Artist: UNHOLY
Album: NEW LIFE BEHIND CLOSED EYES (CD US-IMPORT)

Year: 2009
Media type: CD

Hard as nails and marked by scorching riffs, a muscular rhythm section with woofer-busting double bass, sufficiently searing solos and enough melody to make the affair memorable hails Blabbermouth.

Philosophically, UNHOLY view humanity as a cancer, a fungus that will devour all in sight and, once all has been consumed, ultimately itself. Their debut album for Prosthetic Records revolves around this exact premise, progressing as an end-time narrative of the final days of humanity delivered by its own hand, and continuing into an afterlife that is nothing like the heaven we have been promised. Inspired by the writings and art of Thomas Ligotti, H.P. Lovecraft, Joe Coleman, and Anton LaVey, among others, UNHOLY have in mind a life after death far less rosy than most of us hope for. In death, we are merely another feast for the insatiable beast that is the order of humanity.

UNHOLY activily began in 2006 with the release of their debut EP Awaken The Sleep on the New York-based label Closed Casket Activities (Recon, Another Victim, and The Acacia Strain side-project Cockpunch!). In 2007, Lambgoat Records released the full-length Blood Of The Medusa, which was followed by persistent touring to promote the record. UNHOLY in 2009 is a seasoned beast, primed for the long haul.

Much like the gluttonous core of our very design, UNHOLYs message that we are born as mere feed for the cancer is channeled through a throbbing and raw musical vision that brings to mind British pioneers Carcass and Black Sabbath, American trendsetters Testament, Slayer, and Crowbar, and of course, the almighty Entombed. Powerful heavy music, like the earth itself, emits a certain frequency that burrows itself under ones skin much like maggots would on a dead body. UNHOLYs New Life Behind Closed Eyes will grab you from within the same way death draws you nearer to it on a daily basis.

TRACKLIST:

1. Seeker Immortal   
2. Children Of Eternal Sleep   
3. These Wounds Never Heal   
4. Into The Flesh Of Another
5. The Blinding Light   
6.  Look To The Blood   
7. No Faith   
8. The Followers   
9. Behind The Veil Of Darkness
10. New Life Behind Closed Eyes