Deathchain, a Death/Thrash metal act from Kuopio, has unleashed its fifth studio album, “Death Gods”. New merchandise is also available.

The group that has gone up to Finnish top 20 with three of their last albums, has got a new recruit along with their new album. C.Void, who had done backing vocals since the first album (Deadmeat Disciples 2003), is now an official member of Deathchain. “Death Gods”, recorded with the reinforced line-up, is in many ways the band’s most massive album, with influences of H.P. Lovecraft’s literature and Sumerian and Babylonian goddesses.

“Every band says their newest album is the best one, and Deathchain isn’t an exception in this unwritten rule. Since the first album, we’ve sought the perfect sound-scape to support the music and lyrics the best way possible. We’ve sometimes come close, but only now we feel the stars are in the right position. The fifth album meets the expectations we wanted it to achieve,” says Corpse, the guitarist of the band.

The album that was recorded by their live mixer Jari Tuomainen in Studio Sound, which resides in band’s home town, had a border crossing unfamiliar to other Deathchain albums. “Death Gods” – unsurprisingly dedicated to gods of death – was packed to a boat and sent to our neighbor country, Sweden, where it was mixed and mastered in Necromorbus Studio by Tore Stjerna (Watain, Deströyer 666).

To get the skin over the bones of the music, the cover art had to support the music perfectly. The band hired Nucleart’s praised TT (Impaled Nazarene, Ensiferum, KVLT…) for the challenging job. “Death Gods” has been be released, along with CD and digital formats, as a double vinyl album, so the artwork gets the visibility it deserves. The album’s vinyl version also includes a bonus track, “Chronic Infection”.