Kent-based technical death metal outfit INFECTED DEAD are poised to launch their second era with the forthcoming ‚Invicta‘ EP. Produced by V.Santura of TRIPTYKON and DARK FORTRESS fame, the four-track release channels Lovecraftian horror and anticosmicism into their most ambitious material yet.Kent’s INFECTED DEAD are making a definitive statement with the announcement of their forthcoming EP, ‚Invicta‘ — a Latin term meaning ‚unconquered‘ — and the title alone speaks volumes about the band’s trajectory. Having regrouped with an entirely new line-up in 2024, the five-piece technical death metal act now features alumni drawn from the ranks of Pupil Slicer, Dawnwalker and Overthrow, forging a collective that is, by any measure, more than the sum of its parts.
The band spent the better part of 2024 road-testing the new configuration across the UK, sharing stages with respected acts such as Ingested, Vader, Immolation and Pestilence, as well as previously touring alongside Bloodshot Dawn and Reprisal. That live seasoning is evident in the sheer ambition of the ‚Invicta‘ EP, a project conceptually rooted as far back as 2020 and finally brought to fruition in the studio under the production guidance of V.Santura, known for his work with TRIPTYKON, DARK FORTRESS and OBSCURA.
Spanning four tracks, the EP draws thematic substance from eldritch abominations, anticosmicism and the ever-present shadow of Lovecraftian horror, weaving parabolic commentary on the ecological and societal dystopias of the modern age. Cover artwork was handled by acclaimed visual artist Artem Grigoryev, whose work for Profound Lore Records lends the release an additional layer of prestige.
Reverences to genre titans such as OBSCURA, JOB FOR A COWBOY and THE ZENITH PASSAGE may be detectable to seasoned ears, but INFECTED DEAD’s excoriating and precisely crafted approach is unmistakably their own. ‚Invicta‘ is set to cement the band’s second era as something truly formidable.