– September thirtieth, 2024 –
BAND FEATURES VOLBEAT’S MICHAEL POULSEN, MARC GREWE (INSIDIOUS DISEASE, EX-MORGOTH), + MORTEN TOFT HANSEN (RAUNCHY)
DEBUT ALBUM IMPII HORA OUT NOW VIA METAL BLADE RECORDS
For greater than 20 years, vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen has been spearheading Danish rock and roll machine Volbeat, releasing eight full lengths, promoting hundreds of thousands of albums, and filling stadiums worldwide. Earlier than fronting Volbeat, nevertheless, Poulsen fashioned loss of life metallic band Dominus, which recorded 4 quick, brutal albums within the mid ’90s.
When Poulsen was placing collectively songs for Volbeat‘s 2021 album, Servant of the Thoughts, he wrote a bunch of loss of life metallic riffs and saved them on his cellphone. Then, when he was performed with the Volbeat document, he reopened the rusty gates to Armageddon and began placing collectively songs for his new loss of life metallic band Asinhell, whose debut album Impii Hora (Latin for “Ungodly Hour“), is a tribute to Poulsen’s favourite old-school teams.
Impii Hora was launched September 29, 2023 by way of Metallic Blade. Get it right here.
At this time, the band has shared the video for the title monitor. Watch it right here.
The video comes on the one-year anniversary of the album launch. The footage was shot in Berlin throughout the band’s current European tour.
“It means ‘Ungodly Hour’ in Latin and the tune is about all these evil, vile, and horrible acts that get dedicated on this Ungodly Hour,” shares Poulsen concerning the title. “It’s undoubtedly an anti-religion tune. Mainly, we aren’t churchgoers, however however, I completely respect individuals who imagine in one thing. However faith, to me, is the oppression that comes with being part of the church. That’s the oppressive factor, not the assumption in some excessive, holy spirit. To me, the anti-religion stuff is extra about what individuals have performed to believers – making an attempt to control individuals to comply with them, which is an autocratic type of factor.”
It follows final spring’s video for “Pyromantic Scryer.” Watch it right here.
Poulsen has rekindled the loss of life metallic fireplace that fueled his first band Dominus. He started jamming on riffs with longtime good friend and neighbor, drummer Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy). The 2 began enjoying in Morten’s tiny storage: no mics, no P.A. – only a drum package and a combo amp turned all the best way up like they used once they have been youngsters. Quickly, the pair have been finishing a brand new tune each time they acquired collectively. When it got here time so as to add vocals, Poulsen turned to his good good friend, who additionally occurred to be certainly one of his all-time favourite loss of life metallic growlers: Marc Grewe (Insidious Illness, ex-Morgoth).
“I had recognized Michael fairly a very long time and he all the time talked about that we must always do a loss of life metallic mission someday, however I by no means took him too severely as a result of he was so busy with Volbeat,” Grewe says. “Then he referred to as for actual and stated, ‘Yeah, I wish to do it now. Are you up for it?’ Instantly, I used to be like, ‘Sure, in fact!’“
With Asinhell totally fashioned, the three convened with Volbeat producer Jacob Hansen to provide, combine, and play bass on their debut album. When it was time so as to add lead guitar to the album, Michael seemed no additional than good friend and The Arcane Order axeman Flemming C. Lund.
ASINHELL ARE:
Michael Poulsen – Guitar
Marc Grewe – Vocals
Morten Toft Hansen – Drums
ASINHELL ONLINE:
https://asinhell.com
https://www.fb.com/AsinhellMusic
https://twitter.com/Asinhell
https://www.instagram.com/asinhellmusic
