ASINHELL releases video for 'Impii Hora'
01-10-2024
When Michael Poulsen was putting together songs for VOLBEAT‘s 2021 album, “Servant Of The Mind”, he wrote a bunch of death metal riffs and saved them on his phone. Then, when he was done with the VOLBEAT record, he reopened them and started putting together songs for his new death metal band ASINHELL, whose debut album “Impii Hora” (Latin for “Ungodly Hour”), is a tribute to Poulsen‘s favorite old-school groups. “Impii Hora” was released September 29, 2023 via Metal Blade. Now, the band has shared the video for the title track. Watch it below.
Watch “Impii Hora” below.
The video comes on the first anniversary of the album release. The footage was shot in Berlin during the band’s recent European tour.
“It means ‘Ungodly Hour’ in Latin and the song is about all these evil, vile, and terrible acts that get committed in this Ungodly Hour,” shares Poulsen about the title. “It’s definitely an anti-religion song. Basically, we are not churchgoers, but on the other hand, I totally respect people who believe in something. But religion, to me, is the oppression that comes with being a part of the church. That’s the oppressive thing, not the belief in some high, holy spirit. To me, the anti-religion stuff is more about what people have done to believers — trying to manipulate people to follow them, which is an autocratic kind of thing.”
Watch the previously released “Pyromantic Scryer”, “Desert Of Doom”, “Island Of Dead Men” and“Fall Of The Loyal Warrior” below.
For more than 20 years, vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen has been spearheading Danish rock and roll machine VOLBEAT, releasing eight full-lengths, selling millions of albums, and filling stadiums worldwide. Before fronting VOLBEAT, however, Poulsen formed death metal band DOMINUS, which recorded four fast, brutal albums in the mid-’90s.
When Poulsen was putting together songs for VOLBEAT‘s 2021 album “Servant Of The Mind”, he wrote a bunch of death metal riffs and saved them on his phone. Then, when he was done with the VOLBEAT record, he reopened the rusty gates to Armageddon and started putting together songs for his new death metal band ASINHELL, whose debut album “Impii Hora” (Latin for “Ungodly Hour”), is a tribute to Poulsen‘s favorite old-school groups. The songs are rooted in crushing riffs yet injected with strong guitar hooks and shout-along refrains.
While Poulsen sings in VOLBEAT and sang for DOMINUS, he didn’t want to front ASINHELL. So, in March 2022, he called his old friend, ex-MORGOTH singer Marc Grewe (also of INSIDIOUS DISEASE) and invited him to join the party.
“I had known Michael quite a long time and he always mentioned that we should do a death metal project one day, but I never took him too seriously because he was so busy with VOLBEAT,” Grewe says. “Then he called for real and said, ‘Yeah, I want to do it now. Are you up for it?’ Immediately, I was ‘Yes, of course!'”
After considering drummer friends from established bands, Poulsen asked Morten Toft Hansen from Danish group RAUNCHY to join. Not only does Morten play like a fiend possessed, his and Poulsen‘s six-year-old daughters are good friends… and, it takes just 10 minutes to drive to Morten‘s place.
The two veteran musicians started practicing and completed a full song almost every time they got together. Grewe was tied up at home in Germany when it came time to write the vocals, so Poulsen sent the singer phone recordings from rehearsals to start the process. Through Poulsen and Toft Hansen‘s years of experience and renewed hunger to destroy, they captured a firestorm in a bottle.
“Impii Hora” track listing:
01. Fall Of The Loyal Warrior
02. Inner Sancticide
03. Island Of Dead Men
04. Trophies
05. The Ultimate Sin
06. Wolfpack Laws
07. Desert Of Doom
08. Pyromantic Scryer
09. Impii Hora
10. Foj For Helvede
ASINHELL recently announced a European tour that includes festivals as well as intimate club shows. ENDSEEKER will be support on all headline shows except for Zurich, where the band will be supported by New Zealand powerhouse ALIEN WEAPONRY and Copenhagen, where SICKOMANIA (featuring Jesper K Olsen, Michael‘s former bandmate in DOMINUS) will open the show.
ASINHELL 2024 tour dates:
May 30 – DK – Copenhagen – Pumphuset (+ SICKOMANIA)
Jun. 02 – DE – Hamburg – Übel & Gefährlich (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 03 – LU – Luxembourg – Rockhal (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 05 – NL – Utrecht – Rhonda (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 07 – DE – Nürburgring – Rock Am Ring
Jun. 09 – DE – Nürnberg – Rock Im Park
Jun. 10 – DE – München – Technikum (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 12 – CH – Zürich – Xtra (+ ALIEN WEAPONRY)
Jun. 13 – AT – Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
Jun. 15 – UK – Donington Park – Download
Jun. 18 – DE – Berlin – Hole 44 (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 19 – DE – Frankfurt – Zoom (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 20 – BE – Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
Jun. 22 – DK – Copenhagen – Copenhell
Jun. 24 – DE – Essen – Turock (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 25 – FR – Lyon – Transbordeur (+ ENDSEEKER)
Jun. 27 – FR – Clisson – Hellfest
Jun. 29 – NO – Oslo – Tons Of Rock
Aug. 31 – DK – Næstved – Næstved Metalfest
ASINHELL is:
Michael Poulsen – Guitar
Marc Grewe – Vocals
Morten Toft Hansen – Drums
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