Release Date June 6th, 2026
Format CD/Cassette
Genre Thrash Metal
Origin Germany
Space Parasites came together in Berlin in early 2017, founded by Sebastian "Iron" Daschke on lead and rhythm guitar, alongside Willi Wild on drums and Diana "Gory Di" on bass. Nadine "Danger Dine" Beise stepped in as frontwoman in August 2017 and the lineup took shape. Their self-recorded debut EP "A Date With Thrash Doctor" arrived in June 2018, followed by "Raw And Violent" in September 2019, both released independently. Second guitarist Matti Massaker joined in September 2020, adding the dual-guitar heft that would define their next phase. The result was "The Spellbound Witch", recorded at Gernhart Studio with Martin Buchwalter and released through Iron Shield Records in 2022. In October 2023, original members Willi and Diana departed, with T-Moe taking over bass duties. Recording for "Make Me Evil" began at Gernhart Studio in March 2025, and the album now surfaces on Fetzner Death Records.
Nine years since their formation and four releases deep, Space Parasites delivers their most focused and most aggressive work to date. "Make Me Evil" is the album where the Berlin outfit stops refining and starts swinging, and the difference is audible from the first riff. The witch concept that surfaced on "The Spellbound Witch" returns here with more venom in the writing, darker in its subject matter, more urgent in its delivery, less interested in leaving any space for the listener to get comfortable.
Daschke and Matti work as a two-headed guitar force throughout the record. The interplay between them is the structural engine of "Make Me Evil", independent lines that intersect, fracture, and re-converge without either player getting in the way of the other. The production at Gernhart Studio under Martin Buchwalter is crisp and surgical without declawing anything.
Nadine Beise is the defining presence here. Her vocal approach sits somewhere between a battle cry and a condemnation, switching registers without losing menace, and commanding every passage she occupies. The lyrics pull from dark mythology, retribution, and psychological deterioration, and her delivery makes those themes land without theatrical over-selling. T-Moe's bass locks in with the drumming to form a low-end platform that gives the guitars room to move and the vocals something to rail against.
Ten proper tracks in just over 38 minutes is the right call. Nothing here outstays its welcome or pads for the sake of runtime. The album moves at the pace it needs to and stops when it's done. A handful of tracks push past four minutes and earn every second of it. The variation in tempo across the record, from outright thrash velocity to the heavier, mid-paced passages, keeps "Make Me Evil" from becoming a single-speed exercise in aggression.
After the lineup disruptions of 2023, it would have been understandable if the band came back tentative. The opposite happened. "Make Me Evil" is Space Parasites at their most resolved a record that takes everything from their catalogue and turns the dial up without second-guessing the direction.
|8.0
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