A Hill to Die Upon

A Hill to Die Upon is the third studio album by German deathcore band Mental Cruelty. It was released on May 28, 2021, through Unique Leader Records. It is the band's first album to feature guitarist Nahuel Lozano and drummer Danny Straßer, and their last album with vocalist Lucca Schmerler who was fired from the band in 2022 due to sexual abuse allegations. A music video for the track "King ov Fire" was released on April 29, 2021. The album shows the band taking on more of a blackened deathcore sound compared to their more brutal earlier works, a direction which guitarist Marvin Kessler has stated to be influenced by Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Lorna Shore and Fleshgod Apocalypse. Mental Cruelty embarked on a European tour in support of the album, with bands Distant, Necrotted, Paleface Swiss, Crown Magnetar, and Reduction. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hill_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)