Iron Slaught - 'Soldier of Fortune' (official lyric video)

From battle to battle, you ride
It's your way to live your life
Former soldier, wanderer
Cannon fodder for some gold
Quick to act and extremely mobile
Once criminal now warrior
Self trained to fulfil your contract
You're recruited by the lord
Looter, warfarer, destroyer
Show your value to be hired
Effectiveness as a slaughterer
This time you’re not on your own
Assassin waging war for money
You are involved without faith
With your companions in misfortune
Hoping to tap into goldmines
Hope is in sight
Hope may be on the horizon
A successful mission
It will alter your destiny
Being quite generously rewarded
Now the battles are over
The end of a life of violence
A future without ordeals
The hunger for a far land of freedom
Spread through your body and mind
Get rid of the fear accompanied by pain
Get ready to face new life
Hope is in sight
Hope may be on the horizon
A successful mission
It will alter your destiny
Hope is in sight
Hope may be on the horizon
A successful mission
It will alter your destiny

Δισκογραφική επιστροφή μετά από μία ενδεκάδα έτη (τυπικά οκτώ, αν συνυπολογίσουμε και το split με τους Tentation) για τους Iron Slaught. Το δεύτερο full length album των Γάλλων heavy / speed metallers φέρει τον τίτλο "Metallic Torments", αποτελείται από οκτώ μουσικές συνθέσεις και αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει στην "καρδιά" του καλοκαιριού (10 Ιουλίου 2026).

Ακούμε τον Iron Jérémy στα φωνητικά και στην κιθάρα και τον Nikrass στο μπάσο, ενώ τον προγραμματισμών των τυμπάνων (drum programming) ανέλαβε ο Stéphane Hellkine. Οι Iron Slaught μας έρχονται από την Γαλλική πόλη Ταρμπ (Tarbes, Occitanie), δημιουργήθηκαν πριν από δεκαπέντε έτη (το 2011) και μας συστήνονται κάπως έτσι:

«Old-school Speed and Thrash Metal with some Death / Black influences while remaining deeply rooted in traditional Heavy Metal.»

Έχουν κυκλοφορήσει έναν "ολοκληρωμένο" δίσκο ("Crusading Metal Mercenaries" φθινόπωρο 2015) και ένα split μαζί με τους Tentation ("- 665 - Les hordes métalliques" άνοιξη 2018)...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Gates Of Hell proudly presents the second full length album from French heavy / speed metal tyrants Iron Slaught! Iron Slaught return with their second album of heavy/speed metal with a more extreme edge.

This is an adrenaline shot of pure old school fury and passion that will surge through your veins and ignite the spirit with total metallic torment. Formed in 2011 in Bigorra (South-West France), Iron Slaught is an old-school speed/thrash metal band with some death / black metal influences while remaining deeply rooted in traditional heavy metal.

Driven by a true passion for underground metal, Iron Slaught blends different old-school metal scenes into a unique and sincere approach focused on epic songwriting, efficient riffing and dark atmospheres. With 11 years passing since their debut LP and 8 since their split with fellow French metallers Tentation, “Metallic Torments” is a record that many underground dwellers have been waiting for.

The new album is conceived as a collection of “Metallic Torments”, each song telling its own tragic story through themes such as obsession, vengeance, witchcraft, medieval battles and devotion to metal itself.

Weaving sharp guitars and thick, heavy bass lines atop programmed but powerful drums to cast a spell of arcane metal magic; Iron Slaught manage to combine the best eras of metal’s long and diverse history into something unique and oh so potent.

Soaring lead work and intricate riffs balance the epic and the intense in such a way that will keep you enthralled until the end. Harnessing the thrashing rage and fuelling the fire with touches of black and death metal while keeping the molten core of pure heavy metal mania; these French barbarians offer music only for the truest of the true.»