Reactivated AFTERMATH Working On New Material

Reactivated Chicago thrash metal masters AFTERMATH are writing new material that will blend the speed and aggression of their seminal demo, “Killing The Future”, with the complex, progressive, technical thrash of their later offerings. The first song, titled “There Is Something Wrong”, is “the fastest song we have written and a return to our roots,” according to AFTERMATH vocalist Kyriakos “Charlie” Tsiolis.

Formed in 1985 as a four-piece with the singular purpose of playing faster than anyone before them, AFTERMATH was one of the pioneering bands of the crossover genre with the release of their first demo (1986) and the seminal “Killing The Future” (1987). By 1989, with the addition of a second guitarist the band departed from their crossover roots and released their “Words That Echo Fear” demo. The four-song demo was a dark, complex, technical and progressive thrash metal tour de force. The band inked a deal with Big Chief Records in 1990 and began recording its debut. Unfortunately, the label went bankrupt during the making of the “Eyes Of Tomorrow” record. The result: a delayed release of nearly four years. By the time “Eyes Of Tomorrow” came out in 1994, the thrash metal scene was dead.

On October 30, Divebomb Records will release “Killing The Future” for the first time on CD in a remastered version from the original master tapes by Paul Logus (PANTERA, STONE SOUR, SATYRICON, STEEL PANTHER) along with four bonus tracks. The CD will include an expanded booklet and will also be available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, AFTERMATH reissued “Eyes Of Tomorrow” in September on Shadow Kingdom Records.

“During the past several years the thought of reuniting crossed my mind, but it wasn’t until we received an offer to play Headbangers Open Air (HOA) and the reissue of ‘Eyes Of Tomorrow’ became real that I called the other guys,” explained Tsiolis. They agreed to only reunite if the energy was there and the songs sounded as good as they did back in the day. Two minutes into their first rehearsal, they knew it felt right.

Having played its first show this past May as part of Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse in Chicago and just coming off its electrifying performance as part of the Headbangers Open Air festival in Germany on July 24, AFTERMATH is back.

A clip of the Headbangers Open Air performance can be seen below.