Criminal Signs With Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade just re-signed the Chilean thrashers from Criminal, with the label having this to say about the deal:

"We are very happy to welcome back Criminal to the Metal Blade roster. Criminal released four albums in the past via Metal Blade before they moved on to different shores and are now preparing their return to the Blade with a major blast to drop in March of 2016!"

Comments Criminal main man Anton Reisenegger: “Re-signing to Metal Blade feels like coming home to me. I’ve had a very close relationship to the label from when they sent me vinyl promos for my fanzine in the eighties, to when they offered us to release our second album in the US and Europe in the nineties, to when I worked for them myself in the 00s. I’m very good friends with all of their staff, so I’m really happy they asked us to come back, and I am proud to say we are coming back with one of our best records to date!”

More details on the upcoming new studio album will be revealed shortly, but Anton is nice enough to give us a sneak preview: “The new album sounds really pissed off and aggressive. Angry old men who don’t give a fuck any more. We have come to terms with the fact we’re not going to be the next Slayer, but we keep doing this because we love making music together and I think we have something important to say in a time when image on the one hand and technique on the other seem to be more important than the riff. To us, it’s all about the riff!"