UK Heavy Metal titans Malevolence have unveiled Twelve To Zero, a brand-new track written and recorded in just twelve hours as part of a collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment for World of Warcraft: Midnight – the 12th expansion and the second chapter of the World Soul Saga.
The partnership builds on a spark first ignited at Download Festival, where Blizzard and Jackson Guitars surprised guitarist Konan Hall (“Kon”), a vocal World of Warcraft devotee, with a custom WoW-inspired guitar designed around his in-game character, a Dwarf Paladin.
Blizzard challenged the band to capture the scale and tension of Midnight, where Xal’atath’s rising Void threatens Azeroth and a storm looms over the Sunwell, and to do it against the clock. Malevolence accepted without hesitation, channeling the looming horror of the Void Storm into an original, crushing, cinematic Heavy track.
The release also underlines one thing for Malevolence fans, after dropping their Valentine’s “ballad” Silhouette, the Sheffield crew are still delivering punishing Heavy music.
Malevolence have built their reputation from the underground up on crushing live shows, Heavy riffs and relentless work ethic. Their fourth studio album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, was recorded in California at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 on the iconic Neve 8078 console, alongside Grammy Award-winning producer Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Gojira, Trivium).
