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HATE Launches New Album Title Track Video For "Bellum Regiis" By Larry Petro, News Monkey Wednesday, April 23, 2025 @ 11:17 AM
Slavic black/death metal titans HATE are pleased to unleash the title track of their forthcoming new full-length, Bellum Regiis, set to drop on May 2nd on Metal Blade Records.
With a dozen ferocious and lauded albums since 1996's Daemon Qui Fecit Terra, HATE's lucky thirteenth album, Bellum Regiis, finds the unrelenting Polish quartet forging a bolder and more aggressive style than ever. Bellum Regiis' nine songs see vocalist/guitarist ATF Sinner, guitarist Domin, drummer Nar-Sil, and bassist Tiermes honing a modern sound rife with eerie atmosphere and depth. Produced by David Castillo (Candlemass, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Katatonia) at Stockholm's Grondahl Studio, Bellum Regiis is lyrically a more "humanity focused and personal" album than 2021's Rugia while its songs are timely aural and visual exploration of, according to the vocalist, "a struggle for power and everything that comes with it".
Bellum Regiis roughly translates to "A War of Royalty" or "A War of Kings" and the title track encompasses the LP's leitmotif. "As a song, "Bellum Regiis" has both a deep melancholy and a sense of grandeur," notes the frontman. "The vocals laid down by Eliza Sacharczuk [a renowned singer and voice teacher who runs a holistic arts center in Bialystok] give the song a strong sense of time. Whether that's nostalgia, reminiscence, regret, or preparation for the future is in the eye of the beholder. These wars, these struggles, have been ongoing since the dawn of our existence. Whether they are futile or not, they are scars on our very nature. Bellum Regiis represents the whole album in the best way possible."
Watch HATE's "Bellum Regiis" video on KNAC.COM HERE.
Bellum Regiis will be released on CD and digital formats as well as LP in the following color variants:
Forged in Warsaw in 1990, HATE has been hailed as a "hallmark of consistency," and praised as a "sleek and tight death metal monster." Since 2017's Tremendum, the band has focused on nature and its mysteries as a main source of inspiration. As Sinner explains, "Whether that's the nature within us, around us or that we see from afar, the perspectives gained and how they relate to different overarching themes have driven each album." For instance, 2019's Auric Gates Of Veles focused on death, the Slavic perception of death in particular. Six years later, Bellum Regiis delves into "humanity and why are we, as creatures, so deeply motivated by concepts like power, wealth, glory and faith. The main theme is a struggle for power and everything that comes with it."
Fans may notice some commonality between Erebos and Bellum Regiis in the character of the compositions and overall sound, with Bellum Regiis being richer in style and with more black-metal elements to it. "Between female vocals, orchestration, samples, acoustic guitars, there are a lot of moving pieces that help set this album apart," says Sinner. "My vocals have also changed quite a bit over the years. They're more nuanced and wider-ranging, able to portray emotions and meanings in a more powerful way."
HATE will join VENOM INC. and KRISIUN for a European tour later this week. In October, the band will support VLTIMAS on a Latin American tour followed by a short run of headlining shows through Poland in November. See all confirmed dates below.
HATE w/ VENOM INC., KRISIUN, ATER:
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