Thrash Metal Veterans Warbringer Announce New Album and 2025 Tour Dates

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Thrash Metal veterans Warbringer announces their new album “WRATH AND RUIN” out March 14 via Napalm Records and their upcoming 2025 North American co-headline tour with death metal grinders Allegaeon.

Warbringer’s “The Vortex of Violence Tour” featuring support from Skeletal Remains and Summoning The Lich, starts on March 18 in San Diego, CA, traveling through major cities including Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, and Denver, CO. The North American Tour will conclude in Los Angeles, CA on April 12. Tickets are available here.

In their new album “Wrath and Ruin”, Warbringer creates powerful songs that encourage listeners to unite and stand up against those in power, emphasizing collective strength and social change.

Their first single “A Better World,” showcases the band’s versatility and ongoing angst. Warbringer‘s frontman John Kevill says,

“When I was younger, I used to think the world would only get better during my life. I know now that isn’t the case. We aren’t going to fix the environment even though we know the consequences, because profits would decrease, so it’s not considered possible. On top of that, our societies keep getting more unequal, with a few people owning most everything, and most people just trying to keep their heads above water. We still won’t feed everyone, but we will fund development of weaponized autonomous drones, etc, etc.”

Kevill continues with,

“I was reading some social theory stuff (Mark Fisher) some years ago and feeling depressed about my own future in these conditions. I went to a therapist and they basically told me it was all real and legitimate, and that all they could do was give me drugs so I could pretend that I didn’t know all this. I don’t really have time to worry too much, because a bunch of bills are always due. I also stopped dreaming for a year or two, which I found scary. I tried to bottle this feeling into ‘A Better World’ — I don’t think I’m the only one.

WRATH AND RUIN TRACKLISTING:
CD1
“The Sword And The Cross”
“A Better World”
“Neuromancer”
“The Jackhammer”
“Through A Glass, Darkly”
“Strike From The Sky”
“Cage Of Air”
“The Last of My Kind”

CD 2
“Firepower Kills (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“The Black Hand Reaches Out (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Crushed Beneath the Tracks (Live in Nantes, France – April 20th, 2023)”
“Living Weapon (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Woe to the Vanquished (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Living in a Whirlwind (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Guitar Solo/ Outer Reaches (Live in Nantes, France – April 20th, 2023)”
“Shellfire (Live in Munich, Germany – April 5th, 2023”
“Descending Blade (Live in Krakow, Poland – April 4th, 2023)”
“Hunter-Seeker (Live in Krakow, Poland – April 4th, 2023)”
“Defiance of Fate (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Silhouettes (Live in Nantes, France – April 20th, 2023)”
“Remain Violent (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Combat Shock (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”
“Total War (Live in Budapest, Hungary – April 7th, 2023)”

Wrath And Ruin will be available in the following formats:
2CD Digisleeve
1-LP Gatefold Black Vinyl
1-LP Gatefold Marbled Vinyl w/ 12inch Booklet + Slipmat (Napalm Records mail order only – limited to 300)
CD + Shirt Bundle (Napalm Records mail order only)
Digital Album

The bonus CD, included with the 2CD and digital versions of the album, boasts 15 incendiary live versions of fan favorites recorded along their “Ravaging Europe 2023” tour. The album features pristine production by Mark Lewis, famous for his work with Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, and The Black Dahlia Murder, mastering by Justin Shturtz (Testament, Sepultura, Machine Head), and album art by the legendary Andreas Marschall, famous for his work with Kreator, Obituary, and In Flames amongst others.

After the North American Tour, Warbringer continues touring in Europe with Decapitated and Cryptopsy this spring. The “Infernal Bleeding Over Europe 2025” tour in support of death metal legends Decapitated alongside Cryptopsy, and Carnation kicks off May 3, 2025, at London’s Incineration Fest.