NIGHTFALL Unleashes New Single, ‘The Cannibal’

For more than 30 years, NIGHTFALL have stood as a shining pillar for Greek metal.

Like darkness after sunset, the deadly Athenians rose through the underground alongside their current and former label mates ROTTING CHRIST and SEPTICFLESH. The band’s monumental eleventh album is solidified by the most electrifying hooks and thunderous production in their pantheon-level discography. But while the latest single from Children of Eve scrapes across the sky with a stadium-shaking chorus, “The Cannibal” digs deeper into the powerful message that has always served as NIGHTFALL‘s rallying cry.

“Our new single speaks to an insatiable fear that’s been fueled by eons of catechism”, says NIGHTFALL‘s half-masked leader Efthimis Karadimas. “I hate the cannibal that lurks inside us, eating us alive from within”.

Children of Eve comes out May 2, 2025 on Season of Mist.

NIGHTFALL were the first Greek metal band to sign an international record deal, but living under the Eastern Orthodox Church over the past three decades has only deepened their disdain for overzealous rulers. “Anger was the root”, Efthimis says when asked what birthed Children of Eve. “The Cannibal” bites back at how religious dogmas can eat you alive from the inside.

“I own a field / Inside your mind“, Efthimis foams at the mouth, as if driven mad by the angel on his shoulder. “That’s where the guilt / It’s rooted deep“.

Read down through the tracklist of Children of Eve and it’s no mystery that first single “I Hate” and ferocious follow-up “The Cannibal” are aimed at pious devils. But the album’s internal battle is personal for NIGHTFALL‘s fearsome frontman. When the band retreated amongst the shadows during their 2010’s hiatus, Efthimis was diagnosed with depression. He now wears a black mask that covers half of his face to show what it’s like to live under the invisible veil of mental illness.

“Mental illness can lead to self-isolation”, says Efthimis, a stigma he’s now fighting through his new initiative Metal Music against Depression. “We can talk about this. We can sing about it. We can build a community that’s based on understanding”.

To amplify the message behind their new album, NIGHTFALL boosted the production for Children of Eve. Once again, Efthimis and drummer Fotis Benardo took charge of the production with a guiding hand from INNERWISH guitarist Thimios Krikos. But the album was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen, who’s helped VOLBEAT, AMARANTHE and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER crank their metallic fury to arena levels. “The Cannibal” leaps out your speakers with voracious double bass and lightening fast riffs that sink their teeth into a meaty bass groove.