EYES OF AGONY – premiere self-titled track from When They Return

Written by EOS Editorial Team

November 9, 2026

The self-titled track from EYES OF AGONY is streaming exclusively at NoCleanSinging.com. It is the second song revealed from the Italian death metal band's debut album, When They Return, following the previously released “Resuscitation Failed.” Awakening Records will release the album internationally on November 20.

The nine-track, 36-minute album brings together a quintet assembled by Danny Cinicolo, founder of Excidium and Maleficarum, whose histories extend back through the 1990s and into the mid-1980s. Cinicolo began writing material for the project years ago and shared some tracks on his Danny Cynic YouTube channel. According to the announcement, the channel had 20,000 subscribers, and the response from death metal listeners encouraged him to develop a full-length.

Cinicolo then approached Andrea Zanetti, his longtime friend and Maleficarum bandmate. After hearing the material, the vocalist joined EYES OF AGONY and helped recruit the remaining musicians. Zanetti's credits also include Iconoclast, Schizo, Sinoath and Monumentum, including the latter's In Absentia Christi.

Drummer Davide Billia joined after Cinicolo and Zanetti contacted drummers across the Italian scene. His credits include Beheaded, Hour of Penance, Antropofagus, Putridity and Septycal Gorge. Billia recorded all of the album's drum parts at his own MK2 Recording Studios.

Guitarist Massimo Boffa, whose credits include Mind Control and Halley, and bassist Fabrizio Biondi (Jesus), formerly of Mechanical God Creation, completed the lineup. The members recorded their respective parts despite the geographical distance between them.

The announcement places When They Return in old-school death metal, citing Incantation, Nile, Cannibal Corpse, At the Gates and Death as influences. It describes songwriting that moves beyond linear structures, with carefully placed solos and a dark, suffocating atmosphere. Luca Nicolucci mixed and mastered the album at Comet Broadcasting Studio, and Julian Mortuus supplied the cover artwork.

The self-titled track can be heard in full through the NoCleanSinging.com premiere. “Resuscitation Failed” was previously shared on Awakening Records' official YouTube channel. Album preorders are available through the label.