news: PESTILENCE – Replaces Cover Artwork For Upcoming Best-of Album; Tour dates 2024

Dutch death metal pioneers PESTILENCE announce new cover artwork for their re-recorded best-of album „Levels of Perception“, set to be released on Agonia Records on April 26th. The reasons behind the band’s decision have been laid out in a statement by frontman Patrick Mameli, and pertain to the partial use of artificial intelligence technology in creating the original artwork.
The debut single for „Levels of Perception“ will be released shortly.

The drums for „Levels of Perception“ were recorded by Michiel van der Plicht in 2021, during a live stream held in T Paard (The Hague, NL). „These recorded drum tracks were so awesome that we just had to use them, fine-tuning the guitars and bass,“ Mameli comments. These and other re-recordings were done with Reaper behind the console at van der Plicht’s own studio On Duty in Mijdrecht, NL. The latter engineered, mixed and mastered the album. „I’ve started to realize, after recording Exitivm, that when you can engineer, mix and master by yourself, the control over your own product is way bigger, through the honesty and passion for your own compositions; rather than hiring an engineer that has no feel for your music,“ PESTILENCE’s frontman wraps up.

Tour dates in Germany: 
Black Death Over Europe 2024 –
Pestilence + Carnation + Bodyfarm
03.04. – Munich, Backstage
04.04. – Trier, Mergener Hof
05.04. – Berlin, Orwo Haus
21.06. – Protzen, Protzen Open Air

Quelle & ©: Agonia Records