SLAUGHTERDAY unleash lyric video single ‘Dethroned‘
taken from forthcoming new album “Dread Emperor“
SLAUGHTERDAY drop the lovingly animated lyric video ‘Dethroned‘ that features Pär Olofsson’s horror cover art. This heavy, groove-ladden track with a subtle punk attitude has been taken from their forthcoming new album “Dread Emperor“. The sixth full-length of the East Frisian death metal veterans has been chalked up for release on February, Friday the 13th, 2026.
SLAUGHTERDAY comment on ‘Dethroned’: “This track is Slaughterday at our most unusual and adventurous – an explosive collision of groove, punk energy, and death metal brutality”, axeslinger Jens Finger states. “We explore new musical territory while sticking to our roots by combining heavy grooves and infectious hooks with relentless aggression.”
Bernd Reiners continues: “Lyrically, ‘Dethroned’ is a manifesto of rebellion and resistance, a clarion call against tyranny where no gods and no masters hold sway”, the growler emphasises. “This song is catchy and ferocious as well as uncompromising, and we see it as a powerful statement of defiance and raw energy.”
Credit
Video created by Luiz Arruda (Audiopower)
Tracklist
1. Enthroned
2. Obliteration Crusade
3. Rapture of Rot
4. Astral Carnage
5. Subconscious Pandemonium
6. Dread Emperor
7. The Forsaken Ones
8. Necrocide
9. Dethroned
10. Golem (Protector cover)
With their sixth full-length “Dread Emperor”, SLAUGHTERDAY deliver everything that they excel in, which is also precisely what their fans want from the duo: perfectly executed old school death metal with a wicked twist.
From crushing doom-ridden ultra-heavy parts to calculated outbreaks of utter brutality, this record offers everything a still beating death metal heart could ask for. And of course, those cosmic horrors of the Great Old Ones, forbidden sounds, and tentacled death metal are still rising. The German band has also added more deeper meaning to their tales of cosmic terrors as a healthy antidote to stereotypes.
SLAUGHTERDAY were formedin the East Frisian city of Leer in 2010 and this heavy powerhouse comes with a pedigree that amounts to death metal nobility in the northwestern corner of their native country. 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, the duo comes 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 have always built on the well-established foundations of their genre by 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 always portrayed them with a sinister flair of their own. These days, the band has repurposed those monstrous creatures as metaphorical ciphers for relevant contemporary topics.
SLAUGHTERDAY present new horrors and more brutal madness than ever that make “Dread Emperor” essential listening for any self-respecting old school death metal afficionado!
Band: Slaughterday
Album title: Dread Emperor
Style: Death Metal
Release date: February 13, 2026
Label: Testimony Records
Review impact date: January 19, 2026
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
Recording, mix & mastering
Jörg Uken at Soundlodge, Rhauderfehn (DE)
Cover artwork by Pär Olofsson
Layout by Hiko (Sattsign.com)
Shop
https://spkr.store/collections/slaughterday
Format
“Dread Emperor” will be available as ltd. transparent green with orange & black splatter vinyl LP, ltd. transparent purple with yellow splatter vinyl LP, black vinyl LP, music cassette, and as Jewelcase CD.
Links
www.slaughterday.de
www.facebook.com/slaughterdayofficial
www.instagram.com/slaughterdayofficial
Live 31 JAN 2026 Essen (DE) Testimony Records Metal Festival +Asphyx et al.
