ASINHELL share Pyromantic Scryer video ahead of Download Festival in June

ASINHELL SHARE “PYROMANTIC SCRYER” VIDEO — WATCH

BAND FEATURES VOLBEAT’S MICHAEL POULSEN, MARC GREWE (INSIDIOUS DISEASE, EX-MORGOTH), + MORTEN TOFT HANSEN (RAUNCHY)

DEBUT ALBUM IMPII HORA OUT NOW VIA METAL BLADE RECORDS

BAND TOURING EUROPE INCLUDING DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL IN JUNE

For more than 20 years, vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen has been spearheading Danish rock and roll machine Volbeat, releasing eight full-lengths, selling millions of albums, and filling stadiums worldwide. Before fronting Volbeat, however, Poulsen formed death metal band Dominus, which recorded four fast, brutal albums in the mid ’90s. When Poulsen was putting together songs for Volbeat’s 2021 album, Servant Of The Mind, he wrote a bunch of death metal riffs and saved them on his phone. Then, when he was done with the Volbeat record, he reopened the rusty gates to Armageddon and started putting together songs for his new death metal band Asinhell, whose debut album Impii Hora (Latin for Ungodly Hour), is a tribute to Poulsen’s favourite old-school groups.

Impii Hora was released September 29 via Metal Blade. Get it here.

Today, the band has shared the video for “Pyromantic Scryer.” Watch it here.

“‘Pyromantic Scryer’ was the first song I wrote for the album and it surely has an Entombed vibe, and as I’ve said before, it was L.G. Petrov who kicked started the birth of Asinhell,” says Poulsen.

“Pyromancy is the ‘art’ of prophecy/augury by any means of fire,” continues vocalist Marc Grewe. “The song is about a mad man who thinks he can predict the future from fires. Fires he sets himself. In his delusion, he thinks he is a misunderstood messiah. The song can also been seen metaphorical on some things that are going on (and wrong) in the world of today… a small spark of a mad man (or group/cult) can set the world on fire. I think the video created by Shan Dan shows this dangerous behaviour in a quite drastic way!”

UK fans don’t have much longer to wait to experience ASINHELL live for the first time, with the band embarking on a European tour next month that takes in Derbyshire’s Download Festival. The band will perform on the Opus stage on Saturday 15th June.

ASINHELL ON TOUR:

30/05/24 DK – Copenhagen – Pumphuset (+ Sickomania)

02/06/24 DE – Hamburg – Übel & Gefährlich (+ Endseeker)

03/06/24 LU – Luxembourg – Rockhal (+ Endseeker)

05/06/24 NL – Utrecht – Rhonda (+ Endseeker)

07/06/24 DE – Nürburgring – Rock am Ring

09/06/24 DE – Nürnberg – Rock im Park

10/06/24 DE – München – Technikum (+ Endseeker)

12/06/24 CH – Zürich – Xtra (+ Alien Weaponry)

13/06/24 AT – Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock

15/06/24 UK – Donington Park – Download Festival

18/06/24 DE – Berlin – Hole 44 (+ Endseeker)

19/06/24 DE – Frankfurt – Zoom (+ Endseeker)

20/06/24 BE – Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting

22/06/24 DK – Copenhagen – Copenhell

24/06/24 DE – Essen – Turock (+ Endseeker)

25/06/24 FR – Lyon – Transbordeur (+ Endseeker)

27/06/24 FR – Clisson – Hellfest

29/06/24 NO – Oslo – Tons of Rock

31/08/24 DK – Næstved – Næstved Metalfest

“Let’s set one thing straight: Impii Hora is 40 minutes of Swedish death metal that absolutely bangs from start to finish…. ASINHELL have given us one of 2023’s funnest death metal albums.” Distorted Sound

“If there was any doubt that this album would not deliver then such thoughts are washed away with ease. Poulsen and his bandmates have taken a genre and been true to it, keeping the keystones which makes the genre beloved while adding their unique mark to it. This is a must have for any death metal fan, no matter what era you prefer!” The Razors Edge

“The result is as slick and measured as expected, considering the years of wellfunded exactitude that has coloured the majority of Michael and Morten’s professional lives. But that doesn’t mean Impii Hora – Latin for ‘Ungodly Hour’ – isn’t dripping with bangers.” Metal Hammer

“Impii Hora delivers an old school experience completely grounded in what the future of death metal should be… Best death metal album of 2023“ Pedro of A&P Reacts (watch review here)

“Impii Hora is a straightforward, balls-out extreme metal record, with deep roots in the old school and a brutish, ultra-modern sound. Vocalist Marc Grewe (INSIDIOUS DISEASE / ex-MORGOTH) is the perfect foil for Poulsen’s serrated-edge riffs and succinct songwriting: he barks and growls with utmost clarity, while also sounding hell-bent on battering anything and everything within flailing distance.” Blabbermouth.net

IMPII HORA TRACK LISTING:

“Fall Of The Loyal Warrior”

“Inner Sancticide”

“Island Of Dead Men”

“Trophies”

“The Ultimate Sin”

“Wolfpack Laws”

“Desert Of Doom“

“Pyromantic Scryer”

“Impii Hora”

“Foj For Helvede”

ABOUT ASINHELL

Poulsen has rekindled the death metal fire that fuelled his first band Dominus. He began jamming on riffs with long-time friend and neighbour, drummer Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy). The two started playing in Morten’s tiny garage: no mics, no P.A. — just a drum kit and a combo amp turned all the way up like they used when they were teenagers. Soon, the pair were completing a new song every time they got together. When it came time to add vocals, Poulsen turned to his good friend, who also happened to be one of his all-time favourite death metal growlers: Marc Grewe (Insidious Disease, ex-Morgoth).

With Asinhell fully formed, the three convened with Volbeat producer Jacob Hansen to produce, mix, and play bass on their debut album. When it was time to add lead guitar to the album, Michael looked no further than friend and The Arcane Order axeman Flemming C. Lund. Impii Hora was complete.

“I had known Michael quite a long time and he always mentioned that we should do a death metal project one day, but I never took him too seriously because he was so busy with Volbeat,” Grewe says. “Then he called for real and said, ‘Yeah, I want to do it now. Are you up for it?’ Immediately, I was like, ‘Yes, of course!'”

ASINHELL ARE:

 Michael Poulsen — Guitar

Marc Grewe — Vocals

Morten Toft Hansen — Drums

FIND ASINHELL ONLINE:

https://asinhell.com/