Hatebreed Have Re-Recorded Under the Knife

Jamey Jasta confirms the early EP has been revisited, with a documentary among the possibilities for its release.

Hatebreed have re-recorded Under The Knife, revisiting the early hardcore material that fed into their debut album, Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire.

Jamey Jasta confirmed the recording in a Kerrang! interview published on 2 November, though the frontman is still considering how to release it.

“We’ve actually rerecorded Under The Knife,” he told the publication. “We’ll probably figure out a release where maybe we include a documentary.”

The sessions first surfaced publicly in February, when comedian Ian Fidance described contributing gang vocals on the Bein’ Ian With Jordan podcast. According to the episode, Fidance recorded with Jasta, Wayne Lozinak and former guitarist Larry Dwyer Jr., including screamed vocals on ‘Under The Knife’.

Fidance also said his participation was filmed for online content. That does not establish a connection to Jasta’s proposed documentary, but his account places the re-recording sessions months before the frontman’s confirmation.

There is plenty of history packed into the original. Smorgasbord Records’ available edition combines the four-song seven-inch with three bonus tracks, including ‘Puritan’ and ‘Not One Truth’. Both songs also appear on 1997’s Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire, giving the EP a direct connection to the band’s first full-length.

Listen to the original Under The Knife below.

The possible documentary would preserve more than the music. Jasta said a recent dig through storage turned up old gig flyers, including one advertising Fear alongside Hatebreed. He was surprised he couldn’t remember opening for them. Lozinak supplied the explanation: Fear cancelled. Hatebreed still played.

Jasta has not specified the new recording’s tracklist or release date, and the documentary remains a possibility. In the meantime, fans will have Hatebreed’s ninth studio album Fatal Paradox to keep them busy.

The new album arrives on 6 November through BLKIIBLK, as BLUNT previously reported.