ONLY DEATH IS REAL: “New” Hellhammer Single from 1983 Due in August

Despite dissolving more than thirty years ago, and absolutely not reuniting, Swiss extreme metal trailblazers Hellhammer will issue a “new” seven-inch single, “Blood Insanity,” in August 2016.Both songs featured on the disc, “Blood Insanity” and the B-side “Maniac,” were recorded in 1983 during the band’s Triumph of Death demo sessions. Band members initially envisioned the tracks would be released as a NWOBHM-style single. At last, the record’s time has come.

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