''On Divine Winds'' is the second album from

Hail of Bullets Hail of Bullets was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "resident ...

, an old school death metal band formed by current and former members of

Asphyx Asphyx is a Dutch death metal band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987. History The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tony Brookhuis. Joost was picked up for vocals and bass, but was replaced by Chuck Colli after the release of th ...

and Gorefest. ''On Divine Winds'' continued the band's focus upon the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, this time focusing upon the Pacific Campaign. The album title is a reference to the English translation of "

Kamikaze , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending ...

" and was produced by

Dan Swanö Dan-Erland Swanö (born 10 March 1973), also known as Dan "The Man" Swanö, is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist an ...

Background

Drummer Ed Warby said that the main difference between the first album and ''On Divine Winds'' was that the band "semi-subconsciously" incorporated more melody into the music. Warby attributed this emphasis on melody to the subject matter of the album:

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Hail of Bullets.

Personnel

;Hail of Bullets *

Martin van Drunen Martin van Drunen (born 1966) is a Dutch death metal vocalist who started out in the band Pestilence. In this band, he also performed the bass duties live. He recorded two albums with them, ''Malleus Maleficarum'' and ''Consuming Impulse''. A ...

- vocals *Stephan Gebedi - guitars *Paul Baayens - guitars * Ed Warby - drums *Theo van Eekelen - bass ;Technical personnel *

- mixing and mastering *Chris van der Valk - drums and vocal recording *Ed Warby - guitars and bass recording ;Design personnel *Mick Koopman - cover art and layout *Daniel Horibogen – photography *Cherie Goewie - photography *Tom Jaschke – photography *Christian Baeriswyl – photography

References

External links

Official website
2010 albums Hail of Bullets albums Metal Blade Records albums Albums produced by Dan Swanö Concept albums {{2010s-death-metal-album-stub