produced them at Planet Z, the same studio as “Empire Of The Blind”. Jeff Loomis guests on “Glass House”.
The announcement comes with the video for “Escapegoat”, the first taste. “It takes you on a journey through intense riffing and heart-pounding drum rhythms and is the first piece of the puzzle we wanted you to experience as a glimpse into the intensity and bigger picture that we feel this album will bring,” says singer David White, who adds that the song “has been a long time in the making”.
The line-up the label gives is White on vocals, Kragen Lum and Kyle Edissi on guitars, Jason Mirza on bass and Blake Anderson on drums.
From 25 February to 21 March 2027 the band plays the “Triple Thrash Alliance” tour with Exhorder and Evil Invaders, the three of them swapping the headline slot from city to city. The route runs from Karlsruhe to Paris through Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Czechia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and France. From 23 to 27 March they add five British dates — Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and London — with Evil Invaders only. There is no Spanish date.
Text by Roger Estivill