WARFATHER: Death Metal Horde Fronted By Ex-Morbid Angel Frontman Steve Tucker Confirms Debut Full-Length Details

After months of secrecy spent in the crypts finalizing the details on their debut recordings, today death metal horde, WARFATHER, finally declares their battle plans.

The new full-time projectfronted by ex-Morbid Angel bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker, WARFATHER was initially announced in mid-2012, but has remained otherwise virtually a mystery until now. As the finishing touches are currently being handled on their debut album, now confirmed to bear the title,Orchestrating The Apocalypse, this band sees Tucker back to fronting a death metal outfit after over a decade since his departure from Morbid Angel, and over two years since his participation as a vocalist and writer in the well-received Nader Sadek project. On the impending attack, Tucker states, "I am stoked about WARFATHER and our first album! WARFATHER is more than just a metal band; it is a belief system and a meeting of the minds, the ones that can see what is truly happening in the times we are living in. Orchestrating The Apocalypse is a warning to the eyes that choose to be blind, and a call to arms to the minds that do feel the coming changes. It is pure blackened, apocalyptic death metal. Fuck religion, fuck the government! This is their apocalypse. Our time is NOW!"

Orchestrating The Apocalypse brutalizes in a relentless style that builds on the work laid on the three Tucker-fronted Morbid Angel albums -- Formulas Fatal To The Flesh, Gateways To Annihilation and Heretic -- resounding with over forty minutes of pure American death metal. WARFATHER delivers an intense, debilitating performance that should no doubt please fans of Morbid Angel, Nile, and Behemoth, while also sporadically infusing unique even bizarre atmospheric elements, elevating the album to a cutting-edge status. The album was recorded and mixed at Cincinnati-based TME studios by Steve Tucker and mastered by Maor Applebaum at Maor Applebaum Mastering, and is now confirmed for release via Greyhaze Records on January 21, 2014 in North America, with a European release date to be announced in the coming weeks.

Be on the lookout for new music from Orchestrating The Apocalypse and more on WARFATHER in the coming days. For now take in the track listing and cover artwork by Ken Coleman.

WARFATHER lineup:

Steve Tucker - guitar, vocals

Avgvstvs: bass

Armatura: guitars

Deimos: drums

Orchestrating The Apocalypse Track Listing:

 1. XII

2. Legions

3. My Queen Shall Not Be Mourned

4. Taunting The Deity

5. The Shifting Poles

6. Waltz Of The Solstice

7. Summoning The Warfathers

8. Ageless Merciless

9. The Chaos Of

10. Gods And Machines

11. Ashes and Runes

12. We Are The Wolves

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WARFATHER: Steven Tucker Interview

Pedro Ribeiro: Death metal is seen as the cult of death, it contains nihilists messages and messages about violence in general. Unfortunately many are those who spit in death metal without ever realizing the beauty of human fragility. What excites you in this music style?   

Tucker: What excites me about death metal is that it has variety. There are a lot of different styles within death metal. For me it is a way to express many things,  both musically and verbally. I am glad that death metal isn't for everyone! I understand that not everyone can even comprehend the subject matter, let alone embrace it.. Slaves!
 

PR: How did the name "Warfather" emerged?

Tucker: It sort of became a nickname, and then with the encouragement of friends I decided it was a logical name for this band. The name is fitting for this band and our attitudes.

PR: "Warfather" is the union of experienced musicians of death metal, are we going to listen an amalgamation of different styles and forms of play or a unique style in which you are the conductor leading the symphony?

Tucker: I have been playing death metal for years and never had my own band to express music the way it is in my head. Well now I do have that band.

I feel the music is very orchestrated  and I am the ring leader so to speak.
However I did refrain from using orchestrations beyond , guitar , bass , drums and vocals.. I wanted to do a very pure death metal symphony.

PR: Now that you are like a fish in water in this new work which you assert to be your kind of death metal, do you feel the fear of dropping your origins and address a new path assuming the role of guitarist?
Tucker: I feel no fear, only excitement! I have always played guitar. It comes natural, it is were my real origins are. I played bass due to necessity.  

 
PR: You already have experience in the field of production, do you think that being able to produce your own work in which you are 100% concentrated is a best value?
Tucker: Absolutely, i trust no one as much as I trust myself.

PR: Can you talk a little about the message that "Warfather" intends to pass to their listeners?
Tucker: I think that there is another crazy shit going on in the world , that the Warfather message will ring clear. I believe it is time for a change and I have my ideas of where the world is heading, but before any change , there is an ending. This album is about that ending. 
  
PR: Do you already have the tracklist, cover art and its name?
Tucker: Yes, we have everything ready now, and will be making announcements very soon !

PR: What are your expectations for the future of the band?
Tucker:  My expectations for Warfather is to grow ,  as an idea, as a band, and as a musical force.  \,,/ 

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