THE BEAST

San Fransisco (CA) - Bay Area Hardcore/Thrash/Groove Metal quartet ALMOST DEAD have released Destruction Is All We Know on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Innerstrength Records. Additionally, a lyric video for the track "Agent of Chaos" is available now below

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"The level of sheer, throat-shredding ferocity and all-encompassing darkness present, throughout ‘DIAWK’ are admirably sustained and the audio standards, flawless, as ever. Reserve this, for the darkest rages and remain in awe of its pure, unbridled viscerality." (10/10)

- Rock Queen Reviews

“Destruction is All We Know is practically a truck pouring its load of scrap metal on us, crushing us, shattering us, burying us in a deafening noise. But those scraps are not rusty pieces of iron, they are precious metals, well-turned, well-constructed pieces, designed to massacre us with style, with technique, with destabilizing purity!" (9/10)

- Metalhead.it

"An unstoppable force of nature, Almost Dead have got what it takes to reduce everything to rubble and showcase it here in incredible fashion." (9/10)

- Metal Noise

"Almost Dead are masters of brevity of destructive power, and this record leaves the audience terrorized and traumatized." (8.6/10)

- Metal Factory

"This is old-school attitude with modern tech and theory added to create a more lethal form of the timeless classic Thrash sound."

- Metal-Zenith

"If you want some nasty thrash with a vicious crossover edge, then Almost Dead are a band well worth checking out."

- Musipedia of Metal

"With a combination of groove and hooks, Almost Dead proves that once again songwriting finesse will always prevail over the kind of in-your-face onslaught your average metal band boxes your ears with these days." (8/10)

- Ghost Cult Magazine

"While they embody everything that makes the hardcore style what it is, they still went out of their way to give their songwriting a life of its own so it can stand on its own two feet as a thrash album just as much as it garners towards the hardcore crowd."

- The Razors Edge

On the new album, ALMOST DEAD take their sound even further into realms of the extreme, building off all of their previous influences, incorporating new ones, and growing their reach both internationally and domestically.

Since forming in Martinez, CA in 2004, ALMOST DEAD has been churning out an aggressive blend of thrash, groove metal and hardcore. The group's sound is influenced by the likes of Pantera and Sepultura, infused with that of their local Bay Area scene like Testament and Machine Head, as well as incorporating more modern influences such as New England metalcore and New York death metal. ALMOST DEAD has created their own original style that still includes all the elements of metal you know and love.

Track Listing:

1. Warheads In The Sky [Official Video]

2. Commandments Of Coercion [Officiall Video]

3. Eight Eyes Black

4. Nightmare Coming

5. Within The Ashes

6. Agent Of Chaos [Lyric Video]]

7. Brutal Devotion

8. Selfish Suicide [Lyric Video]

9. Where Sinners Cry

Album recorded, mixed and mastered by Zac Orhen at Sharkbite Studios Oakland, CA

Album cover and art work by Gragoth at luciferiumwargraphics.com

Band photo credit: Alex DeLuna

BIO:

ALMOST DEAD have released five full-length albums to date: Almost Dead (2007), Internal Chaos (2008), Mindfucked (2012), Lay Me Down To Waste (2018), and Brutal Onslaught (2021).

In a 10/10-rated review, Jennytate.wordpress.com called 2018’s Lay Me Down To Waste “a slab of steel driven rage and blood spurting horror, like you've never heard before. Atmospherically dense, with visual assault and gothic mind terror. Almost Dead are masters at brevity of power. 'LMDTW' multiplies the energy and strength of even the heaviest of metal albums. Leaving you terrorized, traumatized and gagging

for more."

Metal Hammer Spain called 2021’s Brutal Onslaught “one of the best metal releases of the year...for the faithful of American thrash metal,” referring to it as an album that demonstrated “incredible virtuosity” and “characterized by the great variety of riffs and the power it has from beginning to end.”

In early 2021 ALMOST DEAD signed a worldwide deal with Art Gates Records, looking to take their unique blend of metal music and intense live performances and share it with the rest of the world. In partnership with the Flaming Arts Agency, ALMOST DEAD embarked on the “Black Rituals Tour 2021" in Europe, alongside co-headliners Batushka (PL) and Belphegor (AT), as well as fellow support Diabolical (SE) and Warhammer (GR).

ALMOST DEAD continues to play all across California, as well

as internationally.

Line-up:

Vocals: Tony Rolandelli

Guitars: Zach Weed

Drums: Ryan Glick

Bass Guitar: Felix Portillo

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