{"id":15281,"date":"2025-07-17T02:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/?p=15281"},"modified":"2025-07-17T02:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:51:17","slug":"no-more-death-the-death-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/no-more-death-the-death-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"News: No More Death – Brazil\u2019s Next Thrash Revelation Has Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THRASH OR BE THRASHED. DEATH IS DEAD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not every day a band steps out of the shadows and sounds similar to an unpolished, lost link between the glory days of Beneath the Remains<\/em> and Practice What You Preach<\/em>. Brazil\u2019s No More Death<\/strong> is doing what they can to be that link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helmed by Tiago Torres<\/strong>\u2014the founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the now-retired but respected Mad Dragzter\u2014No More Death<\/strong> is more than a spiritual successor. It\u2019s a full-on thrash metal resurrection. Armed with the fire of early Metallica, the fury of Slayer, and the DNA of Sepultura\u2019s golden years, Torres and his new project deliver a bold debut that bangs heads and asks eternal questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their debut, The Death is Dead<\/em>, is an apocalyptic thrash opus drenched in breakneck riffs, pounding rhythms, and lyrics that crack open the mysteries of eternity. \u201cDeath is the most complex and haunting theme in human history,\u201d Torres says. \u201cCan we live forever? This record says not only yes\u2014it shows how it\u2019s already been done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let that sink in. This is thrash theology, with resurrection in its lungs and eschatology in its fists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born from the Ashes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Torres had stepped away from the grind after Mad Dragzter\u2019s final album in 2015, but the riffs never stopped. \u201cI always knew I\u2019d return,\u201d he says. In 2024, he did just that\u2014tracking e<\/strong>very guitar, bass, and vocal himself, with longtime ally Demis Kohler behind the board, co-producing, engineering, and laying down the lead guitar solos like a man possessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is an album that sounds global, but bleeds Brazilian. This is no demo-in-a-garage. This is a top-tier production with all the crunch and clarity of modern metal, without losing the genre\u2019s raw edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Riffs, Rage, and Resurrection<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Death is Dead<\/em> is the first chapter in what Torres calls a larger conceptual arc. Think of it like the Book of Revelation<\/em> rewritten by thrashers in denim vests. The themes\u2014eternity, justice, hope, spiritual war\u2014are carved into every groove and gallop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it\u2019s brutal. But it\u2019s also hopeful, not something you always hear in thrash these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been listening to thrash for nearly 40 years,\u201d Torres says. \u201cIt\u2019s in my DNA. Sepultura, Korzus, Ratos de Por\u00e3o, Overdose\u2026 they all shaped us. But No More Death isn\u2019t just homage. It\u2019s the next evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, The Death is Dead<\/em> is the bold first chapter in a saga that promises to unfold across multiple albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No More Death \u2013 Discography Snapshot<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • New Times<\/em> (EP, 2001 \u2013 Dragster)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Strong Mind<\/em> (2003 \u2013 Mad Dragzter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Killing the Devil Inside<\/em> (2006 \u2013 Mad Dragzter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Master of Space and Time<\/em> (2015 \u2013 Mad Dragzter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Death is Dead<\/em> (2025 \u2013 No More Death)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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