DK thrashers Persecutor release final single from new album 'Casualties Of Violence'

As Danish neo thrash metallers PERSECUTOR gears up for the release of their third album ‘Casualties of Violence’ on March 20th, 2026, they release the album’s fourth and final single ‘To Hold Hands With Death”’ today. The new single is one of the album’s nine crushing songs, delivered in their characteristic style, where riffing, melodic sensibility, and aggression merge into a powerful whole, with lyrics about death, war, cruelty, and the world’s many evils.

PERSECUTOR states on the new song:

“Our fourth and final single takes the listener back to the first world war, where mud, blood and death is your daily life. We are following a random soldier and his final days in battle, before death takes his hand one last time.

The song is our shortest so far and it goes straight for the throat and doesn’t let go! The constant barrage of riffs, intense drums and the aggressive vocals, is meant to keep the listener trapped, like they were stuck in a trench with bullets flying over their heads.

The battlefield becomes my home.”

PERSECUTOR will play a release show at Lille Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 10th with special guests Koya, and tickets are available HERE. More shows will be announced in th months to come.

Hear the third single ‘1984’ HERE

Hear the second single ‘A Way In Life’ HERE

Also, watch the video for the first single ‘Acta Est Fabula’ PERSECUTOR - Acta Est Fabula (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

PERSECUTOR was formed in Denmark in 2018 with the vision of playing thrash metal with both melody and aggression. The chemistry between the four members was undeniable, and the band quickly gained momentum. Already in 2019, their debut album ‘Rebirth’ was released, followed by a string of intense live shows that showcased PERSECUTOR as a convincing live band. During the pandemic in 2020, the band released a couple of singles while writing songs for their second album.

In 2023, PERSECUTOR returned with their second album ‘Vendetta’, which, with its nine hard-hitting tracks, truly established the band as one of the leading exponents of neo-thrash. The record received significant international attention from the music press, but most importantly, the enthusiastic metal audience, who since the release have been able to experience the band performing triumphant shows in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and at festivals such as Copenhell and The Great Escape in the UK. The band has remained creative throughout, and alongside their intense live activity, PERSECUTOR has continued writing and recording new material.

Now, PERSECUTOR can present their third album, ‘Casualties of Violence’. The album consists of nine energetic thrash metal tracks, with consistent, in-your-face songwriting and riffing that combines the best of the classic bands with a fresh neo-thrash approach, providing a distinct sense of melody and variation in the arrangements. Once again, the band recorded with producer Andreas Linnemann (Baest a.o.), but this time also involved German Nino Helfrich, who handled mixing and mastering in collaboration with Joel Wanasek