Admit it, Steel Warriors, those bones are yearning for a burst of speed metal and that burst is all the better if it comes loaded with dizzying riffs, maniacal vocals and total devotion to the spirit of the purest heavy metal (or at least as our collective imagination imagines it). Hailing from Belgium, BÜTCHER are this materialised chaos, mixing the fury of the most primitive thrash with the epic theatricality of 80s heavy/speed metal. From "Bestial Fükkin’ Warmachine" (2017) and “666 Goats Carry My Chariot” (2020), to the latest “On Fowl of Tyrant Wing” (2024), the band has been refining its formula: mind-blowing solos, blitzkrieg drums and a stage energy that seems to have been summoned straight from the golden days of "Kill 'Em All” and “Show No Mercy” and mixed in a sacrilegious cauldron with Manilla Road, Mercyful Fate and Darkthrone. If you yearn for speed metal with attitude and no reins, know that there are no brakes in hell, nor in Bütcher's music.
