Hungarian Extreme Metal masters Sin Of God have signed with Exitus Stratagem Records and will present their new album, Blood Bound, next month. Something that will excite old and new-school Death Metal fans, this new album echoes brutality and softness and is a mark of the challenges faced since 2016’s Aenigmata.
“We all think fans will love it,” guitarist Tamás Kis told us. “It’s somewhat different from its predecessors. It’s more complex and based on modern Death Metal. We built Blood Bound musically on contrasts. There are amazingly fast parts (260 BPM) but really slow parts as well.”
The inception of Blood Bound can be traced back to 2019. Sin Of God lineup changes and Covid-19 meant that studio time was delayed until 2022/23, with mixing and mastering completed by the super-talented Sam Winslow in 2024.
Blood Bound is out on 18 February 2025 via Extius Stratagem Records.
The result is seven tracks with influences in Thrash, ODM and Blackened and Progressive Death Metal. These are perfectly encapsulated in the first single, No Return, a song about a person who cannot get rid of drugs and sacrifices everything is going to hell.
“No Return is our favourite song on Blood Bound,” Sin Of God told us. “It is the essence of what we want to express musically and lyrically as well. The fall of our present society. That’s what it’s all about. Our vocalist, Tamás Schupkégel, wrote the lyrics.
“On first hearing, it is about a drug addict descending into madness, falling into his very own hell, which he created from the many pains he experienced and committed towards others during his life.
“We consume, we devour, we destroy. We create non-existent problems for ourselves while not dealing with the real ones. It’s so comfortable. Sticking our heads in the sand. Only our comfort is important. We are addicted to our ego.
“While the trees and waters disappear and only the sand remains. The emptiness. The loneliness. The pain. We build our hell. And there is no return.”
Blood Bound is not a concept album, but it is united by the pain and rage that boils inside.
“We are in decline, and we haven’t got much time before we hit the bottom,” Kis says. “There is less and less beauty in our present world. We are rapidly marching towards the rotting chaos. People do nothing about it. They destroy but do not build. So let it be.
“As you look at our album artwork, it is metaphorically based on humanity’s current state in the light of human history. We wanted it to be realised in the style of Renaissance paintings. Therefore, the contrast is extremely sharp between beauty and uglyness. Pure and evil. Perfect and deformed. There are also religious references and Biblical characters, too.”
Sin Of God – Blood Bound is out on 18 February 2025 via Extius Stratagem Records. Pre-orders are available from here.
Track Listing:
- Blood Bound (3:52)
- Black Waves (4:16)
- No Return (4:58)
- The Unbelief (4:49)
- Diabolical Agitation (7:44)
- Obulus (3:28)
- Cerebral Malfunction (4:02)
Album Credits:
Album recorded at: Denevér Hangstúdió, Hungary
Mixed and mastered by Sam Winslow/Sam Winslow Music
Album artwork by Tamás Kis
Album Band Lineup:
Tamás Schupkégel – Vocals
Tamás Kis – Guitar
Michele Gawen Augello – Bass
Balázs Botyánszki – Drums
Live Band Lineup:
Tamás Schupkégel – Vocals
Tamás Kis – Guitar
Krisztián Páncél – Bass
Balázs Botyánszki – Drums
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