Hyperthrashers Terminalist release second album 'The Crisis as Condition' today

sophomore album, the fiercely aggressive, complex and rather pessimistic collection of songs entitled ‘The Crisis as Condition’ today.

Singer, guitarist and lyricist Emil Hansen states on the release: ”For the last couple of years, we’ve seen our world turn for the worse. Whether we’re talking climate, war, inequality or the pandemic, the state of crisis embroils us with our societies seemingly unequipped to deal fundamentally with these issues. We hope this record will spark some thought and provide an outlet for some. Maybe the connection through music and art is what we truly have left in these dire times.“

After spring of shows with DK thrashers Hatesphere and as support for sci-fi metal legends Voivod in Copenhagen, TERMINALIST celebrates the new album with a release show tonight at Loppen in Copenhagen with support from power thrashers Exelerate - the remaining tickets are available HERE.

• Watch the video for ‘Mutating Fractures’ TERMINALIST - Mutating Fractures (Official Video) - YouTube
• Also, watch the video for ‘The Crisis as Condition' TERMINALIST - The Crisis as Condition (Official Video) - YouTube

It is a weighty and complex theme that TERMINALIST take up on 'The Crisis as Condition.' Rooted in 1980s technical thrash metal, they update the socio-political criticism known from the genre's heyday in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s—a time that was also characterized by political upheaval, yet marked by a belief in better times ahead.

On 'The Crisis as Condition,' this worldview is turned inside out. The optimism of earlier times and faith in progress have been replaced by a bleak and pessimistic realism. Transformation turns to turmoil; the state of emergency is the new normal.

Where the 2021 debut album, 'The Great Acceleration,' was a commentary on the (future) space race and the inherently destructive side of technology, 'The Crisis as Condition' is a simultaneously detached and impassioned look at the present. Science fiction fantasies have been shelved in favor of a fierce analysis and castigation of contemporary crisis-ridden society.

This is expressed through hard-hitting and dynamic music rich in detail that has its basis in thrash metal, but which draws parallels to progressive metal and black metal with its intricate rhythms and ambitious songwriting.

Just as on their debut album, TERMINALIST has teamed up with producer Lasse Ballade. 'The Crisis as Condition' was recorded and mixed at Ballade Studios in Copenhagen and mastered by V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) at Woodshed Studios in Germany, while the British painter Ryan T. Hancock is once again responsible for the unique artwork.

'The Crisis as Condition' will be released on vinyl (gatefold in two editions - 100 orange, 300 black), CD, cassette tape and digital formats via Indisciplinarian. Physical formats can be ordered via Indisciplinarians web shop HERE, while the digital versions can be accessed HERE