ARMAGH (Heavy Metal – Poland) – Their highly anticipated second album “Serpent Storm” will be released via Dying Victims Productions on May 26, 2023 #Armagh

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present ARMAGH’s highly anticipated second album, Serpent Storm, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Formed in 2012, ARMAGH are a heavy metal force from Satanic City Warsaw. Mixing classic heavy metal from the ’70s and ’80s with proto-black metal, ARMAGH are the creators of First Wave Only movement, which unites several Polish bands delivering old-school metal – among them, labelmates GALLOWER and SEXMAG but also Torpor, Wielki Mrok, and R.I.P. – with primal severity in their sound and message.

Truly, ARMAGH are a maniac maniac’s band, idiosyncratically mainlining such noble influences as Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, KISS, Manilla Road, early Slayer and Megadeth, W.A.S.P, Bathory, Dissection, Running Wild, KAT, and the NWOBHM in general into something authentically rustic and effortlessly unique. They delivered their first recording, the Venomous Frost EP, in 2016 and then followed it three years later with a split and then their debut album, Cold Wrath of Mother Earth. The latter was exceptionally cult, but simply set the stage for their breakout record: Serpent Storm.

Wild and weird but never belabored, ARMAGH’s second album seemingly comes from an alien place – one where Battle Cry, Another Perfect Day, Haunting the Chapel, Chinatown, Under the Sign of the Black Mark, and Born Again all simultaneously play in perfect, hellish harmony. A true record collector’s record, Serpent Storm displays its power and personality at every turn, each of these ten songs offering its own canvas of darkness and mystery, ultimately making the album an epic of archaic splendor and true rivetheaded spirit. For as “old” as the album supposedly sounds (and by OLD, we mean ANCIENT), ARMAGH’s rumbling ‘n’ roiling attack feels remarkably fresh compared to so much nowadays “heavy metal” or especially “black metal”; from the warlocked clean tones of frontman Galin Soulreaper to his almost rock ‘n’ rollish guitar tones, there’s nothing trendy – only timeless – about that attack. The 45 minutes of Serpent Storm feel too short, so addicting is its alchemy.

Track List:
1. Woman from the Hills 04:47
2. Howling of the Black Wind 05:07
3. Into the Fumes of Deutero-Steel 05:09
4. Shadow Walkers 02:49
5. Mhacha’s Height 05:05
6. Storm over Satanic City 02:57
7. Industrial District Fever 05:12
8. Beyond the Night 04:31
9. Flattened Rats 04:56
10. Death is Near 03:41

Release info:
– Regular LP edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, postcard and download code.
– Special LP edition on ultra clear vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, postcard, download code and patch.
– CD with sticker and obi.
– MC with sticker, button, download code.

Prepare for the sleeper hit of the year in ARMAGH’s Serpent Storm: FUCK MODERN METAL, FIRST WAVE ONLY!

Line-up:
Tom CultCommander – bass
Galin Soulripper – guitar & vocals
Al Atom Smasher – drums
Vikk Vandall – guitar

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