[Melodic Death Metal] BalashToth - "Equation II - The Antithesis of Life and Free Will"

Band/Artist: BalashToth
Release Title: Equation II - The Antithesis of Life and Free Will
Release Date: June 12, 2026
Label: Not-Even-Music, Metal Ör Die Records, Pest Records
Format: Digital, CD
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Country: Ireland

BalashToth is the solo project of Balazs 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.

Tracklist:
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

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numbered 100 pcs:
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The photos used for cover art were taken by Péter Jakab, the former singer of the Hungarian Brutal Death Metal band, Depths of Depravity.

Line-up:
Balazs Toth - guitars
Deathmetalvoicer - vocals

Recording info:
Studio: Not-Even-A-Studio
Produced by Balazs Toth
Mixed by Balazs Toth
Mastered by Balazs Toth

For fans of:
At the Gates, Dimension Zero, The Haunted, Carcass, Dismember

Links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BalashToth
Bandcamp: https://balashtoth.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/63rnrwdAKh5v1pnBZLpHC5?si=ZkEqs9QRSg6-_zpdWDCEWQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BalashToth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balashtoth/

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