Claustrofobia streams brutal new music video for "The Encrypted"

CLAUSTROFOBIA’s latest album, ‘Unleeched’, CD hits store racks today, while digital streaming/download options are online and a special limited 100 cassette pressing is available exclusively from the band and the label HERE

To further impact street date and promote the band’s ensuing tour CLAUSTROFOBIA have launched a new music video for “The Encrypted” Watch HERE.

“We are super stoked with the release of our new album ‘Unleeched’ with 2 bonus tracks via M Theory Audio today – Friday the 13th. By the way, what a date huh?” says CLAUSTROFOBIA singer/guitarist Marcus D’Angelo.

“We have a new video clip for the track ‘The Encrypted,’ which is the second song off ‘Unleeched,’ and it’s the heaviest, grooving track on the album. There is a curious story about the shooting day of this video,” further elaborates Marcus. “We recorded it on the same day as the video for ‘Stronger than Faith’ in Nelson Ghost Town, an abandoned gold mine located just 45 minutes from Las Vegas, and then we decided to do an extra take in a different spot, but the photography and background was too different from what we had been doing. Someone mentioned, you could shoot another song in this spot. We looked at each other and said, why not? We switched t-shirts, chose the ‘The Encrypted’ song and improvised everything on the spot without any pre-production or ideas. It was all very spontaneous and we were extremely pleased with the results. Caio D’Angelo, our drummer, edited it and this pure art happened.”

“We are about to hit the road with Sepultura, Obituary and Agnostic Front and 80% of our set will be focused on the new album, ‘Unleeched,’ which is gonna be at the merch booth available on CD and Cassette, we count on your support. Don’t expect anything but our best. See you on the road.”

‘Unleeched’ was produced, mixed and mastered by Adair Daufembach (Angra, Cadaver, Tony MacAlpine) with cover artwork by Alcides Burn. The album which has been released in Brazil, as well as digitally, is now being made available domestically (and for the first-time on cassette).

“The first step in our partnership with M-Theory Audio will be the reissue of the album ‘Unleeched,’ including two bonus tracks – ‘Riff Cult’ and ‘Força além da Força’ which is a Portuguese version of Pantera’s ‘Strength Beyond Strength,’” explains Marcus. “We composed and recorded this album during the pandemic, and all that atmosphere of uncertainty, fear and faith were crucial to finishing the work. For the first time we used clean vocals on a song, we brought Marc Rizzo [Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ill Nino guitarist] as a guest player. This album is very brutal but there are lots of emotions on it. I consider it our most inspired album ever because the band was united and solid”.

9/17 Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
9/18 Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
9/20 Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theater
9/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
9/22 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
9/23 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox SODO
9/25 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
9/26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
9/27 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
9/28 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
9/30 Dallas, TX @ The Factory
10/02 Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live
10/03 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater
10/04 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
10/05 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
10/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
10/08 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Ballroom
10/09 Toronto, ON @ Rebel *
10/10 Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia *
10/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
10/12 New York, NY @ The Palladium Times Square

*Harvest to open and no Claustrofobia

Claustrofobia continues promoting its latest album, ‘Unleeched’. In this project, the Brazilian heavy metal group brings back its classic aggressive sound, and also expands its sound over 9 brand new tracks. Produced by Adair Daufembach and Claustrofobia, and recorded, mixed and mastered by Adair Daufembach in August 2020 at Northwood Sound Studio in Los Angeles, ‘Unleeched’ is available on all digital platforms and in physical format, released by the ForMusic label.

Now based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Brazilian death/thrash metal trio Claustrofobia, formed in 1994 by brothers Marcus and Caio D’Angelo, has a career spanning nearly three decades, a discography comprising six full-length albums and a release in DVD, a multitude of international tours, high-performance live performances sharing stages with the likes of Iron Maiden, Slayer and Anthrax, as well as countless fans across the world.