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January 21 2022

Dead Head presents their new single “Frequency Illusion” and pre-orders are open!

Dead Head presents you the new single “Frequency Illusion”, taken from the upcoming album “Slave Drive”. Once again Dead Head pushes the boundaries of Thrash Metal, intense and aggressive in its purest form available! “Slave Driver” is recorded, mixed and mastered by Erwin Hermsen from Toneshed Studio. The artwork is done by Vladimir Chebakov.

Pre-order “Slave Driver” CD/LP here:
Hammerheart Records https://bit.ly/3tMMrK2
Napalm Records EU https://bit.ly/3GOOHnr

Dead Head have been around since the late 80`s which was a golden and extremely fertile period for Thrash Metal, and it shows. Their style is just about as aggressive as Thrash can logically get before having to refer to them as death metal whilst thankfully managing to retaining a slight 80`s vibe. Everything about “Slave Driver” just ooozes unadulterated seething hatred, and aural violence.

The raging, savage, heavy yet scything hyperfast guitar riffs are so crammed with maliciousness that you instantly realise that Slayer have in all reality been effectively dead for years. The vocals which easily rival any Thrash band in history for delivering snarling savage hatred, should show Kreator what they have been incapable of producing since Pleasure to Kill. The fast cannon like drumming is unrepentant, and forms a perfect malevolent percussive backing for this brutal aural bashing. The mix is just as professional as you could want from a Thrash album, the guitar tone is crunchy and vocals are just right: spitting hatred and virtue in the same breath. If the band’s previous albums haven’t cemented them into the annals of Thrashistory just yet, “Slave Driver” will seal the deal. It’s an impressive statement from an overlooked band.

Dead Head have remained very consistant with their releasing of very high quality Thrash/Death music for over thirty years. Hail the best Thrash band around today, they have been criminally overlooked for far too long.

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