BEAST IN BLACK Shares Title Track Of Upcoming Fourth Album 'Fear The Beast'

After a refreshing festival summer and highly successful North American tour with German metal legends HELLOWEEN, BEAST IN BLACK, the Helsinki, Finland-based metal group led by former BATTLE BEAST guitarist Anton Kabanen, now finally returns with new music.

Prior to striking its sharpened fangs into the heart of Asia where they shall perform in Tokyo, Taipei, Shanghai and Beijing later this month, BEAST IN BLACK proudly presents "Fear The Beast" — the new single, video and title track of the band's forthcoming, much-anticipated new album.

"Fear The Beast" was written and produced by Anton Kabanen, with artwork by Roman Ismailov. The epic video for this banger was created and directed by award-winning director Katri Ilona Koppanen.

Kabanen comments: "The song is about Ridley Scott's 1979 film called 'Alien'. But the main reason to write about it was my fascination with the biomechanical nightmare art of Hans Ruedi Giger.

"Ever since I was a teenager I've seen recurring nightmares about a xenomorph hunting me in dystopian themed environments, yet never quite catching me (thank goodness!). Beside the creature's downright perverted and extreme appearance I find it sensual, elegant, intense, fierce, horrifying, exotic and mysterious, almost as if it's a beauty and a beast merged into one. And in a funny way it turned out that it's I who captured my assailant, the xenomorph, inside a song after all these years!

"It was in early 2020 in Turku (a city in Finland),when Roman Ismailov and I were hanging out at a hotel and working on the first sketches for the 'Dark Connection' album cover, then alongside came the idea of making Giger's art-inspired album cover, if not now then possibly for the fourth album, so here we are.

"Though the song is solely based on the first film, James Cameron's sequel 'Aliens' is equally important to me in terms of an emotional impact. We tried to blend some of the feel from both films into our music video, with Cameron's influence weighing more on the visual side of industrial elements. Another speciality in the video and on the album cover is the debut of our Xenobeast, which was, quite obviously, designed by Roman Ismailov. In the video you'll also see some reptilian-looking embryos which may raise a question: are the reptilians and the Xenobeast actually of the same alien race but shown in their radically different stage of metamorphosis, or is the Xenobeast rather a Cerberus type of a creature guarding the eggs?

"We're absolutely thrilled about this beautiful cinematic video which wouldn't have been possible without Katri Ilona Koppanen (director) and Emil Pohjalainen (Nestruction Studios) who pushed their abilities to the extreme and beyond to fight against a juggernaut of challenges! We, the band, salute you!"

With new lead guitarist Markus Venehsalo recently joining BEAST IN BLACK, "Fear The Beast" offers the band's trademark dance beat-driven heavy metal, instantly memorable riffs and melodies, raw vocal power and fiery solos, perfectly warming you up for this year's "Resurrection" tour.

Kabanen sat out BEAST IN BLACK's recent North American tour as the support act for HELLOWEEN in order to focus on completing work on BEAST IN BLACK's long-awaited fourth studio album.

BEAST IN BLACK is known for its dynamic blend of power metal, 1980s pop, and electronic music. Their critically acclaimed albums "Berserker", "From Hell With Love" and "Dark Connection" have solidified their global presence, along with notable tours and festival appearances. Their energetic live performances and unique sound have made them a standout act in the modern metal scene.

Kabanen was dismissed from BATTLE BEAST in February 2015 due to what was described at the time as "insurmountable disagreements" with the other members of the band.

BEAST IN BLACK is:

Yannis Papadopoulos - Lead vocals
Mate Molnar - Bass
Atte Palokangas - Drums
Markus Venehsalo - Guitars
Anton Kabanen - Guitars, vocals, virtual instruments programming

Photo credit: Jarmo Katila / Toni Kilpinen