NEWS: Is the glass half full or half empty for Warbringer?

After vocalist John Kevill completed interviews with The Metal Tris and Belgian Jasper earlier this week, American Thrash overlords Warbringer have just enough time to squeeze in one last preview of their new album “Wrath And Ruin” before it drops via Napalm Records on 14th March. They call this one “Through A Glass, Darkly” and have conjoined it to a music video directed and edited by Juan Rodriguez.

The band comment: “We chose this one as a single to showcase the range and breadth of this album, offering something totally different from the first two singles here. This one has an epic and dark, mystical quality to it, as well as a real fist-raising energy. The song is about an eternally reincarnating warrior, who recounts his struggles and pains across the battlefields of time. This is based on a poem by the WW2 general George Patton, and apparently the man truly believed himself to be the reincarnation of this eternal warrior. To me, this idea had a lot of power and resonance, and works as a powerful metaphor for the ongoing human struggle we all face. I also thought his poem had some really great lines, some of which are incorporated here. The track, penned by Carlos Cruz, was an attempt to get the epic feel we had on songs like “Defiance of Fate” and “When the Guns Fell Silent” into a shorter runtime package, a “pocket epic” if you will. I particularly love the soulful solo by Adam Carroll here, and I think the end passage is one of the finest vocal moments on the record. Here’s a song to look at the sky to and stoically contemplate time and legacy… we hope you all enjoy “Through a Glass, Darkly” and the rest of “Wrath and Ruin”.”

The “Infernal Bleeding Over Europe 2025” tour will see Warbringer opening for Decapitated alongside Cryptopsy and Carnation:

03.05 UK – London, Incineration Fest
04.05 UK – Exeter, Phoenix
05.05 UK – Cardiff, The Globe
06.05 UK – Newcastle, Anarchy Brewery
07.05 UK – Glasgow, Slay
08.05 UK – Manchester, Academy 2
09.05 UK – Birmingham, XOYO
10.05 UK – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
11.05 UK – Norwich, The Waterfront
13.05 FR – Lille, The Black Lab
14.05 NL – Enschede, Metropool
15.05 DE – Munich, Backstage
16.05 CH – Aarau, KiFF
17.05 DE – Lindau, Vaudeville
18.05 AT – Vienna, Szene
19.05 HU – Budapest, Dürer Kert
20.05 CZ – Prague, Fuchs2
21.05 DE – Schweinfurt, Stattbahnhof
22.05 DE – Dresden, Blauer Salon
23.05 PL – Kraków, Hype Park
24.05 PL – Warsaw, Proxima
26.05 DE – Berlin, Hole44
27.05 DK – Aarhus, Voxhall
28.05 DE – Hamburg, Logo
29.05 DE – Vechta, Gulfhaus
30.05 DE – Dortmund, Junkyard
31.05 BE – Sint-Niklaas, Casino
01.06 FR – Paris, La Machine
03.06 DE – Frankfurt, Das Bett
04.06 DE – Karlsruhe, Substage
05.06 IT – Milan, Legend Club
06.06 IT – Bologna, Locomotiv
07.06 FR – Lyon, Lions Metal Fest