Artist: Savage Lands
Title: Army Of Trees
Label: Season Of Mist
Cat #: SOM793D
Release Year: 2025
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak

After seeing how deforestation threatens Costa Rica’s landscape, metalheads are banging their heads together to preserve the world’s ecosystem.

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren and musician-turned-activist Sylvain Demercastel founded SAVAGE LANDS in 2022. Since then, the 501c non-profit association has protected 100,000 square feet of Costa Rican rain forest. 100% of the royalties from their debut album, ‘Army of the Trees’, support the organisation’s ongoing preservation projects, which include tree planting, building nature sanctuaries and establishing green zones.

SAVAGE LANDS partners with local and global organisations like The Jane Goodall Institute, as well as many movers and shakers in the metal industry.

‘Army of the Trees’ introduces several new species of metalheads to the SAVAGE LANDS ecosystem. “The Last Howl” features the spit-flinging growls of Obituary’s John Tardy and high-flying solos from Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser. Heilung’s chief of ceremonies, Kai Uwe Faust, blesses the black’n’roll of “Black Rock Heart”, while his bandmate, Maria Franz, gracefully lifts the melancholic power ballad “No Remedy” with her soothing high notes. Eurovision darlings Lord of the Lost spill their blood and glitter over “Out of Breath”. Holding court over lead single “Ruling Queen” with her serpentine cleans and lioness roar is none other than Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz. “Now is the time to take a stand”, the band roars in a fierce rallying cry during the album’s thunderous title track, which is backed by Julien Truchan (Benighted) and other pillars from the French metal community.

Raise your horns and join the Army of the Trees in support of the metal non-profit.

Artwork by BREWSTER STUDIO.

Tracklist:

01. Black Rock Heart
02. Ruling Queen
03. The Last Howl
04. No Remedy
05. Out of Breath
06. Better Man
07. Never Be Up
08. Army of the Trees
09. Visions of Life
10. Addicted