– February 18th, 2026 –
“Darkness Alive” To See Release This Friday, February 20th, On Metal Blade Records
Photo by Chris Kissadjekian
Watch / stream W.E.B.’s “Into Hell Fire We Burn” HERE
This Friday, Greek symphonic extreme metallers W.E.B. will unveil Darkness Alive, their first ever live album on Metal Blade Records! Captured at Gagarin205 in the band’s hometown of Athens on September 22nd, 2024, Darkness Alive truly captures the band at their most commanding.
“We shared the stage that night with Dark Funeral, and since we were making changes within the band that had us excited, we made the decision to mark this day with a special release, hence our first official live album,” says singer/guitarist Sakis Prekas.
On today’s single, Prekas comments, “‘Into Hell Fire We Burn’ is a thunderous marriage of black and heavy metal with a chorus that literally orders you to sing along. We are all sinners, we will all go to Hell, let us scream our sins to our redemption. ‘Villains and sinners, in Hell fire we burn.’“
Watch W.E.B.‘s live performance video of “Into Hell Fire We Burn” HERE.
Darkness Alive will be released digitally on February 20th. Find pre-orders at: metalblade.com/web
Watch the full performance on Friday, February 20th via Metal Blade’s YouTube page HERE.
Darkness Alive Track Listing:
01. Crimson Dawn (Live)
02. Pentalpha (Live)
03. Dark Web (Live)
04. Into Hell Fire We Burn (Live)
05. Murder Of Crows (Live)
06. Necrology (Live)
07. Morphine for Saints (Live)
08. Dragona (Live)
09. Eligos (Live)
Photo by Georgina Staikou
W.E.B.‘s music has earned high praise for its “drama, extremity and bloodthirst in equal parts… energetic and unhinged.” The formidable symphonic extreme metal lineup is best experienced at one of their many crushing live gigs.
A band born of the necessity to scream, blast, and create emotions and get on stage to exchange them with an audience, W.E.B. expresses darkness and death through adrenaline and poetry. Darkness Alive follows five previous studio albums. Colosseum, released in 2021, was their first for Metal Blade. Seized at a moment of transition, the upcoming live album documents the band featuring Prekas. Hel Pyre (bass, vocals), and newly joined drummer Vasilis Nanos. Following the recording, the band expanded its sound and solidified its current lineup with the addition of lead guitarist Alex Despotidis and second bassist Babis Kapageridis.
W.E.B. is currently composing material for their next full-length album that will see them hitting the road once again. “It is by far the best material we;ve ever had on a record. I intend to keep the promise to myself regarding W.E.B. that all new material must be better material, otherwise there is no reason to release it,” Prekas concludes. “Stay Dark.“
W.E.B.:
Sakis Prekas – vocals, guitar
Hel Pyre – vocals, bass, keys
Alex Despotidis – guitar
Babis Kapageridis – bass
Vasilis Nanos – drums
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