When we started the recordings, we knew in our minds that we had to beat Codex Omega, because we felt this was the best thing we have done until then. This album is the longest that it has ever taken for us to create, to materialize. But this album has a character of its own, especially as it was created over a long bit of time.

Sotiris Vayenas: It’s the next step after Codex Omega, there are some elements of that. How do you see this record in terms of the evolution of the band’s style, sound, and songwriting – and how it compares to Codex Omega, your last studio release from 2017? We reached out to guitarist vocalist Sotiris Vayenas to bring us up to speed on the all-encompassing contributions to the band’s sound, the decisions made when to include orchestration and when to strip things down, favorite records as well as an underrated one in the Septicflesh catalog, plus thoughts on their rich Greek history/culture and future touring/festival plans.ĭead Rhetoric: The latest studio album for Septicflesh is Modern Primitive.

The layers of natural instrumentation, orchestration, plus choirs and ethnic elements create this sonic swirl that captivates – the contrasts jarring and surprising, transporting people to a time and place they’ve never experienced. Continually challenging themselves and their listeners in a cinematic approach to symphonic death metal, Septicflesh aligns with Nuclear Blast in a new record deal for their eleventh studio album Modern Primitive.

Septic flesh discography