Belarusian progressive technical death metal titans, Deathbringer, have unleashed their 2007 debut album ‘Homo Divisus’ digitally for the first time ever via Unique Leader Records. The critically acclaimed album features 11 tracks of brutal and complex metal and was originally released on CD only in Russia and Europe, and has since become a cult classic among progressive death metal aficionados. The digital release marks the first time that the album is available worldwide and on all streaming platforms. Find ‘Homo Divisus’ on streaming platforms here.
Speaking on the digital release of their debut album, Deathbringer shares:
“Homo Divisus is our debut album, which was released in 2007 by a label from Russia Sound Age Productions. For us it was a huge event in our lives. We were young musicians who wanted to play progressive death metal, back at that time more influenced by Chuck Schuldiner and late Death era. These were the first music pieces written by us that were officially released. The album was very well received by listeners and critics around the world, we were getting very good reviews. Deathbringer finally started touring around Europe, beyond the borders of our country. That was a huge step forward for us as a young band from Belarus.
But the problem we realised later was that this album never had a proper digital release. And now after 16 years we are extremely happy that Homo Divisus will finally appear on all digital streaming services thanks to our label Unique Leader Records.
Deathbringer mastermind, guitarist and songwriter, Artyom Seryuk shares:
I’m sure that it will help to breathe in a new life into this album and it will conquer new listeners. Time flies fast, Deathbringer has a bit of a different musical form now, but Homo Divisus is still a very important and very dear release to me. It’s a really personal concept album into which I put all my heart and soul. It’s so satisfying to see how it obtains a new digital life now. Thanks ULR!”
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Homo Divisus | Track Listing
- Prisoner
- The Keeper Of Pain
- I Am What I Am
- Castigatio
- Aversion
- Labores Semper Tecum
- Aisthetes (instrumental)
- Black Pilgrim
- Untitled
- No Mean City (part 2) (Nazareth cover)
- Flesh And The Power It Holds (Death cover)
Deathbringer was formed in 2002 by guitarist Artyom Serdyuk in Grodno, Belarus. The band quickly gained a reputation for their intense live shows and their uncompromising style of progressive technical death metal. They have shared the stage with some of the biggest names in the genre, such as Vader, Behemoth, Marduk, Hate, Devilyn, Sceptic, Katalepsy, Crionics and more. They also supported Cannibal Corpse in Minsk in 2004, but the gig was cancelled by local authorities half an hour before the show.
Deathbringer released their debut album ‘Homo Divisus’ in 2007 and toured extensively in Eastern Europe with bands like Hate and Crionics. The album received rave reviews from critics and fans worldwide. The album was re-released in 2010 and followed by another tour with Sceptic and Abused Majesty.
Since then, the band underwent frequent line-up changes and became an international act with members from Belarus and Poland. They celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a headlining tour in 2013 and started working on their second album. However, the recording process was delayed for several years due to health issues of frontman Artyom Serdyuk. He resumed the work in 2018 and collaborated with some of the best musicians in the scene, such as Bobby Koelble of Death, Tommy Talamanca of Sadist, Mariusz “Thrufel” Domaradzki of Masachist and Yattering, and Igor Kovalyov and Alex Sedin of the Belarusian metal scene. Following further set backs from the Covid-19 pandemic, the band finally finished the album in 2021 and finally released ‘It’ in 2022 via their new label home, the globally renowned, independent extreme metal label, Unique Leader Records.
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