Hubris in Excelsis

by SCYTHIAN

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Hellmut Nighthammer so 7 years later I finally bought a copy of this eh.... Well this is only the best or one of the best death metal records of the past decade so it was long overdue. I just keep coming back to this record and never tire of it. It is chaotic, haunting, madness and clarity in one.

Choco Latte Scythian are truly unique. They sound like Bathory's 'Hammerheart' and Morbid Angel had an unholy demon baby. In a genre that gets stale from time to time, this band really stands out. One of my favourite bands ever. Favorite track: Beyond The Dust.

clockhour I'm not a big fan of death metal subgenres but this album is epic! Favorite track: Apocalyptic Visions.

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Comes with a 12-page booklet featuring interior and exterior artwork painted by esteemed underground artist Blanka Dvorak, which is rich with imagery influenced by morbid, dystopian sci-fi and resonates with the album's latent lyrical themes.

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1.	Beyond The Dust 05:54	buy track
2.	Hubris In Excelsis 03:55	buy track
3.	Apocalyptic Visions 05:54	buy track
4.	As Tyrants Feast 03:45	buy track
5.	Penultimate Truth Ultimate Deceit 05:58	buy track
6.	The Laws... 05:45	buy track
7.	Three Stigmata 04:27	buy track
8.	War Graves (Dulce et Decorum Est...) 02:58	buy track
9.	Dystopia 08:01	buy track

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At long last, maverick UK death metallers SCYTHIAN are set unleash a storm: Hubris in Excelsis, the band's highly anticipated second album. SCYTHIAN's first album for HELLS HEADBANGERS - and the first UK band to be signed to the label - Hubris in Excelsis marks the transformation of a little-known quartet into a serious contender.

Heavily inspired by apocalyptic science fiction, morbid poetry, and the unlikely mix of Sodom, Bathory, and Angelcorpse - or perhaps more specifically, INRI-era Sarcofago, '90s Zemial, and Desaster's Tyrants of the Netherworld - here on Hubris in Excelsis, SCYTHIAN better the bold sound & vision triumphantly displayed across their celebrated debut album, 2009's To Those Who Stand Against Us, whilst retaining the unique, charismatic core that won them favor 'n' fervor in the international metal underground. From slow-burning beginning to bloody, battle-torn end, SCYTHIAN fire off ten, total-experience epics that are as engaging and invigorating as the last: almost narrative despite the hellfire and fury with which SCYTHIAN play, yet winding through a wide range of dynamic contours and subtly dusted with tasteful nuance.

SCYTHIAN are both obedient to and defiant of metal tradition, for in their world, there are "no gods / no masters" - only the power of the will, and the iron-fisted hand that wields it. They've harnessed such a power with the aid of Esoteric's Greg Chandler, who recorded and engineered Hubris in Excelsis at his Priory Studios, with mastering by Mithras' Leon Macey at Dreaming Studios. Altogether, it's a recording rich with confidence and color, vigor and violence, sweat and celestial space. Completing the totality of Hubris in Excelsis is the cover (and interior) art painted by esteemed underground artist Blanka Dvorak, which is rich with imagery influenced by morbid, dystopian sci-fi and resonates with the album's latent lyrical themes.

From the micro to the macro, above and below and beyond, SCYTHIAN have reached a startling maturity with Hubris in Excelsis, and their coming of age begins here. Prepare for the grand reckoning as tyrants feast...

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released August 21, 2015

HELLS 145

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SCYTHIAN London, UK

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May 28

The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center

Old Saybrook, CT
Jun 03

Blue Ridge Music Center

Galax, VA
Jun 09

Cherry Bounce Festival

Forest City, NC
Jun 23

Redwing Roots Music Festival

Mount Solon, VA
Jul 15

Doc & Rosa Lee Watson Musicfest

Sugar Grove, NC
Sep 15

Jones Park

Appleton, WI

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