Hate announce next album, deliver first offering "Iphigenia"

Slavic black/death metal outfit, Hate, will drop their new album Bellum Regiis on May 2nd via Metal Blade Records.

Pre-order Bellum Regiis here.

Today, the group also released the first offering from the upcoming effort. Accompanied with a Błażej Jankowiak-directed music video you can check out the first track "Iphigenia."

Vocalist Sinner shared the following:

In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and a princess of Mycenae. The music came first in this case, but there was an immediate need to fill with content and the story of Iphigenia seemed to connect with it beautifully. It's a story about sacrificing your life for a greater cause. But the example of Iphigenia is striking because she at one point is given a choice and can save her own life, yet she decides to be put to death and in this way help support the Greek side in the Trojan War. It's a story of sacrifice which would, all the way since the days of Aeschylus and Euripides, divide an audience of listeners. Is it monstrous of her father to be willing to sacrifice her due to the pressure of his generals? To appease Artemis? Is it then heroic or brainwashed that she would sacrifice herself for her people's cause?

Pre-order Bellum Regiis here.

Bellum Regiis track listing:
1. Bellum Regiis
2. Iphigenia
3. The Vanguard
4. A Ghost of Lost Delight
5. Rite of Triglav
6. Perun Rising
7. Alfa Inferi Goddess of War
8. Prophet of Arkhen
9. Ageless Harp of Devilry