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VULTURE Release Second Studio Album ‘Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves’
June 7th, 2019

German thrash / speed metal group Vulture issued second full-length studio album Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves on June 7th, 2019 through Metal Blade Records.

Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.

“We titled our second album Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves because it’s catchy, cold and metal as fuck,” Vulture guitarist Stefan Genözider stated.

Vulture view the outing as a step forward in terms of songwriting and execution. “With ‘The Guillotine’ we really restricted ourselves to reproducing our debut EP. We wanted it to sound the same, both in the actual music and sound-wise, but we knew that this wouldn’t work a third time, so we sat down and talked about what was missing in what we had come up with so far. From that discussion, the overall goal for our second full-length was to get more variation in our songs, work out more melodic parts and allow ourselves to slow down a little here and there.”

Production was handled by Marco Brinkmann at Hellforge Studio in Detmold, Germany, once again. “Overall, the album sounds very aggressive and cold, and our producer Marco once again managed to catch exactly what we wanted and mapped out a great mix that fits our music perfectly. There’s a lot of room for all those small accents and hints, but it also sounds very direct, in-your-face-alike, if you will,” said Genözider.

Performing limited edition digipak CD bonus track duties is a cover rendition of ‘Killer On The Loose’. Recorded by Thin Lizzy and written by Phil Lynott, its original version appeared on October 1980’s Chinatown. “Finding a fitting cover isn’t easy but this track just clicks with Vulture,” reckoned bassist Andreas Axetinctör. “You have the lyrical theme, the ripping riffs and most importantly it’s a great song by one of our favourite bands.”

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Fed To Sharks’
02. ‘The Garotte’
03. ‘B.T.B. (Beyond The Blade)’
04. ‘Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves’
05. ‘Dewer’s Hollow’
06. ‘Tyrantula’
07. ‘Stainless Glare’
08. ‘Murderous Militia’
09. ‘Killer On The Loose’ (Thin Lizzy cover) *

* limited edition digipak CD bonus track

Vulture’s line-up is as follows:

L. Steeler (vocals)
S. Castevet (guitar)
M. Outlaw (guitar)
A. Axetinctör (bass)
G. Deceiver (drums)

Ghastly Waves & Battered Waves was made available in the following formats; jewelcase CD, limited edition digipak CD (EU exclusive, including bonus track and patch), 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive), red / white / black marbled vinyl (EU exclusive, limited to 500 copies), lilac / white marbled vinyl (EU exclusive, limited to 300 copies), white vinyl (EU exclusive, limited to 200 copies), blood splatter vinyl (EU exclusive, limited to 100 copies), and ice blue marbled vinyl (US exclusive, limited to 300 copies).

Directed by Robert Piel, a music video was filmed for the track ‘B.T.B. (Beyond The Blade)’. The clip can be viewed below.

Debut studio record The Guillotine was released in August 2017 via High Roller Records.

Promotional photograph by V. Star.