Japan's leading traditional heavy metal band Anthem have signed to Nuclear Blast Records (for the European territory) to break into the worldwide market. The first release, Nucleus, will be their greatest hits album, completely re-recorded with English lyrics. Today, they release the first single from that album, "Black Empire" and you can check it out here.




Singer Yukio Morikawa comments: "We are very pleased to release the first single 'Black Empire' from the greatest hits album Nucleus. The original version is featured a former vocalist Mr. Eizo Sakamoto, so my version is finally revealed to the fans and with English lyrics! The new 'Black Empire' has Anthem's passion and soul very much. Please give it a listen!"

Also, the band announce their first ever festival show in Europe. On April 26th-27th 2019, Anthem will play at the Keep It True festival in Germany.

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Anthem