Pillars of Greek Metal return with their
darkest and most epic creation yet
Watch the vengeful video for lead single “I Hate”
“Strange stuff, good stuff, night stuff” – Angry Metal Guy
Since 1991, NIGHTFALL have stood alongside Rotting Christ and Septicflesh as the pioneering trinity of Greek metal. The blackened death metal band sound as vengeful as ever. But the Athenians’ upcoming eleventh album is their darkest and most epic creation yet. Backed by monumental production, a powerful message and the biggest choruses in the band’s 30-year history, with Children of Eve, Efthimis Karadimas and his fellow rebels are set to unite blackened souls everywhere.
“I love how this album came out”, Efthimis says. “We’re excited to play these songs live. The sound is massive. The choruses are huge. And there’s a message that comes through. It’s an album about how we come through pain, how we live with pain and how we die in pain”.
Watch the vengeful video for the album’s anthemic lead single I Hate: https://youtu.be/n12rAxOaQWc
Children of Eve comes out May 2, 2025 on Season of Mist.
Pre-order & Pre-save: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/childrenofeve
Like their brothers-in-arms, Nightfall sculpt towering gothic melodies from their blackened slab of death metal. After all, they’re the first Greek band to perform at Wacken Open Air. Children of Eve is blessed with the mightiest set of hooks in their deep discography. Their new album was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen, who’s worked with Volbeat, Amaranthe, The Black Dahlia Murder and many other big names from metal’s pantheon. “I Hate” seethes with thunderous bass, riffs that crack like lightning and blast beats from ex-Septicflesh drummer Fotis Benardo that flow with all the fire and fury of the River Styx.
“I am a manic servant of deity of doom“, Efthimis roars as a Greek choir echoes his righteous anger like the call of a siren.
Their new single will have the festival masses headbanging and raising horns, but it wouldn’t bear the mark of Nightfall if it didn’t possess a deeper message. While the band’s disdain for the restrictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church has only grown, their latest act of rebellion was fueled by the ongoing rise of religious wars. “Anger was the root”, Efthimis reveals about what inspired Children of Eve. In the video for “I Hate”, a fallen warrior is resurrected, only to hunt down his guardian angel.
“Faith is a personal matter”, Efthimis continues, “but it can become a dirty business”.
It’s a message that the frontman hopes will unite metal messiahs across the globe. While Nightfall was on hiatus during the 2010s, Efthimis was diagnosed with depression. He now wears a black mask to cover half of his face to symbolize what’s it’s like to live under the invisible veil of mental illness. “We can talk about this. We can sing about it”, he says when asked about the band’s new initiative Metal Music Against Depression (MMaD), which is supported by the European Alliance Against Depression in Germany. “We can build a community that’s based on understanding”.
With Children of Eve, Nightfall return from the shadows to unite blackened souls everywhere with their darkest and most epic creation yet.
The video for “I Hate” was directed and produced by Adam Barker (Video Ink).
Additional Video Credits:
1st assistant director – Charlotte Bowe
Storyline – Efthimis Karadimas
Camera story – Oliver Price
Camera band – PV Group
Make up and SFX – Michelle Yates
Editing – Oliver Price
Casting – Adam Barker
Gaffer – Benjamin Goff
Knight: John Stableforth
Angel – Jack Roper
Witch – Michelle Yates
More praise for Nightfall:
“Nightfall is still worth their weight” – Metal Injection
“…accessible and catchy in their construction without sacrificing too much brutality” – Distorted Sound
“arguably helped put Greece’s grim underground on the map” – Metal Wani
Tracklist:
1. I Hate (6:05) [WATCH]
2. The Cannibal (3:36)
3. Lurking (4:08)
4. Inside My Head (4:51
5. Seeking Revenge (3:47)
6. For The Expelled Ones (5:07)
7. The Traders Of Anathema (3:15)
8. With Outlandish Desire To Disobey (3:25)
9. The Makhaira Of The Deceiver (4:21)
10. Christian Svengali (4:43)
Full runtime: 43:22
Country: Greece
Style: Blackened Death Metal
FFO: Rotting Christ, Septicflesh, Paradise Lost, Behemoth, Amorphis, Moonspell