Almanac release single and lyric video 'Bought And Sold'!

Victor Smolski's ALMANAC are set to unleash their third studio album, "Rush Of Death", on 06.03.2020 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band gives another insight on the album, the musical development and the work with different singers on the record. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xD6OEbHzPo

Last week, ALMANAC released their second single named 'Bought And Sold', together with a lyric video that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJCGklYI5dI Get the single digitally here: https://nblast.de/Almanac-BoughtAndSold

Victor states: "„Rush Of Death“ is not only the heaviest ALMANAC album yet, it is also like a best-of of my musical style: heavy guitar riffs, bombastic orchestrals, multi-facetted melodies and fast solos. All those who liked my 'Suite Lingua Mortis', that I wrote for the RAGE album "Speak Of The Dead", can find the orchestral second part, "Suite Part II" on the upcoming ALMANAC album. The powerful song 'Bought And Sold' is one of five songs dealing with the history of gladiators.

It’s the thirst for blood that leads the audience to the arena. It’s the craving for sensation that paves the way for the bloodstained show. Whoever may win this fight - the theatre of pain and its actors are real. The blood is real, the torture is real, death is real. Take your wooden seat and let the secutor draw the sword. You may say it's a heroic fight or you might think it's a game played by the rich men for the sake of killing. Let the show begin.

When death becomes a feast the human essence shows its real face. When human beings become puppets the audience is pleased. The fight is over and you're back in your cell waiting for your next opportunity to live or die in the sand. What's on your mind when the only way out is the fight when blood flows into your muscles for the purpose of being a death machine and finally being killed."

Recently, the band also released a live video for 'Hands Are Tied' taken from the bonus live DVD, that will be included in the upcoming album release. Check out the live video here: https://youtu.be/XYanGKGiPsI

Also check out the video for the recently released first single 'Predator', here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8y_o4ufXUY

"Rush Of Death" tracklisting:

01. Predator

02. Rush Of Death

03. Let The Show Begin

04. Soiled Existence

05. Bought And Sold

06. The Human Essence

07. Satisfied

08. Blink Of An Eye

09. Can't Hold Me Back

10. Like A Machine

Bonus-DVD

LIVE IN KOREA AT JEONJU ULTIMATE MUSIC FESTIVAL, August 3rd, 2019, Jeonju Stadium

01. Morituri Te Salutant

02. Prelude Of The Souls

03. Innocent

04. Hands Are Tied

05. Children Of The Sacred Path

06. Down

07. Empty Hollow

08. Hail To The King

09. Soundchaser

10. Self-Blinded Eyes

LIVE IN BELARUS/MINSK, March 16th, 2019, Club Republic

11. Innocent

12. Self-Blinded Eyes

13. Hands Are Tied

LIVE IN KOREA AT JUMF, August 4th, 2018, Jeonju Stadium

14. No More Shadows

LIVE IN RUSSIA/MOSCOW AT BIG GUN FESTIVAL, July 28th, 2019

15. Soundchaser

Pre-order »Rush Of Death« in various formats, here: https://nblast.de/AlmanacRushOfDeath

ALMANAC won’t be resting on their laurels with live shows either – they’re set to present tracks from "Rush Of Death" to fans in spring 2020, when the band joins Finnish horror metal maniacs LORDI on their European tour.

Headline Shows

• 15.02. D Dusseldorf - Pitcher
• 29.02. D Bocholt - Alte Molkerei
• »KillecTour 2020«
• w/ LORDI
• 05.03. F Epinal – Souris Verte
• 06.03. F Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
• 07.03. NL Sneek – Bolwerk
• 10.03. D Munich – Backstage
• 12.03. D Hamburg – Markthalle
• 13.03. D Berlin – Kesselhaus
• 14.03. D Leipzig – Hellraiser
• 15.03. D Stuttgart – LKA
• 18.03. D Aschaffenburg – Colos Saal
• 19.03. D Nuremberg – Hirsch
• 20.03. D Memmingen – Kaminwerk
• 21.03. D Regensburg – Eventhalle Airport
• 22.03. CZ Prague – Roxy
• 25.03 D Cologne – Essigfabrik
• 26.03. CH Pratteln – Z7
• 27.03. D Heidelberg – Hallo 02
• 28.03. CH Schaffhausen – Kammgarn
• 29.03. NL Amstelveen – P 60

ALMANAC documented their time in the studio with several clips. Check them out here:

• Clip #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkIdNjK4C4&list=
• Clip #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2GVFkbSaE&list=
• Clip #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx566J8-4y8&list=
• Clip #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYjtiynZWuI&list=
• Clip #5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epmqTK5VhJI&list=
• Clip #6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xfLnV4yLw&list=
• Clip #7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ0JRroqFpE&list=
• Clip #8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz1FA5ulDok&list=

ICYMI:

• Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/pPghvaUJOGM
• Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/jtcEBsvqmGg