MASSACRE Surprise Fans With New Live Album, Submergence: Live Beyond 2019
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 @ 11:18 AM
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Floridian death metal legends MASSACRE are paying homage to their fans with a surprise live album, Submergence: Live Beyond 2019, out now digitally from Nuclear Blast Records. The record features a monumental performance of the band's coveted debut album, From Beyond, in its entirety with the lineup of Kam Lee (vocals), Rick Rozz (guitar), Mike Borders (bass) and Mike Mazonetto (drums). The release coincides with the band's East Coast tour with MORTA SKULD and DRUID LORD, which is currently underway.
Stream Submergence: Live Beyond 2019 HERE.
Commenting on the live record vocalist Kam Lee says:
“This release is for the fans. It had always been intended for the fans as it is all about fan service. It’s for those fans that really wanted it and called for it. The closest thing to the original line up of the From Beyond line up that they could get. It’s the first time that all of From Beyond had been performed live in it’s entirety. It was the first show since the reformation in 2017, and it was the first show Mike Borders had performed in MASSACRE since 1987. If anything it proved that MASSACRE was back – regardless of the changes that would come later, this was the return. The resurgence of the band, and the submergence into the legacy of what the band was and shall be.”
MASSACRE Remaining Dates w/MORTA SKULD & DRUID LORD:
- May 3 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East/Upstairs
- May 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Warehouse On Watts
- May 5 - Chapel Hill, NC - The Kraken Bar
- May 6 - Atlanta, GA - Boggs Social & Supply
MASSACRE rose from the swamps of Southern Florida in the early 80's during a heatwave of groundbreaking death metal that produced some of the genre's most revered forefathers, DEATH, OBITUARY and SIX FEET UNDER. Their legacy was founded with a string of classic demos, Aggressive Tyrant (1986), Chamber of Ages (1986) and The Second Coming (1990), before unleashing their critically praised classic debut album From Beyond (1991). In 2021, the band made their long-awaited return with Resurgence. Invigorated with the same youthful rage that brought them together at inception, long-time members, vocalist Kam Lee (MANTAS, BONE GNAWER, THE GROTESQUERY) and bassist Mike Borders, were joined in the studio by some of death's most prolific and malignant songwriters, guitarist Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, RIB SPREADER), guitarist Jonny Pettersson (WOMBBATH, NATTRAVNEN, HENRY KANE), guitarist Scott Fairfax (MEMORIAM, AS THE WORLD DIES) and drummer Brynjar Helgetun (CRYPTICUS, THE GROTESQUERY) with additional guest performances by Marc Grewe (INSIDIOUS DISEASE), Dave Ingram (BENEDICTION), Anders Odden (CADAVER), and Pete Slate (DRUID LORD). The record was recorded with producer and death metal icon Dan Swanö (ex-EDGE OF SANITY, ex-BLOODBATH) and Pettersson as engineer/mixer.
In 2022, MASSACRE emerged from the swamps yet again for the brutally devastating EP, Mythos. Picking up where they left off on Resurgence, the band layed waste with Lovecraftian inspired lyrics and searing death metal riffs.
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