NIGHTFALL release lyric video for "Seeking Revenge", announce eleventh album “Children Of Eve“
Bandcamp listening party today
17-04-2025
Greek blackened death metal masters NIGHTFALL announce their new album “Children Of Eve“, set for release on May 2, on Season Of Mist. Ahead of the release, the band will host a Bandcamp pre listening party today. In celebration, the band also releases a lyric video for the new song “Seeking Revenge”.
Watch “Seeking Revenge” below.
“We wrote this song in retaliation for the vengeful teachings that the catechism practices on us”, band leader Efthimis Karadimas says. “It seeks revenge for the expelled ones, the traders of anathema, who have the outlandish desire to disobey Christian Svengali”.
Read the tracklist out loud and it’s clear that the message behind Children of Eve is aimed at overzealous devils. But even though the band have sharpened their attack, “Seeking Revenge” shows the band still have a flare for the dramatic. Operatic vocals climb like a fallen angel over Fotis Benardo’s coliseum-shaking drum fills and what sounds like a dark, alien strobe of light.
“I bought a Yamaha synthesizer secondhand in 2000”, says Efthimis. “What you hear at the beginning of this song is the same riff that I recorded on that synth 25 years ago”.
While their fearsome frontman does wield a cloak and dagger onstage, when “Seeking Revenge” hits the chorus, Nightfall go straight for the kill. Guitarist Kostas Kyriakopoulos down-picks chug like an army of horses. “I am the fire in your eyes“, Efthimis growls, stoked by the smoldering bass of Vasiliki Biza and synths that don’t shimmer but pierce across the sky.
Living under the Eastern Orthodox Church over the past three decades has only deepened Nightfall’s disdain for overzealous rulers. “Anger was the root”, Efthimis says when asked what birthed Children of Eve. But while their latest rebellion was spurred by the ongoing rise of so-called “holy wars”, the album’s message is personal. When the band retreated amongst the shadows during their 2010’s hiatus, Efthimis was diagnosed with depression. He now wears a black mask that covers half of his face to show what it’s like to live under the invisible veil of mental illness.
“Mental illness can lead to self-isolation”, says Efthimis, a stigma he’s now fighting through his new initiative Metal Music against Depression. “We can talk about this. We can sing about it. We can build a community that’s based on understanding”.
To amplify the message behind their new album, Nightfall boosted the production for Children of Eve. Once again, Efthimis and drummer Fotis Benardo took charge of the production with a guiding hand from InnerWish guitarist Thimios Krikos. But the album was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen, who’s helped Volbeat, Amaranthe and The Black Dahlia Murder crank their metallic fury to arena levels. With its beastly crescendo, “Seeking Revenge” will incite the blackened masses to raise their horns when Nightfall bless the world stage with Children of Eve.
“We’re excited to play this album live”, Efthimis says. “The songs sound massive. The choruses are huge. And there’s a clear message that comes through”.
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Can’t wait for the arrival of Children of Eve? You can listen to the whole album today during Nightfall’s Bandcamp listening party.
Nightfall Children of Eve Bandcamp Listening Party
Thursday, April 17 @ 1 pm Eastern Time / 7 pm Central European Summer Time
Tracklist
1. I Hate (6:05) [WATCH]
2. The Cannibal (3:36) [WATCH]
3. Lurking (4:08)
4. Inside My Head (4:51
5. Seeking Revenge (3:47)
6. For The Expelled Ones (5:07)
7. The Traders Of Anathema (3:15)
8. With Outlandish Desire To Disobey (3:25)
9. The Makhaira Of The Deceiver (4:21)
10. Christian Svengali (4:43)
Full runtime: 43:22
Available Formats:
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12″ Vinyl Gatefold – Black
12″ Colored Vinyl Gatefold – Bloody Mary (Transparent red, white and black marbeled)
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold – Lemon Ice Cream (White and yellow marbeled)
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