Over 20 years, singer and guitarist Thomas Gurrath has created an entire band universe with over 30 CDs spread across more than 17 albums from Debauchery, Blood God, and Balgeroth. He has united this Trinity of Blood Gods under the name BLUTGOTT.
Musically, the band moves across genres somewhere between Judas Priest, Slayer, AC/DC, Rammstein, and Bolt Thrower. There is pounding death metal, classic heavy metal, and groovy hard rock, sometimes with screeching vocals, sometimes with the distinctive monster voice, sometimes clean, and everything in between.
The lyrics – in German and English – deal with the band’s own dark fantasy universe: the World of Blood Gods, named after the Blood Gods – biomechanical vampire dragons with demonic abilities.
The three most infamous are Bal-Geroth, the Bloodking of Knochenheim; Dracul Drakorgoth, the Debauchery Blood God; and Setekh Drakorgaur, the Red Dragon. Together, they form the Trinity of Blood Gods.
In the war zones of the past and future, on Earth, Eden, other planets, and Hell, they fight brutal battles against elves, humans, and dwarves, as well as other demons. The World of Blood Gods has its own miniatures and its own tabletop game, called Kings of Carnage.
Concerts of the various incarnations of the BLUTGOTT Metal Universe have been held throughout Europe, Russia, and Asia. They have performed with Doro, Saxon, Dismember, Napalm Death, Destruction, and many other well-known bands from the metal scene and played at major festivals such as Wacken, Summer Breeze, and Bang Your Head. The albums are regularly in the top 50 of the official German album charts.
The new album Dracul Drakorgoth will be released on September 20th via Massacre Records and contains ten completely new songs each with the Debauchery Monster Voice, once with the German Balgeroth lyrics and also with the Blood God Heavy Metal voice. It will be available as 3CD digipack as well as limited-edition box, and the Debauchery and Balgeroth versions each as limited-edition vinyl LP. The album was recorded by Dennis Ward (Unisonic, Krokus, Helloween).
In addition, there is the Blutfest Tour with a BLUTGOTT live show for the new album and 20 years of monsters and metal. Dates follow after the jump. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for BLUTGOTT’s Dracul Drakorgoth
CD1 Debauchery Version
1. We Create Metal
2. Dracul Drakorgoth
3. Fire and Steel
4. Crusade Against Humanity
5. Overdrive of Brutality
6. Dragonsteel
7. Blood for Balgeroth
8. Setekh Drakorgaur
9. Blood Demands Blood
10. Drakespawn
CD 2 Balgeroth Version
1. Drachenlegion
2. Dracul Drakorgoth
3. Feuer und Stahl
4. Drachendivision
5. Blutgott Monsterhorde
6. Drachenstahl
7. Blut für Balgeroth
8. Setekh Drakorgaur
9. Blut verlangt Blut
10. Drachenbrut
CD3 Blood God Version
1. We Create Metal
2. Dracul Drakorgoth
3. Fire and Steel
4. Crusade Against Humanity
5. Overdrive of Brutality
6. Dragonsteel
7. Blood for Balgeroth
8. Setekh Drakorgaur
9. Blood Demands Blood 1
0. Drakespawn
BLUTGOTT LIVE
www.blutfest.de
21.06.2024 Aaargh Festival
28.06.2024 Ferryman Festival
29.06.2024 Heavy Michel Days
03.08.2024 München – Backstage
05.09.2024 Nürnberg – Hirsch
20.09.2024 Passau – Zauberberg
21.09.2024 Aalen – Rock It
04.10.2024 Oberhausen – Helvete
05.10.2024 Rostock – Zuckerfabrik
01.11.2024 Weinheim – Cafe Central
02.11.2024 Kirchheim (Teck) – Linde – Heimspiel
06.12.2024 Lenzburg – Met-Bar (CH)
07.12.2024 Lindau – Club Vaudeville
12.12.2024 Wien – Viper Room (AT)
13.12.2024 Graz – Explosiv (AT)
31.01.2025 Hannover – Cafe Glocksee
01.02.2025 Hamburg – Logo
15.02.2025 Berlin – Slaughterhouse
08.03.2025 Selb – Rockclub Nordbayern
28.03.2025 Cham – LA
BLUTGOTT DISCOGRAPHY
2003 Kill Maim Burn (Debauchery)
2004 Rage of the Bloodbeast (Debauchery)
2005 Torture Pit (Debauchery)
2007 Back in Blood (Debauchery)
2008 Continue to Kill (Debauchery)
2009 Rockers & War (Debauchery)
2010 Hotter than Hell (Big Ball, now called Blood God)
2011 Germany’s next Death Metal (Debauchery)
2012 No Brain But Balls (Blood God / Debauchery)
2013 Kings of Carnage (Debauchery)
2014 Blood is my Trademark (Blood God / Debauchery)
2015 Fuck Humanity/Menschenhass/German Warmachine (Debauchery / Balgeroth / Blood God)
2016 Thunderbeast (Blood God / Debauchery)
2017 Rock’n’Roll Warmachine (Blood God)
2018 In der Hölle spricht man Deutsch / Enemy of Mankind (Balgeroth / Debauchery)
2018 Götter der Vernichtung (Balgeroth)
2019 Blood for the Blood God (Debauchery)
2021 Monster Metal/Böse bis ins Blut/Metal to the Bone (Debauchery/ Balgeroth / Blood God)
2022 Demons of Rock’n’Roll (Blood God / Debauchery)
2023 Respawned in Heavy Metal/Enemy of Mankind/Der Blutgott nagelt dich ans Kreuz(Blood God /Debauchery / Balgeroth)
2024 Dragongods/The Horror of the Forest/Drachenkult (Debauchery / Blood God / Balgeroth)
2024 Dracul Drakorgoth (Debauchery / Balgeroth / Blood God)
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