Die aus Costa Rica stammende Band Chemicide hat sich zu einer der bedeutendsten und kompromisslosesten Thrash-Metal-Formationen Lateinamerikas entwickelt. Dank ihrer konsequenten Arbeitsweise, die sie weltweit auf Tourneen führte, konnten sie ihre Präsenz in der Metal-Szene stetig ausbauen.
Chemicide haben ihren ungeniert bombastischen, frenetischen Riff-Stil und ihr wildes, aggressives Schlagzeugspiel weiter perfektioniert – was nun in ihrem bislang stärksten, rohesten und gnadenlosesten Album Self Devour gipfelt.
Frankie, Bandleader von Chemicide, äußert sich zu ihrem neuen Album Self Devour: „We started the concept of this album last year after the Euro Tour and we wanted something completely raw. We have done many albums before and they sound great but we wanted something completely different. The idea was to do a record that has sort of a live feeling where you can feel that you’re in the room with us, like the albums that we grew up listening to, that had space, that weren’t completely digital, absolutely polished and „perfect“ in a way that, you know everything went through 20 layers of compression and editing.
We’ve obviously had many influences for this album like: Kreator, Demolition Hammer, Hypnosia, Vio-Lence etc… but at the same time, we didn’t want our sound to be like theirs. We wanted our own sound, wanted to be like them in a way that they found their own sonic style and opened up a path that took them to different places. The album talks about us trying to be part of a society, that just eats you whole. Is a malfunctioning body made of other individuals consuming itself, over and over again. You think you are part of something but you are just fuel to keep the machine going and the fuel that keeps it moving is your life and your desire to belong.
I wanted to include a cover as we’ve been doing for a while, and I grew up listening to punk and hardcore, so I thought of Inside Out. I proposed the idea of doing Redemption as a cover because the lyrics are way too relevant for this day in age but we put our style to it and changed it up a bit. This is an album that might go against what the music industry expects of metal bands nowadays. We barely edit it. It doesn’t have a „prestine“ sound. We left our mistakes in; we tried to keep it as real as possible, so when people listen to it, we can stand out from the other albums coming out.
And lastly, if people don’t like it, there’s really nothing we can do.
We absolutely love it.“
Self Devour – Trackliste:
- World Of Enemies
- Masterplan Of Malevolence
- Self Devour
- Colosseum
- Forensic Aesthetics
- Sulá Kaska
- Fake Apostles Of Mercy
- Second Hand Americans
- Performative Persona
- Redemption (Inside Out Cover)
Artwork: Dusty Peterson
Besetzung: Frankie, Sebastián, Chalo & Jos
Chemicide – The Violence Continues Tour 2026
w/ Devastator
(verbleibende Termine)
29.10. RO – Bucharest, Encore
30.10. BG – Sofia, Live & Loud
01.11. AT – Vienna, Escape (With Devastator)
02.11. AT – Graz, Music-House (With Devastator)
03.11. IT – Verona, Damage Inc (With Devastator)
04.11. IT – Turin, Blah Blah (With Devastator)
06.11. LU – Esch-sur-Alzette, MK Bar (With Devastator)
07.11. DE – Kassel, Schlachthof
10.11. NL – The Hague, Musicon
11.11. BE – Bruges, Snuffel
12.11. BE – Antwerp, Music City
13.11. UK – London, Helgi’s
14.11. UK – Manchester, Thrashchester
Chemicide online:
https://www.facebook.com/chemicide/
https://www.instagram.com/chemicide_official/