Thrash and groove trailblazers EXHORDER will release their fourth full-length album, “Defectum Omnium”, on March 8 via Nuclear Blast Records
Featuring 12 crushing tracks and ominous cover artwork by Travis Smith (KATATONIA, OPETH),the album follows the band’s critically revered 2019 release “Mourn The Southern Skies”.
EXHORDER vocalist/guitarist Kyle Thomas states: “It’s been quite a journey for EXHORDER since the 2019 release of ‘Mourn The Southern Skies’. Lineup changes as well as the 2020-2021 pandemic and lockdown presented hurdles that weren’t easy to overcome. But we persevered, kept our heads down and went to work with intense focus and real goals. One of those goals was to bring our fourth full-length album to our fanbase.
“‘Defectum Omnium’ is a collaborative effort in songwriting, much as it was in the early days of EXHORDER. We produced it ourselves, as we felt no need or desire to bring in anyone from the outside based upon our shared vision. It was also important to us not only to continue the natural progression this band has been in since the early ’90s, but to put a foot back into our roots.
“The influence punk and hardcore had on this band from getting our start in the New Orleans punk rock scene has a strong presence. We’ve also made sure to keep plenty of our thrash roots as well in our songwriting process. But we have also managed to keep our doom roots alive, which first surfaced on the song ‘(Cadence Of) The Dirge’ back in 1992. In fact, on one new song we have guest appearances by Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin from TROUBLE, and they absolutely killed it!
“‘Defectum Omnium’ is a collaborative effort in songwriting, much as it was in the early days of EXHORDER. We produced it ourselves, as we felt no need or desire to bring in anyone from the outside based upon our shared vision. It was also important to us not only to continue the natural progression this band has been in since the early ’90s, but to put a foot back into our roots.
“The influence punk and hardcore had on this band from getting our start in the New Orleans punk rock scene has a strong presence. We’ve also made sure to keep plenty of our thrash roots as well in our songwriting process. But we have also managed to keep our doom roots alive, which first surfaced on the song ‘(Cadence Of) The Dirge’ back in 1992. In fact, on one new song we have guest appearances by Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin from TROUBLE, and they absolutely killed it!
“Defectum Omnium” track listing:
01. Wrath Of Prophecies
02. Under The Gaslight
03. Forever And Beyond Despair
04. The Tale Of Unsound Minds
05. Divide And Conquer
06. Year Of The Goat
07. Taken By Flames
08. Defectum Omnium / Stolen Hope
09. Three Stages Of Truth / Lacing The Well
10. Sedition
11. Desensitized
12. Your Six
After the April launch of “Defectum Omnium,” EXHORDER is set to embark on a U.S. tour alongside Bay Area thrash legends VIO-LENCE, Virginian extreme metalheads DECEASED, and L.A. death metal outfit MORTAL WOUND. The onslaught begins on April 5 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and concludes on April 13 in Chicago, Illinois.
The recording of EXHORDER‘s latest LP took place at Fat Track Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the guidance of engineer Rob Nadler. Serving as the successor to “Mourn The Southern Skies,” this upcoming album marks the band’s inaugural collaboration with former CANNIBAL CORPSE guitarist Pat O’Brien, who made his live debut with EXHORDER at the 2022 Maryland Deathfest.
