German metal band Iron Angel has released new music. After “Sands of Time” , the first single from the band's new phase, Wikimetal exclusively presents the lyric video for the track “Sacred Slaughter”. The song will be featured on Emerald Eyes , the band's first album since Hellbound in 2018. The album is scheduled for release on October 2nd of this year .
“'Sacred Slaughter' was the first song I wrote for the band ('Sands of Time', the first single, was the third), and therefore best shows how I envisioned our development as a band,” says drummer Maximilian Behr . “While it’s undeniably a fast metal song, the riff is partly thrash, something that takes us back to our first album Hellish Crossfire , but at the same time, it’s also become more complete and challenging and less 'meat and potatoes'. It’s definitely one of our fastest and most brutal songs on the album.”
“The lyrics speak about the inner struggle of believing and how that belief is exercised. A soul seeking solace and peace, equipped with a wisdom that tells you that 'hate only leads to more hate,' looks at events shaping our world these days (I wrote the song in June 2018, but now it's more relevant than ever), and realizes that perhaps it has to be forced to defend itself, and therefore also exercise violence, even if it's for reasons of self-defense, and that's another straw that keeps the great cycle of conflict active. It's something very profound for sure.”
Check out the lyric video for "Sacred Slaughter" by Iron Angel here
