SLAUGHTERDAY unleash a video single of the crushing title track from their forthcoming new album Dread Emperor. The sixth full-length of the East Frisian death metal veterans has been scheduled for release on February, Friday the 13th, 2026.
SLAUGHTERDAY comment: “The title track, ‘Dread Emperor’, represents quintessential Slaughterday”, guitarist Jens Finger points out. “It takes you on an unrelenting journey through old school death metal, from slow, crushing doom to blistering aggression, which is crowned by soaring melodic solos.”
Bernd Reiners adds: “The song’s lyrics portray the ‘Dread Emperor’ as the ultimate embodiment of fear itself, a timeless force that rules through terror and despair”, the frontman writes. "With a world consumed by oppression, hopelessness, and submission, this track channels darkness and chaos to mirror the raw power of fear unleashed, making it both a sonic and thematic assault.”
SLAUGHTERDAY let loose their new grindcore tribute EP Terrified today, on November 21, 2025. The German death metal veterans are dedicating this EP to the original firestarters of grindcore.
SLAUGHTERDAY commented: “This EP differs stylistically from our regular releases, because it is a tribute to the old grind bands like Repulsion and Napalm Death, which is also reflected in the cover and the logo”, guitarist Jens Finger wrote. “Of course, this immediately brings to mind Repulsion’s title ‘Horrified’ – which was exactly our intention. Every track is a short, sharp attack on the ears. What you hear is what you’ll get: bursts of explosive energy, razor-sharp riffs, and relentless rhythms – uncompromising and unrestrained!”
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On their Terrified EP, death metal aficionados SLAUGHTERDAY deliver four short sharp chops as a tribute to the early pioneers of grindcore. This EP should therefore be regarded as a crushing interlude between two albums rather than a foretaste of brutal things to come on their next full-length.
Great Old Ones, forbidden sounds, tentacled death metal is rising… the German death metal powerhouse comes with a pedigree that amounts to nobility in the northwestern corner of their country.
SLAUGHTERDAY were formed in the East Frisian city of Leer in 2010. The original and still remaining core duo consists of string-shredder Jens Finger, who served as the guitarist of Oldenburgian death metal legends OBSCENITY from 1994 until 2010 and is also the growler of new label mates TEMPLE OF DREAD. The other half of the duo is personified by vocalist and drummer Bernd Reiners, who has also lent his voice to Aurich based death thrashers BK 49 among other acts.
From the start, SLAUGHTERDAY have channelled the raw, morbid spirit of such old school giants as AUTOPSY, DEATH, and MASSACRE. Yet while they always deliver crushing riffs and brutal pounding, these Germans come with captivating choruses and haunting melodies that set them apart from many of their deadly peers.
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