Old School Death Metal MEMORIAM release brand new song, “Surrounded By Death”

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Michael Juvinall in Uncategorized // 0 Comments

British old school death metal minions Memoriam have released the brand new song, “Surrounded By Death” and you can check it out below. The band will be releasing their first album For The Fallen on March 24th, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Get all the album details and check out the new track on the inside.

From The Press Release

Old school death metallers MEMORIAM are set to unleash their debut album, For The Fallen, on March 24th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has released a lyric video for the song, “Surrounded By Death“, here.

Vocalist Karl Willetts states:
“The lyrics to this song work on many levels. initially it relates to the literal interpretation of death all around on the battlefield.

“The song was written when there was a lot of high profile celebrity deaths e.g. Lemmy Kilmister 28/12/2016, David Bowie 10/01/2017, this was all over the media at the time when i was writing the lyrics to the song and had a major influence in the process. It seems that we all live in a world where we are all surrounded by death.

“Death itself is a taboo subject that we never really think about or discuss until it actually happens to someone we know and love, in this respect the song is a reference to Martin “Kiddie” Kearns and also to Frank’s dad who died not long after Martin.

“It is in some way a tribute their lives along with all the other people we have known and respected that have now passed on.”

For The Fallen is available for pre-order in various formats from the Nuclear Blast web shop: http://nblast.de/MemoriamFTF

Pre-order For The Fallen now digitally and receive “Surrounded By Death” and “Reduced To Zero” instantly or stream the song: http://nblast.de/MemoriamDigital

The album’s impressive artwork was created by Dan Seagrave (BENEDICTION, DISMEMBER, HYPOCRISY, SUFFOCATION,…).

For The Fallen – Track listing:
DIGI
01. Memoriam
02. War Rages On
03. Reduced To Zero
04. Corrupted System
05. Flatline
06. Surrounded (By Death)
07. Resistance
08. Last Words

LP
Side A
01. Memoriam
02. War Rages On
03. Reduced To Zero
04. Corrupted System
Side B
01. Flatline
02. Surrounded (By Death)
03. Resistance
04. Last Words

MEMORIAM was primarily developed to fill the void that was left following the tragic death of Martin “Kiddie” Kearns, the drummer from BOLT THROWER, back in September 2015. BOLT THROWER subsequently placed all activity on hold for the foreseeable future which gave Karl Willetts an opportunity to develop a new project with friends that had expressed interest in forming a band for some time. MEMORIAM are an old-school death metal band, maintaining the high standards set by their previous bands, focusing on the themes of death, loss and war. Initially the band members got together to play covers of songs that had influenced them throughout their careers within the death metal scene, however it soon became apparent that the new songs that they created were of a superior standard.

More on For The Fallen:
“Reduced To Zero”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmucoieg2Lc
Trailer #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFWqw4L5_sA
Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/MkId7obC_WI
Trailer #3: https://youtu.be/wmM0FusaU2o

MEMORIAM are:
Karl Willetts – ex-BOLT THROWER | vocals
Frank Healy – BENEDICTION, SACRILEGE | bass
Andy Whale – ex-BOLT THROWER | drums
Scott Fairfax – ex-LIFE DENIED, BENEDICTION (live) | guitars