After 6 years since the first long-play record, W3 4R3 NUM83R5 are back with a new album called Death Finds A Way, in collaboration with Loud Rage Music label.
A live performance on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at Rockstadt venue in Brasov will be the grounds for album release party, alongside special guests such as Underwaves from Brasov and June Turns Black from Bucharest, an evening that will also mark the 10-year anniversary of the snapbacks boys. At the same time, the album will be available on all online streaming platforms.
Romanian Metalcore will be found in full on Death Finds A Way which will contain a total of 10 songs, some already released as singles but now remixed and remastered as well as new songs and which will be as first live audition on the evening of the concert.
The record is not a conceptual one so there are some different experimental nuances between the tracks, from metalcore and hardcore to short slam inserts but keeping all the ingredients with which W3 4R3 NUM83R5 imposed itself on the local scene: groovy and melodic lines, violent breakdowns, growl and scream vocals and, as a novelty for this second material, a few tracks have clean vocals.
Lyrics wise, there are themes in which any of us can find ourselves: fear, loneliness, hopelessness, courage, life, death, but also the destructive race of mankind against the planet that is their home.
Several of the remixed and remastered songs that will appear on the new album are already released including videos or lyrics videos, the most notable being Dying, Dark//Below and Outnumbered.
The songs on the new album were written and recorded by W3 4R3 NUM83R5, self-produced, and the final mix and mastering were done by Radu “Snuff” Constantinescu, the band’s bassist. At the same time, the vocals on two of the tracks, Time Of Contempt and Final Chapter, are produced, edited and written together with Dan Niculescu and Rach Alaji from June Turns Black.
The visual identity, artwork for the album and merchandise were made by Ilinca Ivanuca and the Death Finds A Way digipack was produced by Loud Rage Music.
“Without doubt one of the most anticipated albums in the local scene and one that will not disappoint fans at all, both in professionalism, clarity and accuracy of detail, W3 4R3 NUM83R5’s album takes the baton to international rank and calculatingly lays a magnificently executed series of breakdowns, heavy riffs and a textbook core on the portable. Energetic, captivating and technically inclined, the material steals the listener’s attention instantly and irrevocably.”
The Interwission webzine about “Death Finds A Way” [Dec 3, 2024]
“People can move the way they feel, the moshpits are chaotic, the breakdowns become more and more brutal, and by the end of the song, you feel good, free and happy. From violent and precise instrumentals and vocal performances, to funny and natural moments, I couldn’t find a moment where I could catch my breath. There was always something on stage that caught my attention, and they seemed not to overthink it, just doing what they felt. It’s one of the most eye-popping metal bands around, at least from my point of view.”
Rock FM about live performance [Jul 17, 2023]
