Loudblast

How many bands out there had been playing death metal for that long ? How many have helped kick-start a whole movement and are still around to tell the tale? How many have put out such universally-praised albums in the 90s like Disincarnate or Sublime Dementia and are still active these days? You do the math. But while you’re at it, LOUDBLAST and their undisputable leader Stéphane Buriez are keeping themselves busy moving forward, as ever. And their ninth full-length 'Altering Fates And Destinies', sees them reaching another level of sophistication while, at the same time, returning more than ever at the very roots of their craft. It’s quite fitting then that the title of the album itself can be read as a good description of what the band represents for Buriez who formed it when he was only seventeen years old. “You can’t dissociate my life as a human being and as a musician. It’s all connected and defines who I am. That’s what the words ‘Altering Fates and Destinies’ refer to.” In a way, it doesn’t matter if this is 1985 or 2024. LOUDBLAST have still ingrained in them what makes the difference in between those who follow the trends and those for whom forging their own path and living by their own rules is like a second nature. Forward, always forward.