Demon Bitch - 'Master of the Games' (official audio)

Direct your fears, not to the pawn of the game
For the Devil lies deep within the actor on the stage

Surely no small deed has brought me to this place
I’m fettered to an iron collar of a purgatory
I’m searching for the means to find myself to strength
To finish what I’ve started here, I must play the game

A cold gaze passes through me solemnly
With frozen eyes smiling mirthlessly
Petrified in the light
We are victims of the night

I heed the word of the Master of Games
But I rue the day that the pieces fall in place
I’m at your beck and call,
On my knees before a wavering stage
At the apex of the mountains in your subreality

Direct your fears not to the pawn of the game
For the Devil lies deep within the actor on the stage

I awake with eyes turned blind,
Trapped somewhere between
First and second sight
Of spit and clay is the key,
To our nightmares and our dreams
Draw the curtains to see eyes staring back at me

A cold gaze passes through me solemnly
With frozen eyes smiling mirthlessly
Petrified in the light
We are victims of the night

Master of the Games
I’m not sure who is to blame,
Am I Master or am I Slave?
And I’m not sure when this game will end,
If the night never turns to day

But surely no small deed has brought me to this place
I’m fettered to an iron collar of a purgatory
I’m searching for the means to find myself to strength
To finish what I’ve started here, I must play the game

A cold gaze passes through me solemnly
With frozen eyes smiling mirthlessly
Petrified in the light
We are victims of the night
I heed the word of the Master of Games
But I rue the day that the pieces fall in place
I’m at your beck and call,
On my knees before a wavering stage
At the apex of the mountains in your subreality

Δισκογραφική επιστροφή για τους Demon Bitch μετά από μία οκταετία. "Master of the Games" ο τίτλος και θα κυκλοφορήσει στα τελειώματα του φθινοπώρου μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Gates of Hell Records. Οι Demon Bitch μας έρχονται από τις ΗΠΑ (Detroit, Michigan).

Δημιουργήθηκαν πριν από δεκατρία έτη (2011), χαρακτηρίζουν την μουσική τους ως «strange and Loud signals from the unknown» και έχουν κυκλοφορήσει ένα demo ("Demon Bitch" 2012), ένα ep ("Death Is Hanging..." 2014), μία συλλογή ("Death Is Hanging..." 2014) και έναν "ολοκληρωμένο" δίσκο ("Hellfriends" 2016)...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Gates Of Hell Records is proud to announce the signing of Detroit power metallers Demon Bitch. The label will issue the band’s long-awaited sophomore album “Master Of The Games” later this year and reissue their 2014 “Death Is Hanging...”

EP and heralded “Hellfriends” first full-length. Demon Bitch was formed in 2011, and after the aforementioned “Death Is Hanging...” EP, released “Hellfriends” in 2016, which was hailed by Toilet Ov Hell as “passionate, clever, and often outright bizarre, Demon Bitch accomplish everything that the hordes of modern bands trying to find their niche wish they could.”

This was echoed by Ride Into Glory, who relayed, “Demon Bitch are an exemplary band, and we can only hope that their contributions thus far are only the beginnings of a long and prosperous career.”

The Demon Bitch name should ring familiar to Gates Of Hell devotees: The band features several members of the heralded WHITE MAGICIAN within its ranks, including vocalist Logon, the guitar tandem of Lord Mars and D.B. Cooper and drummer Reverend Ceckowski. (Bassist B. Beastmaster completes the band.)

Since then, WHITE MAGICIAN and ISENBLÅST (the band featuring Beastmaster) responsibilities temporarily sidelined Demon Bitch, but the band is back and ready to ascend to the next level. It starts with “Master Of The Games”, which was recorded in Lansing, Michigan, between 2022 and 2024 with George Szegedy, who was also at the helm for WHITE MAGICIAN’s “Dealers Of Divinity”.

The band pulled in some additional help from their great friend Matt Prestone (DUNGEON BEAST, GHOST TOWER), who was previously responsible for recording “Hellfriends”. According to Logon, “Master Of The Games” should ring true to those who devoured “Hellfriends”.

"I’d say it’s a chaotic offering of obscure and underground U.S. power metal and classic heavy metal with some eclectic moments ranging from 1970s sensibilities to more extreme influences,” he says.

“Fans of ‘Hellfriends’ won’t be disappointed - we’ll still offer a raw, unhinged and over-the-top approach. This album is different in that it might have more epic moments and a little more fruit to chew through before you get to the seed.”

The album’s first single is “Into The Archway”, a fast and relentless cut with neo - classical tendencies that tells the tale of a man and his symbiotic relationship with the castle to which he’s confined. “The castle walls sing songs for the souls that they claim, but all you hear is the clashing of chains calling you ‘Into The Archway’,” shares Logon.

With “Master Of The Games” delivered to Gates Of Hell and a new single on the way, Demon Bitch is preparing to make their inaugural European appearance at Germany’s Chaos Descends festival in July, which will be followed by a few more intimate co-headlining gigs in Austria and Croatia with WHITE MAGICIAN.

“Fans can expect to witness the onslaught of a strange and loud intrigue dealing with the dramatics and dark romantics that make up Demon Bitch” says Logon. “You’ll have a chance to hear a couple of new songs, as well as a healthy dose of classics from ‘Hellfriends’ and maybe even earlier works.”»

Band: Demon Bitch
Country of origin: United States
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Formed in: 2011
Genre: Heavy Metal
Themes: Evil, Heavy metal, Outer space, The unknown
Years active: 2011-present

Audio: "Master of the Games"
Album: "Master of the Games"
Type: Full length
Release date: November 29th, 2024
Label: Gates of Hell Records
Format: CD, 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM), Digital

Track listing:
1. Beyond the Pillars 01:26
2. The Quickening 05:23
3. Master of the Games 06:11
4. Not of the Cruciform 05:30
5. Protector and the Horse 05:29
6. Into the Archway 04:54
7. Sentinel at the Spire 06:59
8. Tower of Dreams 05:01
9. Soliders of Obscurity 05:01

Band members:
Solon Saton - Guitars
Logon Saton - Vocals, Lyrics
Lord Mars - Guitars, Keyboards
B. Beastmaster - Bass
Drummer Master Commander - Drums

Miscellaneous staff:
George Szegedy - Producer, Engineering
Lord Mars - Engineering
Solon Saton - Producer
Logon Saton - Cover art
Matt Preston - Engineering