Today, Caligari Records announces March 27th as the international release date for Barbaric Oath's highly anticipated debut mini-album, Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance, on CD and cassette tape formats.
Hailing from Germany, Barbaric Oath are a duo of G. and L., who between them number such hordes as Into Coffin, Nekus, and Putridarium among others. They released a three-song demo in 2024 appropriately titled Attack! Attack! Attack! However, it's the even-more-appropriately-titled debut mini-album where their aesthetic truly comes alive: Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance.
Comprising five barbaric-indeed songs in 21 whirlwind minutes, on first blush, one could say Barbaric Oath's Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance is a devout slab of the bestial arts: gutted, gnawing, insistent in its ultraviolence. Peer deeper into the mini-album's inky depths and one will find not only more death-metalled muscle, but a compellingly unique thematic focus: fantasy from '70s and '80s cult films as well as role-playing games like Heroquest. Thus, the combination of that with a sound more akin to the likes of Finland's Belial, Mythos, and early Bolt Thrower, Barbaric Oath keep their word to crush your soul - simple, but surprisingly sublime.
Epic Death Metal, or Fantasy Death Metal? Dungeon Death Metal, or Heroquest Death Metal? Whatever you want to call Barbaric Oath, your fate is sealed with Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Bestial Witchery" HERE at Caligari's Bandcamp, where the mini-album can also be preordered. Cover artwork, courtesy of Marious Rousner, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Barbaric Oath's Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance
1. Crom Cult
2. Sword and Sorcerer
3. Bestial Witchery
4. Dragon Lord
5. For Victory... (The Warrior Path)
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