Featuring guitarist Jairo “Tormentor” Guedz – former member of Sepultura’s original lineup playing author and co-author to classic records such as Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions – alongside bassist/vocalist Alex Kafer (Enterro, Explicit Hate, ex-Necromancer), drummer Alexandre Oliveira (Southern Blacklist, Raising Conviction), and guitarist Marcelo Vasco (Patria, Mysteriis, and acclaimed graphic artist for the likes of Slayer, Kreator, Machine Head, Soulfly, and Hatebreed), the Brazilian death metal super-group The Troops Of Doom is currently gearing up for the release of their first full-length album via Alma Mater Records, the Portuguese powerhouse label run by Moonspell’s Fernando Ribeiro.
The band revisits the essence of ‘80s-style death metal, exploring a more primitive sound that takes its listeners back to that era, while remaining fresh, genuine, and ferociously heavy. Following their critically acclaimed EPs The Rise Of Heresy (2020) and The Absence Of Light (2021), which has been lauded by both the international music press and fans alike, their hotly anticipated debut, entitled Antichrist Reborn, will be will be available as CD Digipack and Cassette on April 15, 2022 via Alma Mater with a Vinyl release to follow, and digitally released by Blood Blast Distribution.
In a recent statement, Moonspell vocalist and Alma Mater Records owner Fernando Ribeiro said about the band:
"I have been a fan of Brazilian extreme music, namely death metal since the late eighties. It shaped me as a musician and as a metalhead as much or maybe even more than the classic extreme metal bands from Europe and the US. Antichrist Reborn holds the key to open the gates and unleash those demons upon us in 2022! It’s just the brilliant missing link between that past and the glorious Troops Of Doom future. My head is in the clouds and I am totally psyched to have this top of the chain band in my label. You won’t believe how hellishly strong is this record, Troops Of Doom will claim the title of best death metal album of there year!"
BraveWords is premiering the first single and music video – kneel to the “Altar Of Delusion”:
Antichrist Reborn was mixed by Swedish producer Peter Tägtgren at the iconic The Abyss Studio and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren at Blacklounge Studio, Sweden. Featuring very special guest musicians such as João Gordo (Ratos de Porão) and Alex Camargo & Moyses Kolesne (Krisiun), The Troops Of Doom unleash true old-school death metal in its purest form; dirty, primitive, and brutally powerful as it should be. The cover art was painted by Sergio "AlJarrinha" Oliveira, the artist behind Sepultura's Bestial Devastation original artwork.
Preorders are now live at Alma Mater Records.
The Troops Of Doom are:
Jairo "Tormentor" Guedz - Guitar
Alex Kafer - Bass & Vocals
Marcelo Vasco - Guitar
Alexandre Oliveira – Drums
