1914
Where Fear and Weapons Meet
Ukrainian blackened death/doom metal offensive 1914 continue to reflect the gruesome
tales of World War I, its soldiers’ fate, their death, fear and feats to be never forgotten, and
unleash their new opus, Where Fear and Weapons Meet, on October 22nd, via Napalm
Records. Its eleven tracks of pure historic harshness follow up to the band’s sophomore
full-length, The Blind Leading the Blilnd (2018), and debut, Eschatology of War (2014),
both highly acclaimed amongst critics, and create a sophisticated variety of massively brutal
blackened death metal accented by dramatic and realistic audio soundscapes and
disquieting melodies spiced with the approach of sludge and doom!
Unlike their previous works, Where Fear and Weapons Meet is not about death, but about
life. Most of the heroes and protagonists in the songs survived war, became heroes and
finally returned home. Even the album cover emphasizes this: Injured, shell-shocked and
bleeding, the only survivor of a shield attack is holding his hand out to death, praying in
agony, but death does not take him away...