04/19/2026 08:24

BalashToth

BalashToth reveal new album 'Equation II - The Antithesis of Life and Free Will' for June release

Following two EPs, BalashToth now arrives at its first full-length album, 'Equation II – The Antithesis of Life and Free Will', out June 12. The album is a joint release between three labels: Balázs' own Not-Even-Music, Hungary's Metal Ör Die Records, and Romania's Pest Records. The album will be available on digipak CD (limited to 100 hand-numbered copies) and jewelcase CD.

Track listing:
1. +Fear + Despair
2. +Self-Worth ÷ Mockery
3. x Guilt
4. Love = Lies
5. Life = Death
6. Self = Dark Side
7. n = y (instrumental)
8. ÷ Misunderstanding
9. x Judgement

Balázs Tóth commened: "It's an honor to have two respected underground labels supporting the release."

BalashToth is the solo project of Balázs Toth, former guitarist of the Hungarian melodic death metal band Casketgarden. After moving to Ireland in 2012 and studying music production and mixing, he gradually turned the BalashToth name from a YouTube channel for riff challenges, covers, song recreations, gear reviews, and mixing guides into a full recording project of its own.

Following the 2023 EP 'Anti-Life', the 2024 EP '=Equation=', and the '=Anti-Life/Equation=' compilation CD, BalashToth now arrives at its first full-length release. The previous EPs were well received, with 'Anti-Life' named among the top Irish-based metal EPs of 2023 and the 2024 compilation appearing in several Hungarian year-end lists. The album also follows the 2025 Paradise Lost cover single 'Mortals Watch the Day'.

'Equation II - The Antithesis of Life and Free Will' completes the 'Anti-Life Equation' thread introduced on the earlier releases. Across eight full tracks and an atmospheric intermission built entirely around viola, the album explores different shades of melodic death metal, from the 280 BPM attack of '+Fear + Despair' to the old-school death metal feel of 'Self = Dark Side' and the doomy closing track 'x Judgement', which features Adam Toth (Kajgün, ex-The Dethroners, Art of Dethronement) on viola. Lyrically, the record continues the themes of the previous EPs, but from a more personal and close-up perspective rather than the broader, catastrophic view of earlier material.

The first single, '÷ Misunderstanding', leans into a more traditional melodic death metal sound, with uneasy timing shifts, a bleak atmosphere, and sorrowful vocals from Deathmetalvoicer. That collaboration began after Balázs and Deathmetalvoicer worked together on full-band covers for the BalashToth YouTube channel, including songs by The Haunted, Dimension Zero, Gates of Ishtar, Entombed, and Iron Maiden. A second single/video, 'Self = Dark Side', follows on May 14, ahead of the album release on June 12.

(source: Against PR)