Full Album Stream: Nader Sadek: In The Flesh – new album

The innovative Egyptian-born New York City-based artist NADER SADEK has formed his own death metal project under his own name, and invited guitarist Rune Eriksen (AVA INFERI, AURA NOIR, ex-MAYHEM), vocalist Steve Tucker (ex-MORBID ANGEL), and drummer Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY) for the ride.  The album features a whole array of most respected extreme metal musicians, including MAYHEM frontman Attila Csihar, CATTLE DECAPITATION vocalist Travis Ryan and ex-MONSTROSITY guitarist Tony Norman. The project's debut album, ‘In The Flesh’, has been just released in Europe (May 16th, 2011) by Season Of Mist Records, in collaboration with Greyhaze Records. North American release has been pushed back for June 7th, 2011. Listen to the album in its amazing entirety at this location (DeciBlog), get your own copy here and visit Nader Sadek on Vimeo for the visuals that accompany his music.

“We created a monstrous machine of an art piece that I believe will shock the senses and open people's minds,” commented Sadek. “The hybrid of influences is by far one of the most unique works to have come out in recent memory. Flo's attack resembles machinery inside a tank on a battlefield, while still being able to lucratively reproduce the sound of hive of knives swarming and tearing skin to vapor. Each hit and bang is strategically and intelligently placed. Building on top are the mind bending guitars of Rune, which quickly stab razor-like, shredding the inner layers of the skin with palm muted aggression and psychopathic minor chords, creating a sculpture of flesh and metallic bone. Flowing into the bloodstream of this skeleton immortal life is injected though the burning voice of a god, Steve performs with aggression and anger unheard before. I am truly proud of this creation and grateful to my new brothers. I cannot wait for it to be unleashed onto the world!”

‘In The Flesh’ is also one hell of a concept album: it invites us on “a journey to the depths of the earth, where substances of a repulsive nature dwell; beneath the earth's crust, over millions of years creatures have disintegrated and decayed until taking on ghastly new life as petroleum. Like a return of the undead, petroleum and its derivates have wrought cross-cultural conflict, environmental pollution, and economic distress,” goes the explanation. With a visual and aural assault, Sadek aims to re-interpret petroleum's sinister insinuation into our everyday lives. Nine songs and a series of original drawings video works explore several aspects of the commodified resource we find ourselves fatally dependent on.

NADER SADEK features: Nader Sadek - songwriting, artwork design and production, Steve Tucker – vocals, Rune Eriksen – guitars and Flo Mounier – drums