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NEW ALBUM “SILK SPIDERS UNDERWATER” OUT APR. 13th 2015 zatokrev.com

FOR FANS OF Neurosis, Godfesh, Mastodon, Wolves In The Throneroom, Tool, Blut Aus Nord, , , Voivod

PRESS OUTTAKES ABOUT BIO SILK SPIDERS UNDERWATER... AND LIVE SHOWS ZATOKREV was founded in April 2003 in Basel Switzerland. Although the frst If you have an hour to kill, kill it good. Kill it with this record. album (tracked in their own rehearsal room) was only intended for demo- 8 / 10 - TERRORIZER purposes, the band immediately got ofered various deals, and fnally released Just don’t expect to sleep that well if you listen to it last thing at night. the record in 2004/2005 on Codebreaker, Earache and Division Records to Even once you’re dona wanting to rip the walls down with your bare hands, the bleakness will haunt you. Outstanding vitriol. overwhelming media all over Europe and the States. 8 /10 -

I can’t recommend it highly enough. Albums like this are rare, and no The following Bury The Ashes got released through Firebox Records/Finland in matter what they do, their next one - even if it’s better - won’t have this one’s charm. 2007 before Zatokrev signed a contract in 2011 with the UK cult-label 5/5 - METAL IRELAND Candlelight Records, who released their next two albums „The Bat, The Wheel What I loved most about this album and what made it one of my favorites And A Long Road To Nowhere“ (2012) and „Silk Spiders Underwater…“ (2015). in 2015 is the sound and overall feel. Best Sludge album of 2015 / 100% - ENCYCLOPAEDIA METALLUM Zatokrev have claimed stages on countless tours and festivals all over Europe, I honestly think it is one of the best Post-Metal records I have heard in years. 9.5/10 - Doom-Metal.com while gaining the status of an intense live act. The numerous line-up changes

Their frst UK appearance is loud, ravaging and decidedly on point as throughout these years did not harm the creative output of the band: Drawing vocalist Frederyk Rotter switches from growls to beautiful clean moments from their Sludge/Heavy-Background, the band is now a lot more open to with smooth intensity. 9/10 - METAL HAMMER about Zatokrev’s concert at The Unicorn in experimentation, and does not hesitate to expand towards Doom, Death- and

The frst show is one of the festival’s most intense - Swiss mob Zatokrev Black-Metal, Industrial as well as even Psychedelic Rock - So it’s no coincidence repeat the destructive outpouring of harsh, monolithic rifage that went that also the lyrics and the artwork both bend towards to be very metaphoric. down do well a few months ago at Candlefest in London and lay waste to a crowd only beginning to get comfortable. Already back in 2004 Zatokrev were mentioned as an Avantgarde by the well- ROCK-A-ROLLA about Zatokrev’s show at Amplifest in Portugal known UK Magazine Terrorizer. More topical than ever before, Zatokrev defne There was some monumental tribal drumming and things culminated with themselves through their own form of heavy music nowadays. band members rolling around the foor as though possessed. I was absolutely gutted when they fnished. AVE NOCTUM about Zatokrev’s show at Candlefest in London Due to unexpected health issues the band stopped touring for a while, but Zatokrev impressed the hell out of me, and this will not be the last time I Zatokrev is now back to hit the road again, before they fnish the songwriting see them live. 8.5/10 - ROCKFREAKS:COM about Zatokrev’s show at Candlefest in London. process for the follower album of “Silk Spiders Underwater...” in 2018.

I thought I had spent too much of my day impressed. I tried to put my critic face on, and met Zatokrev with folded arms. Instead I hit overload and didn’t even manage to take notes. I just remember the mental sensation of being knocked over backwards. Toward the end of their set I thought, “If this show was back home at Studio 7 instead of the tenth one of the day, it would stand out as one of my favorite shows of the year.” NO CLEAN SINGING about Zatokrev’s show at Eistnafug Festival in Iceland DISCOGRAPHY 2004/2005: Zatokrev (Codebreaker/Earache/Division) 2007: Bury The Ashes (Czar Of Crickets/Firebox) 2007: Bury The Ashes – 2LP (Get A Life! Records) 2007: Zatokrev/Vancouver Split EP (Get A Life! Records) 2009: Bury The Ashes – digipak re-release (Debello Recordings) 2012: The Bat The Wheel And A Long Road To Nowhere (Candlelight Records) 2013: The Bat The Wheel And A Long Road To Nowhere - limited 2LP (Pelagic Records) 2015: Silk Spiders Underwater... (Candlelight Records) 2015: Silk Spiders Underwater... 2LP (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)

ZATOKREV TOURED IN Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slowakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Spain and Portugal

PLAYED AND/OR TOURED WITH Neurosis, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Crowbar, Baroness, Napalm Death, Gojira, Triptykon, Machine Head, Type O Negative, , Orange Goblin, Corrosion Of Conformity, Acid King, Black Cobra, A Storm Of Light, Minsk, Amenra, Fear Factory, Esoteric, Alcest, Fen, Knut, The Ocean, Ahab, Downfall Of Gaia, Schammasch

WEB Ofcial - zatokrev.com SHOWS Facebook - facebook.com/ZATOKREV Youtube - youtube.com/zatokrev Bandcamp - zatokrev.bandcamp.com 30.06.2017: Coq D’Or Olten (CH) w/ Schammasch, Sum Of R

05.07.2017: Eistnafug Festival (ISL), Video for Goddamn Lights w/ Neurosis, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Anaal Nathrakh, Sinistro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5N_43spcVY

06./07.10.2017: Up In Smoke Festival (CH) w/ Saint Vitus, Orange Goblin, Ufomammut, Brant Bjork Video for Medium October 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjkLZg5dSZQ Eastern Europe tour Video for ...Zato Krev http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKPpSIIJX4Y

LINE UP Video for Bleeding Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bnMjBYP6mY

Drums/Vocals: Frédéric Hug Video for Swallow The Teeth Guitar/Vocals: Frederyk Rotter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8bUOlqJzE4 Bass/Vocals: Lucas Löw Guitar: Tobi Glanzmann Zatokrev live at Inferno Festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpRG72DZRYc

CONTACT Zatokrev - [email protected] Booking Europe - [email protected] Booking Switzerland - [email protected] candlelightrecords.co.uk Press inquiries - [email protected]