Christian Death Metallers BROKEN FLESH to release self-titled album this September!

Yes you read that right, Christian death metallers, but that’s an oxymoron right? Wrong! Oklahoma City based Broken Flesh will be releasing their sophomore effort, a self-titled release of ten tracks of death metal brutality on September 4th via Luxor Records. Make no mistake, while the band’s writing style is to spread the word of God, but musically, their main goal is to create the most crushing and aggressive forms of brutal death metal that they have the ability to conceive. You can check out the track “Unworthy” down below courtesy of HM Magazine along with track listing and cover art.

From The Press Release

Oklahoma City-native quintet BROKEN FLESH are poised to breathe new life into the brutal death metal genre with their upcoming self-titled full-length album, set to release via Luxor Records on September 4, 2015. The new album features ten brand new tracks and two rerecorded tracks from the band’s 2009 debut, Forever In Flames. You can pre-order the brand new album here: Physical | Digital

Have a taste of the heavy-hitting single “Unworthy” here via HM Magazine: https://hmmagazine.com/blog/hm-exclusives/hm-premiere-broken-flesh-drops-new-heavy-hitter-unworthy/

While Christianity is far from common in the brutal death metal genre, it’s a breath of fresh air to learn that BROKEN FLESH are just that – unabashed Christians – and they have much to say about it.

In an HM Magazine quote, vocalist Jacob Mathes – who joined the band only after the original recording of “Unworthy”, tells listeners about the story behind the song and his thoughts on the newest version: “A fun fact not many are aware of is that the members ofBROKEN FLESH are responsible for me having a relationship with Christ. I was friends with them before I joined the band and began to get close with them not too from the time that “Forever in Flames” was recorded. Coincidentally enough, my favorite song off that album was the song you are head banging to right now, “Unworthy.” So for me, it was nothing short of a complete honor to be part of re-recording this beast for the new album.

Lyrically, this song has a lot of relevance to the overall theme of the album: The struggle of the flesh against the spirit and the suffering that all of the brides of Christ have been called to be ready for, for the expansion of the kingdom of heaven and the hope that at least one person would come to receive the love of Christ in that.”

That being said, don’t get BROKEN FLESH wrong. While as a ministry the band’s first priority is to spread God’s word, as a band, their main goal is to create the most crushing and aggressive forms of brutal death metal that they have the ability to conceive. Mathes adds, “For all of us in BROKEN FLESH, this album stands as the pinnacle of what we have to offer in sheer brutality. We set out to make the most whole-hearted, gut-wrenching composition of music and lyrics that we were given the ability to make, and that is what you’ll hear on our new album.”

Broken Flesh Track Listing:
1. Valley Of Mass Crucifixion
2. Blood Harvest
3. Consumed By Death
4. Buried Alive
5. Hell
6. Cries Of The Dead
7. Forever In Flames
8. Unworthy
9. Exalt
10. Ignominy
11. By His Blood
12. Hate

BROKEN FLESH are no strangers to the live scene, having performed with bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, Suicide Silence, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus and others. The band is performing at several Midwestern U.S. venues in the coming months. See below for all confirmed tour dates:

BROKEN FLESH Tour Dates:

Sep. 4 – Oklahoma, OK @ 89th Street Collective – Official Album Release Party!

Sep. 5 – Joplin, MO @ Blackthorn Pizza & Pub

Sep. 6 – Columbia, MO @ The Social Room

Nov. 7 – Lawton, OK @ The Railhead Saloon

Nov. 21 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tomcats West

Stay tuned for more tracks, videos and beyond coming from BROKEN FLESH leading up to the release of their new self-titled album.
About BROKEN FLESH:
The band saw their debut release, Forever In Flames, released in 2009 before releasing their sophomore album, Stripped, Stabbed, and Crucified, three years later. The very next year they released Warbound before it was reissued January 27^th on Luxor Records. 2015 will bring about the release of what will be the most crushing music the band has ever made to date. The album will be the band’s first proper release on Luxor Records (As They Sleep, It Lies Within, and others). Featuring on the album will be ten brand new face crushing songs and two rerecorded tracks produced by As They Sleep’s Nick Morris.