THE BEAST

Today, Dutch death metal institution  Bodyfarm  premiere the new video "Torment" at the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel . With the video directed Tamara Lienas Navarro for Aimed & Framed and the digital single to be released this Friday, the track is the first to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fifth album,  Ultimate Abomination , set for international release on February 24th, 2023 via  Edged Circle Productions . See & hear Bodyfarm 's "Torment" video in its entirety exclusively HERE .

Formed in 2009, Bodyfarm  began life as an old-school, classics-oriented death metal band. Today, they are performing with a new, solid four-member formation with a bit more black metal influence than in the beginning. Although their lineup changed a lot over the years – mainly, because of the tragical loss of founder Thomas Wouters in 2019 as well as the amicable parting of longtime drummer Quint Meerbeek – Bodyfarm  are as committed as ever to their core ethics.  

Some of the band’s highlights to date have been playing on the 70000 Tons Of Metal festival cruise, touring Europe with Death To All, and performing at such big German summer festivals as Party.San and Summer Breeze. With their current lineup in place, Bodyfarm  have the ambition to be a much more active part of these kinds of events in the future. 

Now, with the imminent arrival of  Ultimate Abomination , Bodyfarm  are poised to assert, once and for all, their domination over the death metal scene. The arrangements for the upcoming album were mostly written by founding guitarist Bram Hilhorst and bassist-turned-fellow- guitarist Alex Seegers, with the lyrics written by vocalist/bassist Ralph de Boer and drums by new arrival David Schermann. Naturally, every member contributed his own part to  Ultimate Abomination , keeping the album fresh yet firmly within the core Bodyfarm  sound. The result sees a surprising infusion of catchiness and The Groove: be it galloping like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, stomping slowly across the skulls of enemies, or rolling forward across the battlefield called life,  Ultimate Abomination  is a death metal maniac’s wet dream. 

Lyrically,  Ultimate Abomination  focuses on psychological warfare. “Views from a violent and devastating psychological sight from the dark depths of our minds and human behavior,” expounds Hilhorst. “You can parallel it to ‘wars in the battlefield of life itself.’ The songs are all stories in themselves, but all relate to this subject.” Thus, the title  Ultimate Abomination  is an apt summary of all the lyrics written by de Boer for the album.  

Part and parcel with  Bodyfarm ’s stellar songwriting across  Ultimate Abomination  is the album’s absolutely CRUSHING production: very “live” and full-blooded, but polished just enough to exude maximum professionalism. Recording-wise, the drums for  Ultimate Abomination  were recorded by J.B. van der Wal at Soundlodge Studios, and the other instruments and vocals by the band at Studio Hilhorst. Mixing and mastering was done by Project Zero studios Belgium.  

“We listen to different kinds of music in our genre, and this is also recognizable in the new songs,” Hilhorst continues. “The diversity of tempos and atmosphere is quite big. Old-school death ‘n’ roll to blackened death riffing, it’s all there, and we think the combination of it makes a unique sound.” 

See & hear for yourself with the brand-new video "Torment" exclusively HERE at the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Presave/listen link for the single can be found HERE . Preorder info for the album can be found HERE .