“Terrified” is released today!
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.
With the visceral debut album “Nightmare Vortex” (2013), the no-less massive “Laws of the Occult” (2016) and “Ancient Death Triumph” (2020) as well as their latest crusher “Tyrants of Doom” (2022), SLAUGHTERDAY cemented their position as one of the top acts within the German death metal scene.
Lyrically, SLAUGHTERDAY stand firmly on the well-established foundations of their genre, but taking inspiration from American author H. P. Lovecraft and other masters of horror. And while sinister things crawl and creep through the duo’s timeless brutality, they have also blended it with a sinister flair of their own.
While we patiently await new horrors and more brutal madness, SLAUGHTERDAY take a short but fun detour by paying homage to the Giants of Grind!
Band: Slaughterday
EP title: Terrified
Style: Death Metal
Release date: November 21, 2025
Label: Testimony Records
Review impact date: October 14, 2025
Tracklist
1. Ashes of the Innocent
2. Fleshtorn Future
3. Terrified
4. Chained to Oblivion
Line-up
Jens Finger – guitars, bass
Bernd Reiners – vocals, drums
Live line-up
Jens Finger – guitars
Bernd Reiners – vocals
Tobias Koops – guitar
Ulf Imwiehe – bass
Tom Hoffmann – drums