Holy Moses : dernier album avant le split

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Sabina Classen va raccrocher les gants après 40 ans de thrash, après avoir sorti un dernier album en 2023.

The coming year 2023 will mark the final chapter in the long history of legendary German thrash metal band, Holy Moses, celebrated with the upcoming new studio album, Invisible Queen, and a final series of live shows.

Vocalist Sabina Classen comments: "I joined Holy Moses in December 1981 and that fundamentally changed the path I was supposed to take in my life. Our first album in 1986 was called Queen Of Siam, and now, to top it off, my last album with Holy Moses in 2023 will be titled Invisible Queen. After 42 eventful years and after so many great albums, fantastic shows and incredible experiences, the time has come to write the last chapter of Holy Moses. And we're excited to have this happening through Fireflash Records with the release of our 12th studio album."

Holy Moses are an established institution in the international metal scene. Their multifaceted thrash metal, the charismatic voice of frontwoman Sabina Classen, as well as the mixture of traditional attitudes and experimental development have made the band a permanent fixture since the early eighties. With classics like Finished With The Dogs (1987), The New Machine Of Liechtenstein (1989), World Chaos (1990) or Terminal Terror (1991), Holy Moses wrote metal history.

Classen: "Throughout 2023 we will be busy promoting Invisible Queen and playing one last series of shows at full intensity. We look forward to seeing you."

Invisible Queen will be released on April 14th, 2023 via Fireflash Records and distributed worldwide byWarner/ADA.

Classen: "Holy Moses has never had standard thrash songs and never will be. We write songs that we like ourselves, and don't compromise on trends or make concessions to false expectations. We don't have to please everyone, we are our own brand, we have our own sound, including crooked bars, technically demanding passages and unusual chord structures as well as interesting lyrics that deal with the dark sides of people or the human psyche."

[metal militia]

cela fait un bail que je n'ai pas écouté un album de Holy Moses. Le dernier cela devait être "Agony of Death" sorti en 2008!! Il n'y a qu'à espérer un dernier album inspiré pour finir

[Everflow]

Plein d'invités sur l'album, cf ci-dessous.
Clip en ligne.

2023 will mark the final chapter in the long history of Germany’s legendary thrash metal act, Holy Moses, celebrated with the bands upcoming new studio album Invisible Queen (available April 14) and a last run of live shows.

Today, Holy Moses release their first single and music video for the title track, "Invisible Queen", which says it all. Sabina Classen is the first and longest standing female thrash vocalist - The Queen of Thrash. However, she is a well-kept secret of the metal scene, never basking in the limelight of mainstream glory. She is nevertheless famous, especially to the old school metal scene and even to the bands in the current mainstream.

“Invisible Queen” has a double meaning; Sabina herself says, ”I'm going to disappear into the void and I'm proud of what I've been able to accomplish with Holy Moses since 1981. I never could have imagined that I would travel across most of the world with my high school band and eventually leave with such a clear statement, as I have with this album. This title-track was tailored for me by my guitarist Pete. The lyrics are self-explanatory and is one of the heaviest songs on the album; it is pure, unadulterated THRASH.”

Of course, this song will be part of the live set for the Final Reign Tour in 2023.

Watch the "Invisible Queen" video below, and stream the track here.

Holy Moses have kicked off the pre-sale for the album, which will be released on the following formats:

- 1CD Jewelcase
- 2CD Digipak incl. 12-Track Bonus CD "Invincible Friends"
- 1LP in red/black marbled (lt. 500 pieces) and white/black marbled (ltd. 500 pieces)
- Digital

At the Atomic Fire Records webshop you can get a strictly limited (200 pieces) boxset including the 2CD digipak, a flag with the cover art, logo-patch, lanyard and a signed foto-card by all members. Get your version here:

On the CD bonus album, Invincible Friends, you get all album tracks in special versions, featuring various well-known guest singers.

Tracklisting (bonus album guests in brackets):

"Downfall Of Mankind" (Feat. Marloes Voskuil – Haliphron)
"Cult Of The Machine" (Feat. Bobby Ellsworth – Overkill)
"Order Out Of Chaos" (Feat. Diva Satanica – ex-Nervosa / Bloodhunter)
"Invisible Queen" (Feat. Ingo Bajonczak – Assassin / Bonded)
"Alternative Reality" (Feat. Tom Angelripper – Sodom)
"The New Norm" (Feat. Chris Staubach – Courageous)
"Visions In Red" (Feat. Rægina – Dæmonesq)
"Outcasts" (Feat. Leif Jensen – Dew-Scented)
"Forces Great And Hidden" (Feat. Gerre – Tankard)
"Too Far Gone" (Feat. Jens Kidman – Meshuggah)
"Depersonalized" (Feat. Daniela Karrer – Headshot)
"Through The Veils Of Sleep" (Feat. Ryker’s)

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