ACCU§ER Issue Guitar Playthrough Video For ‘A Cycle’s End’ Track
November 23rd, 2020
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Siegen, Germany-based thrash metal band Accu§er have released an official guitar playthrough video for the track ‘A Cycle’s End’. Featuring guitarists René Schütz and Frank Thoms, the clip can be viewed below.
Accu§er issued self-titled 12th full-length studio album on November 13th, 2020 through Metal Blade Records.
The outing can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.
Regarding the new album, vocalist / guitarist Frank Thoms commented: “You stay fresh through curiosity. Writing new songs keeps you fresh, and it is always exciting how things develop and how the listener reacts to them afterwards. This process never gets boring. It is always exciting and invites you to try new things.
“The Accu§er sound is in our DNA, and at the end of the day, it is our own blend of thrash metal. To be honest, that’s what I like best during the process of making a record, seeing how the music develops and how the album is taking shape.
“We managed to make well thought-out songs sound simple. Crazy things don’t seem like a disturbance or a foreign body. In addition, we have inconspicuously processed various genres of metal. Ultimately, we just tried to offer the essence of the band, the groove from Repent (1992), the riffs in the veins of Who Dominates Who (1989), plus structures that could be found on the first album The Conviction (1987) and stylistics that could be from Reflections (1994) or Taken By The Throat (1995) – everything put together in catchy songs.”
The latest effort also sees the return of lead guitarist René Schütz, who appeared on multiple Accu§er records during his previous stints with the band prior to 2011. “We are very, very happy to have him back in the band,” enthused Thoms. “And as you will be able to hear, his leads are definitely over the top. From my perspective, he is one of the very, very few thrash metal guitarists who are able to combine technique and feeling in a proper way.”
The album was recorded with long-time producer Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Studio in Troisdorf, Germany. Mastering duties fell to Dan Swanö at Unisound in Örebro, Sweden.
The track listing is as follows:
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01. ‘Misled Obedience’
02. ‘Phantom Graves’
03. ‘Temple Of All’
04. ‘Lux In Tenebris’
05. ‘Be None The Wiser’
06. ‘Rethink’
07. ‘Psychocision’
08. ‘Contamination’
09. ‘The Eliminator’
10. ‘Seven Lives’
11. ‘A Cycle’s End’
12. ‘Urgent’ *
* CD and digital bonus track
Accu§er’s line-up is as follows:
Frank Thoms (vocals and guitar)
René Schütz (guitar)
Frank Kimpel (bass)
Olli Fechner (drums)
A music video was filmed for the track ‘Phantom Graves’, while an official guitar playthrough video was also released for the song. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the track ‘Misled Obedience’. All three clips can also be viewed below.
Eleventh studio record The Mastery was released in January 2018 via Metal Blade.
Promotional photograph by Tom Row.
