W.E.B. Go Dark Decadent and Symphonic On First Live Record
Greece has a very profound history of conquering armies, grand empires and mythic battles. W.E.B. is proud to rise from its ancient historical ashes starting 2026 with a vicious live release showing off their litany of sinister poetry and riffs to the world. Whether you’re already a diehard devotee or new and uninitiated to their customized Greek symphony they’ve brought the world a Renfield’s platter of live tracks to gorge on. There’s also new blood and meat in the band in addition to the skins.
The band wanted to celebrate the evening playing with Dark Funeral making the night an infamous lasting impression.
With five studio releases to date they’ll deliver us to evil in February with the live incantations of Darkness Alive. Nine tracks for listeners to experience the W.E.B. universe, captured in their home town turf of Athens, Greece in September 2024. It’s a ritualistic resume of what they’ve conjured from the abyss since 2006, sure to deliver a good time and a damn memorable metal show.
They just released a performance video for “Dark Web” from 2021’s Colosseum record. The live show features the updated lineup of guitarist/vocalist Sakis Prekas, bass/vocalist Hel Pyre and new drummer Vasilis Nanos. They recently added guitarist Alex Despotisis and additional bassist Babis Kapageridis for an even stronger onslaught.
“Pentaloha” begins with a dark omen-like nursery rhyme chant more sinister then Freddy Krueger’s ode to Elm Street. If you opened the Necronomicon asking for a blood dripping melding between Dimmu Borgir and Carcass, you’d have “Dark Web.” “Into Hellfire We Burn” practically invokes you to get up and mosh or run in a circle pit. “Murder of Crows” slower melancholy vibe gives the audience a bit of a breather. Drums and war horns blast speakers on “Necrology” taking the crowd right into the emperor’s bloody playground.
Besides having the coolest title in the set “Morphine For Saints” seems to be the Wall of Death tune with Prekas telling eager moshers to hold then kill.
His serpentine-like delivery is the perfect counterpart to the bands elegant symphonic elements and perfect bedfellow to the bands visceral delivery.
As far as legendary live records go Prekas loves Iron Maiden’s A Real Live/Dead One, though many would choose the legendary Live After Death he has personal reasons for choosing the first. Metallica’s Live Shit, and Slayer’s Decade of Aggression are also definitive live experiences he took inspiration from.
Prekas says new material is being written and vows to keep a self-made promise of constant evolution of sound and material and one-upsmanship with himself and the music they create.
The video for “Morphine For Saints” is the perfect blueprint for what’s done at open air and indoor metal shows. They have several official live clips along with some deeply dark and sinister narrative videos. Darkness Alive attacks Feb 20.
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