Once in a while you come across a band that speaks to you on some sublimely inexplicable level. For me, Zatokrev is that band. Something about their sound takes me back to the early to mid-nineties when extreme music was sincerely passionate and image an afterthought.

Hailing from Basel, Switzerland, Zatokrev fuse heavy, floor-crushing grooves (ala Cult of Luna, Callisto, etc. but more coarse) with raspy dual-vocal stylings (think Scott Kelly & Steve Von Till) creating an ominous blend of good ol’ fashioned skull-fracturing, down-tuned hardcore / metal.

Debello and Zatokrev have both agreed to the collaborative effort to release “Bury The Ashes”, their sophomoric effort (originally released in 2006 by the Swiss label Get A Life! Records), this side of the Atlantic. We hope you’re as excited for this as we are.