Havok is back after three years with a new album and a new bassist. Havok will release their first album in three years V on May 1 with bassist Brandon Bruce replacing Nick Schendzielos (Cephalic Carnage, Job for a Cowboy). You can check out the band's new single "Phantom Force" above, which guitarist Reece Scruggs describes as a "full blown face peeler track" with Slayer tendencies.
"Somewhere in the middle of writing V we all came together and made the decision that we needed a full blown face peeler track. I remember David saying 'Reign In Blood tempo,' so I came up with something almost immediately and sent it over to the guys.
And aside from some subtle stylistic details it stayed pretty true to that original concept. 'Phantom Force' as a first single will assure our fans and skeptics that we haven’t lost a step in making vicious, straight forward, non-gimmicked heavy metal."
V was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Mark Lewis (Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder) and given artwork by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Hatebreed, Bloodbath).
