HUMAN FORTRESS - neue Single & Video “Pain”
The epic melodic metal force HUMAN FORTRESS unleashes their brand-new single and video “Pain” — a powerful glimpse into their upcoming album “Stronghold”, to be released on October 17th, 2025 via Massacre Records.
Now available on all digital platforms, “Pain” strikes with heavy riffs, soaring melodies, and raw emotion, accompanied by an intense official video.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/mXxPKBngG0c
STREAM/PURCHASE THE SONG HERE: https://save-it.cc/massacre/pain
About the track, the band states: “‘Pain’ is about mental pain and how you want to free yourself from it.”
With its heavy riffing, emotional depth, and soaring vocals, “Pain” showcases the darker and more aggressive side of Stronghold, while staying true to the band’s epic melodic roots.
Following the previously released single “The Abyss Of Our Souls”, this new track underlines the band’s determination to explore themes of struggle, liberation, and human resilience, wrapped in their signature melodic and powerful sound.
“Stronghold” marks the band’s 8th full-length album and represents a new chapter in HUMAN FORTRESS’s more than two-decade career. Produced by the band at Soundhoops Studio, with mixing and mastering handled by Alex Krull (Mastersound Studio), the record delivers a heavier, guitar-driven sound, intensified by Krull’s powerful production.
With the departure of long-time keyboardist Dirk Liehm, “Stronghold” is the first HUMAN FORTRESS album written largely without keyboards, resulting in a more guitar-heavy and aggressive sound. While some tracks explore more mainstream songwriting elements, the album remains firmly rooted in epic heavy metal, blending powerful riffs, soaring melodies, and thought-provoking lyrics.
The album will be available as a 2-CD Digipak and as a limited edition vinyl LP.
Track listing
Stronghold
The End Of The World
Pain
Mesh Of Lies
The Abyss Of Our Souls
Under The Gun
Silent Scream
Death Calls My Name
Road To Nowhere
The Darkest Hour
CD 2
Obey Another Lord
Pathfinder
Lost With The Wind
We Are Legion (Japan Bonus Track)
ICYMI:
“The Abyss Of Our Souls” OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/sl0XLVbDp1k
Over the years HUMAN FORTRESS have shared stages with the likes of Orden Ogan, Axxis, Skyclad, Wizard, The Grailknights, Poverty’s No Crime, Gallowglass, Mercury Falling, and King Leoric, in addition to performing at festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Metal Inside Festival, and Dominion Festival.
With “Stronghold” HUMAN FORTRESS reaffirm their place as one of Germany’s most respected epic metal institutions, delivering an album that is both timely and timeless.
HUMAN FORTRESS are
Gus Monsanto – Vocals
Todd Wolf – Guitars
Volker Trost – Guitars
Axel Herbst – Keys
André Hort – Bass
Apostolos Zaios – Drums
HUMAN FORTRESS online:
https://www.human-fortress.de/
https://www.facebook.com/humanfortressofficial
https://www.instagram.com/human_fortress
Quelle: Neecee Agency