Hellripper – the undertaking of guitarist, vocalist, and all-round one-man steel military James McBain – has been tearing by means of the steel underground like a denim-vested, backpatch-armoured William Wallace since 2014. Channeling the feral pace and aggression of Kill ‘Em All-era Hetfield and Welcome to Hell-era Mantas, McBain has cast a sound that fuses darkness, pace, and Scottish historical past.
Now, the Goat Kvlt sharpens its horns for its greatest battle but: “I am more than happy to announce that Hellripper is now working with Century Media Information!” stated McBain. “It is a label that I’ve adopted for a very long time now and am honoured to develop into part of such an ideal legacy. We share a typical imaginative and prescient for the way forward for the band, and collectively, we vow to unfold the phrase of the Goat Kvlt! I am excited to embark on this new chapter of the band’s journey and I can not wait to share it with you all! All Hail the Goat!”
McBain is at present forging new materials for Hellripper‘s Century Media debut, slated to land across the vernal equinox of 2026. Till then, the band’s reside assault continues – latest conquests have included Past the Gates in Norway, Brutal Assault within the Czech Republic, and Germany’s Summer season Breeze, all left battered within the wake of McBain and his sonic knights.
In March 2025, the band crossed the Atlantic for his or her first-ever U.S. present at Houston’s Hell’s Heroes competition, the place followers have been left “crushed, bruised and beer-soaked” after a crowd-surfing McBain introduced the set to a ferocious shut.
Century Media VP of A&R Mike Gitter says the signing is an ideal match. “Hellripper is the high-bar for thrash,” he declares. “Like an indignant billy goat, together with his beard washed in blood, James McBain is a feral drive that brings collectively the very best components of steel, black steel, crusty, d-beat punk and pace steel. James’ sonic evil is aware of no boundaries and is not afraid to push the extremes of earslaughtering noise or sudden guitar melodies. Century Media is proud to be a refuge for the Goat Horde!”
Within the meantime, catch Hellripper at one in all their competition dates in 2025 and 2026.
8/16 Essen, DE Turock Sommerfest
8/17 Eindhoven, NL Dynamo Metallic Fest
8/23 Sheffield, UK Cosmic Vibration Fest
9/5 Huttikon, CH Meh Suff! Metallic Competition
9/19 Villingen-Schwenningen, DE Black Forest Competition
9/20 Schrobenhausen, DE Metallic im Woid Competition
10/11 Leiden, NL Metallic Expertise Competition
11/9 Manchester, UK Damnation Competition
12/6 Wolverhampton, UK Bloodstock Winter Gathering
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