DAWN OF AZAZEL – The Tides Of Damocles Streaming In Full

Long-running New Zealand-based progressive death metal tyrants, Dawn Of Azazel, released their fourth full-length on April 27. Titled The Tides Of Damocles, the ten-track slab of sonic violence is the trio’s first output in six years following 2009’s Relentless long-player. The album is streaming in full at Bandcamp.

The Tides Of Damocles was recorded, mixed and mastered last year at Mana Recording Studios (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Goatwhore, et al) in Tampa, Florida by Brian Elliot and J.J. Hrubovcak. A name referencing the ocean as a metaphor for the forces of life that constantly assail and erode the will of those who seek power, The Tides Of Damocles thrusts forth forty-eight minutes of harrowing, surgically precise death metal mastery.

Comments the band of their latest works: “We’re excited as fuck to resurface with this record.  It has an anger and a dynamism that reflects the reasons we’ve been silent for a several years, and our aggression moving forward in spite of these obstacles. We couldn’t be more proud of this record as our contribution of something ferocious and unique to the death metal genre.

The Tides Of Damocles tracklisting:

“Strike First, Strike Hard, Strike Often”
“Irresistible Foe”
“Vassalplasty”
“The Odious Tides”
“Forever Enduring, Always Ready”
“Controlled Burn”
“Progeny of Pain”
“The Eagles Grasp”
“Damocles”
“Tarnished Gold”

“Controlled Burn”:

“Vassalplasty” lyric video:

The Tides Of Damocles was released independently via the official Dawn Of Azazel BandCamp page at this location, and comes available digitally and as a stunning, deluxe, six-panel digipack with 20-page booklet.

Dawn Of Azazel will bring their brutality to the stage in the coming days on a slew of live excursions through New Zealand and Australia with further invasions to be announced shortly.

Tour dates:

May
2 – The King’s Arm Tavern – Auckland, New Zealand (with Suffocation, Decapitated)

July
4 – Rust In Perth 2015 – Perth, Australia

August
29 – Living Death Fest 2015 – Melbourne, Australia

Dawn Of Azazel:

Rigel Walshe – bass, vocals
Joe Bonnett – guitar
Jeremy Suckling – drums