ERADICATOR release “Kill Cloud”, the new single from the forthcoming new studio album to be released on 20.09.2024 on Metalville Records

The term Kill Cloud stands for the military use of the civilian internet and the information that our networked smart devices collect and transmit. The song lyrics are explicitly inspired by an interview with a female drone pilot who participated in several real theatres of war at the same time. She killed de facto people on the other side of the globe from her home office, in a country whose culture was foreign to her. The metaphors are reminiscent of a computer game and, together with the pilot’s greatest concern, whether her hot coffee will be on her desk in the morning, represent the absurdity of the situation – the abstract military dehumanisation of killing.

The hammering, Tyrolean tom runs and double bass rhythms in the intro, verse and bridge are a special musical stylistic device here. In the choruses, ERADICATOR slow down in favour of the melody and groove. The attentive listener will certainly not miss the jazzy vibes in the drumming before the accelerator pedal is pressed down again in the bridge and the vocal line that closes the chorus brings you back into the world of unbridled thrash metal. The extended C section contains a special guitar solo that you immediately want to hear several times and reminds you of megadethesque compositions. ERADICATOR’s joy of playing sweeps you away in the instrumental interlude of Kill Cloud, until the musical finale triumphs in thrashy style at the end of the song with increased drum and guitar parts.

The cover of the single shows a uniformed fighter from an elite unit, surrounded by ominous drones that only know the command ‘KILL’. The bombed-out backdrop visualises the cruelty of war. The young Ukrainian artist Alina Volnianska is responsible for the illustration, having created this work of art with an awareness of the sad reality of a destructive war of aggression to which her homeland is falling victim. The single, as well as the entire album, was mixed/mastered by Sebastian ‘Seeb’ Levermann (Orden Ogan, Asphyx, Brainstorm) and produced together with Seba Stöber. 

Watch the video for “Kill Cloud” below:

“The Paradox” is undoubtedly the most versatile album by thrashers ERADICATOR. It will be released in the year of the band’s 20th anniversary. The ten new songs deal lyrically with the contradictory nature of being human and present many musical facets, not only of thrash metal. 

“The Paradox” bears the signature of ERADICATOR and shows their unbroken joy of playing. The band has now also made a name for itself live. However, the four guys from the Sauerland region in Western Germany are not afraid to refine and develop their new compositions stylistically. 

The lyrical themes on “The Paradox” reflect the dichotomy and ambivalence of human action and thought. 

Like its predecessor, the album was mixed and mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann (Orden Ogan, Asphyx, Brainstorm), who once again managed to give ERADICATOR an authentic sound. After 20 years, the four musicians know what they want to sound like and that’s exactly what “The Paradox” sounds like. 

TRACK LISTING

1.   Beyond The Shadow‘s Void
2.   Drown In Chaos
3.   When The Shooting Begins
4.   Kill Cloud
5.   The Paradox
6.   Hell Smiles Back
7.   The Eleventh Hour (Ramble On)
8.   Perpetual Sacrifice
9.   Fake Dealer
10. Debris Of Demise

LINE UP

Sebastian “Seba” Stöber – guitar/vocals
Robert “Robb” Wied – guitar
Sebastian Zoppe – bass
Jan-Peter “Pitti” Stöber – drums

DISCOGRAPHY

The Atomic Blast (2009)
Madness Is My Name (2012)
Slavery (2015)
Into Oblivion (2018)
Influence Denied (2021)

LINKS

https://eradicator.de/
https://www.facebook.com/EradicatorThrash/

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