Released December 31, 2014 Producer Matt Hunt Release date 31 December 2014 | Length 37:11 Artist Holy Blood | |
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Recorded November 2013 – March 2014 at DHS Studio Genres Melodic death metal, Viking metal Labels Bombworks Records, MUSICA Production Similar Shining Sun, The Patriot, The Wanderer, Waves Are Dancing | ||
Day of Vengeance is the fifth studio album by Ukrainian folk metal band Holy Blood. It was released on December 31, 2014 in Russia through Musica Production and on May 18, 2015 in the rest of the world through Bombworks Records.
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Background and history
On December 21, 2013, Fedor Buzilevich uploaded a demo of a new song titled "Holy Blood" to his official Facebook profile. On December 25, it was added to his YouTube channel and Holy Blood's official website, while also announcing the band was in the studio.
On January 24, 2014, Buzilevich updated the band's official website, revealing the title of their upcoming album to be Day of Vengeance. He stated the album would be released in the spring of 2014 on Bombworks Records, would include 8 new songs, and the band would begin touring for the album by the end of the summer of that year.
On February 18, the band's official website was further updated, revealing a complete lineup change occurred, with the exception of Buzilevich. As a result, Buzilevich wrote and recorded the album by himself.
On March 23, Buzilevich announced that he had completed recording the album. He also unveiled the cover art of the album on his Facebook profile, and made two more songs available for streaming on Holy Blood's official website, titled "Steel Sword" and "I Believe in God".
Sound
Buzilevich revealed in an interview that the album would be a departure of the band's previous folk metal sound in favor of a melodic death metal and viking metal sound, though there will be some elements of folk metal and doom metal still present.
Cover art
In early January 2014, Buzilevich commented on the upcoming cover art of the album, saying:
On February 18, the cover art was discreetly revealed as a thumbnail after the official website's discography section was updated. It was officially revealed on Buzilewicz's Facebook profile on March 23. The cover was created by Vitaliy Tretyakov, a close friend of the band.
On May 22, Tretyakov commented on the concept of the album cover, saying:
Personnel
Songs
1Dawn Before the Battle1:18
2Day of Vengeance4:15
3Grey Eternity4:17