Tracklist:
01. Tribulation
02. Chaos in the Pit
03. Hymn for the Fallen
04. The Fountain
05. War of Attrition
06. Total Human Destruction
07. Turned Into Leaves
08. Wrath of Nature
09. Butterflies & Unicorns
10. Terror & Violence
11. Solitude (Candlemass Cover)
12. Pounding Metal (Exciter Cover)
Release Date: September 25th, 2020
Label: WORMHOLEDEATH
http://www.wormholedeath.com
The inception of UNDER THE OAK took place during the not too distant past. Initially it was just about friends coming together to honour our Speed and Thrash Metal heroes from the eighties, and we fashioned ourselves being a tribute band of that era. We rehearsed songs from Exodus, Testament, Flotsam & Jetsam, Candlemass and so on, until we had a respectable set. We played some shows doing only covers, but as we were progressing, the thrash-riffs also started turning up.
Suddenly we had a bundle of our owns songs and we started putting a few UNDER THE OAK-originals into the shows. The result of this is the album RIPPED UP BY THE ROOTS, consisting of 10 original songs and 2 cover songs. Make no mistake, WE ARE STILL A TRIBUTE BAND and will continue paying homage to the eighties, but we will do so both through our own material and through cover songs. A regular UNDER THE OAK show will be a mixture of this, but still weighing heavily on the cover material. So far, we’ve concentrated on American stuff, for some reason, but now we’ve focused a bit on Germany and there will be many surprises in the upcoming UNDER THE OAK-shows.
UNDER THE OAK Line-up:
Jostein – vocals
Marius – drums
Hillbilly Bill – Bass
Bolverk - Guitar
