Picture by Anne DePena
With their approaching fortieth(!) anniversary, SoCal thrash legends Hirax, led by iconic vocalist Katon W. DePena, are set to launch their sixth full-length studio album, Sooner Than Demise. So we’re thrilled to be premiering the influential outfit’s newest single from mentioned album, “Worlds Finish.” The closing observe on the brand new long-player, “Worlds Finish” is an old-school ripper filled with traditional Exodus rage and Present No Mercy-style riffage, a real throwback in the very best means. It was even partially recorded by Metallic Blade’s go-to producer from the ’80s, Invoice Metoyer.
Sooner Than Demise is ready for launch on vinyl, CD and digitally on February 28 by way of Armageddon Label. Place your preorder right here or right here.
Right here’s what Katon needed to say in regards to the observe:
“I wrote the lyrics in 2020 in the course of the COVID-19 lockdown. We had curfews the place we needed to keep indoors. There was a lot paranoia and confusion. Issues like going to the grocery retailer have been weird as a result of individuals have been combating over bottled water and bathroom paper! Actually, it was very onerous to get the everyday necessities, and the streets/roads have been empty. It was very eerie and it felt like we have been dwelling in apocalyptic occasions. Individuals have been dying and the homeless inhabitants exploded. The opening line of the primary verse says all of it: ‘Panic and chaos, the world goes to hell!’ To sum all of it up, it’s a darkish tail of a twisted time. ‘Worlds Finish,’ survive or die!”
