Artist: Killer Be Killed
Title: Reluctant Hero
Label: Nuclear Blast
Cat #: NB49102
Release Year: 2020
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case:

Killer Be Killed is an American heavy metal supergroup founded by Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011.

The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and Converge drummer Ben Koller.

The whirlwind of heavy, fast, melodic, thrashy, and often meditative bombast, with sparks of hardcore punk, summoned by KILLER BE KILLED is the formidable and inevitable result of the sum of its parts, whose combined discography warped and shaped the culture.

Three men possessed some of the most recognizable voices in heavy music split frontman duty. Boundary pushers and innovators, born and bred in different cities and tempered by their respective projects, each one is an equal participant in the fresh ceremony of inspired ritual, together with one of the most beloved drummers in heavy music. KILLER BE KILLED’s debut album was a force of nature that demolished preconceived notions of “supergroup” upon its arrival in 2014. RELUCTANT HERO, the band’s surprise follow-up, conceived in secrecy some six years later, doubles down on that mission statement while splashing the sonic canvas with new colors and visions.

Inventive in spirit and decisive in execution, KILLER BE KILLED sound borderline esoteric at times and yet remain unrelenting in heaviness and groove. Like its self-titled predecessor, the 11 songs RELUCTANT HERO was produced and mixed in Southern California by Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Megadeth, Gojira) Gojira). It’s an assemblage of aggressive compositions that blends basement show-worthy carnage and massive festival-ready hooks, anchored in smart, dissident sensibilities, and raw authenticity.

Recommended if you like: Lamb of God, Soulfly, Mastodon, Cavalera Conspiracy, Machine Head, DevildDriver, Fear Factory, Sylosis, Mutoid Man

Track Listing:

1.Deconstructing Self Destruction
2.Dream Gone Bad
3.Left Of Center
4.Inner Calm From Outer Storms
5.Filthy Vagabond
6.From A Crowded Wound
7.The Great Purge
8.Comfort From Nothing
9.Animus
10.Dead Limbs
11.Reluctant Hero