Alive In The Dead Eye Of The Vortex by Eradicator will be released on 21st November, with CD and vinyl editions available exclusively from the band’s shop and digitally worldwide via Metalville. Ahead of that, and out now is the band’s second live single taken from it, ‘Into Oblivion’
The title track from their fourth album, Into Oblivion, far from being forgotten by the German thrash band, this song is regularly performed live, where it unleashes its full power – a pounding mid-tempo track that immediately compels you to headbang. At the Evil Twisted Metal Feast in Siegen, the audience showed how intensely and grippingly this track unleashed their energy.
Check out the video here at RAMzine, where with double bass salvos, drummer Jan-Peter ‘Pitti’ Stöber drives the song to its climax, Sebastian ‘Seba’ Stöber makes his guitar scream, while Robert ‘Robb’ Wied (Guitar) and Sebastian Zoppe (Bass) are clearly having fun on stage – even grabbing each other’s fretboards.
Going back in tie, it was a rainy Saturday afternoon in 2004: A wild bunch of teenagers met in their rehearsal room, a small chamber in a barn in the tranquil Sauerland region. Wearing Kreator, Judas Priest and Metallica shirts, these guys covers the classics of their heroes and thus the foundation for Eradicator was laid. Twenty years later, the thrashers celebrate their anniversary with a special home game. Together with Vortex Club in Siegen, they launched the Evil Twisted Metal Feast in October 2024. Six bands, 250 fans, an unforgettable evening and the decision to capture this moment.
With Alive In The Dead Eye Of The Vortex, Eradicator deliver an 11-song live album that thrashes through the band’s entire history. Four tracks from the current LP The Paradox are also included. With ‘Evil Twisted Mind’, the song that gave the concert its name, one of their oldest songs returning to their live set, and which was already featured on their first release, the demo Back To The Roots (2007).
History also repeats itself behind the controls: producer Jörn Michutta, who was already responsible for the demo, has shaped the live tracks into a dynamically thunderous mix that perfectly captures the energy and atmosphere of the evening. Sebastian Jerke is responsible for the cover design, ensuring “a galactic reunion with the plaque bringer”.
Six minutes of pure energy: That’s the live version of the Eradicator classic ‘Of Ashes And Sand’ that came out as the first single from this album. The opener of their 2015 album Slavery it has lost none of its relevance: self-destruction, exploitation of nature, destruction of one’s own habitat – Humanity is racing inexorably towards catastrophe until only ashes remain.
Tracks featured are: ‘Possessed By The Devil’, ‘Of Ashes And Sand’, ‘Beyond The Shadows Void’, ‘Jackals To Chains’, ‘Into Oblivion’, ‘Perpetual Sacrifice’, ‘Evil Twisted Mind’, ‘Kill Cloud’, ‘Baptized In Blood’, ‘The Paradox’ and ‘Read Between The Lies’.
