Following in the body-strewn footsteps of last year’s Bazookiller EP, Spain’s Holycide are back with their third full length album – Towards Idiocracy! While Bazookiller was undoubtedly a hard hitting release in its own right, Towards Idiocracy sees Holycide reaching new war torn peaks of intensity with this full force thrash metal nuclear attack. If you thought you knew what Holycide were capable of then think again – the bar has just been raised to unprecedented heights. It’s time to march on Towards Idiocracy…
Since their blistering Toxic Mutation EP back in 2015, Holycide have held the banner high for uncompromising, undiluted thrash metal – in the words of the mighty Exodus, “100% all out nothing less, aggressive relentless and mean”. Like no other band in the modern age, Holycide’s dedication to thrash is absolute and with their third full length album, Towards Idiocracy, they have created a genuine thrash masterpiece. From the opening attack of ‘A.I. Supremacy’ to the last defiant chord of final track ‘Flamethrower ‘Em All’, via a flawless cover of the Atrophy classic ‘Chemical Dependency’, Towards Idiocracy is a nirvana of monstrous riffs, relentless drums and a snarling vocal presence that will have the unbelievers running for the hills. A caustic attack on humanity’s pathetic addiction to a shallow, selfish existence, Towards Idiocracy is every bit as vehement in its unforgiving lyrical exhortations as in its rapid fire, twin guitar assault. Holycide are setting the standards for thrash in 2024!
Still bonded by blood with Xtreem Music, Holycide will unleash the fistful of metal that is Towards Idiocracy on June 6th – the international day of Slayer. What more fitting release date could there be for an album which is Holycide’s very own Reign In Blood?
Their most intense, unyielding, inexorable album to date! Mixed and mastered for maximum impact by Javier Fernández Milla (Angelus Apatrida, Avulsed etc) and Davide Billia (Posthuman Abomination, Beheaded etc) and housed in the vividly violent artwork of Daemorph (The Black Dahlia Murder, Stabbing etc) Towards Idiocracy is the complete thrash package. Prepare for detonation!