Finnish death metal band Saasta‘s new single The Leeches is a grittily realistic depiction of present-day and past societies, in which the world’s small, blood-sucking elite – disguised as sirs and lords – rip everything from the common person, down to their very hope and health. The story can be seen as the complete failure of a beautiful future utopia. A human being works throughout their life only to be drained dry and thrown into a pit once they are no longer considered productive enough by the ruling elite. In the end, does a civilized society differ at all from livestock farming?

Musically, the track combines black and death metal in Saasta’s characteristic way, with death metal’s brute force ensuring that the black metal message reaches the listener’s deepest core.

The single’s cover art and the music video were created with a raw DIY spirit by Saasta.