The latest wrong turn from Exhumed, the driving force of Gore Metal, Red Asphalt crashes the band’s hook-laden, high-speed deathgrind into whiplash-inducing grooves and dangerous musical curves. This new record is a love letter to the road – horrific accidents, vehicular homicide, defective cars, gore-filled instructional videos, zombified biker gangs, and more, and true to the band’s spirit, it drags the listener through a whirlwind of riffy madness. Tracks like the aptly titled “Unsafe At Any Speed”, the record’s lead single whic you can listen to below this article, as well as the horrifying “Shovelhead”, and “The Iron Graveyard”, ooze with sleaze and groove while retaining all of the high-octane, full-throttle, white-knuckle madness you’ve come to demand from Exhumed.
“We’re very stoked to be back in your ear-holes with Red Asphalt. Our recent albums have taken you with us through the graveyards and operating theaters of 19th century Scotland, the horror aisles of the video rental stores of our youths, and through the band’s history itself.” Exhumed mastermind Matt Harvey says. “This time around, we’re inviting you to accompany us to a place that we spend a disproportionate amount of our lives, someplace familiar yet far more dangerous than it feels, a place that can take you to the hospital or the grave in more ways than you can imagine: the American roadway”. Time to take the record for a spin, and get your kicks on Route 666!
Red Asphalt will be released on February 20th via Relapse Records. Pre-orders are now available here.
Photo credit: Ross Sewage
