On July 28th internationally, Fermento will self-release their long-awaited fourth album, Acts of Blood. Fermento are an institution of brutal death metal, formed in 1991 in Madrid when there were actually no death metal bands in Spain yet, only thrash ones. Their first 7″, Only the Flesh, was released in 1992, and a year after, two more songs were recorded and compiled onto the split Dead Flesh, where their sound would be clearly defined as brutal death. In 1994, the very dark and dense EP Fervour of the Impure was released. The next year, a live demo was released, and in 1996, another demo – The Shining – went out with a very original voice that would define a new style in the drutal death scene. It was the prelude to their first full-length, Symbols of Decrepitude, Symbols of Supremacy, released in 1997. It could be said that this album was one of the pioneers of slam / brutal death metal spread in the United States a short while after, and it’s probably Fermento’s most popular album to the date.
Acts of Blood | FERMENTOIn 1999, Fermento moved to Ourense, and in 2004, the album Insignia was released, which received excellent reviews due to the technical, complex drumming and loads of extremely rapid riffs. It wasn’t until 2009 that Recipe for Cremation was recorded, one of the most rapid works in the band’s history, and like every other Fermento album, it was also reissued by an American label. In 2019, Fermento released their first live album, Revengeful Wolves from the Mouth of Hell, featuring all the tracks from Symbols as a tribute to that album.
At long last, Fermento are set to release their fourth album, Acts of Blood, marking a bold evolution in their musical direction. This new chapter introduces powerful elements of black metal—featuring dark, dissonant riffs woven with bursts of unrelenting fury—all delivered with a cutting-edge sound reminiscent of the black metal scene, thanks to its low tuning and deep, resonant tones. Of especial note is the presence of two French luminaries, BST (Order of Apollyon, Sotherion, VI) on drums and production and MkM (Antaeus, Aosoth, Destruction Ritual) on guest vocals, further cementing Fermento as a cult act and one with extremely deep ties to the old underground. Breaking away from their previous work, Acts of Blood redefines Fermento as a revitalized force—fresh, fearless, and ready to dominate the scene.
