Slaughter To Prevail bring Slavic folklore to the screen in Koschei video before Bloodstock
Slaughter To Prevail have shared a new video for Koschei, the latest visual from their 2025 album Grizzly, ahead of a European festival run that includes a headline appearance at Bloodstock Open Air next month.
The clip, directed by Ave Warriors Studio, frames the song through a cinematic battle sequence rooted in the legend of Koschei the Immortal, a recurring figure in Slavic folklore. It arrives as the band prepare to play shows across Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Spain and Belgium before heading to Derbyshire for Bloodstock.
Frontman Alex Terrible said: “Koschei, or Koschei the Immortal, is one of the most iconic figures in Slavic mythology and folklore. He’s an ancient sorcerer who cannot be killed by ordinary means because his death is hidden outside of his body.”
He continued: “According to the legend, his death is concealed inside a needle, the needle inside an egg, the egg inside a duck, and so on – hidden in a place almost impossible to find. That’s why Koschei represents something far greater than physical immortality. He embodies the idea that the true essence of a being exists beyond the body itself.”
A battle built around an immortal legend
Terrible said the track uses the myth as a way of exploring survival beyond the physical body. “The whole song is about the idea that even if you manage to discover how to kill Koschei, his essence, his soul, his energy lives on and is simply reborn into something else,” he said.
“That’s what this song is really about. It’s about learning, during your lifetime, to crystallise what people call the spirit or the soul, so that when your body dies, you don’t disappear with it. Only your mortal body is gone, while your true essence continues to exist.
“It’s also a reminder not to become obsessed with material things during your life, because when you die, you can’t take any of them with you.”
Bloodstock headline set and UK dates
The European run begins with a headline show in Athens on 24 July and reaches the UK for Bloodstock on 8 August, followed by club dates at Glasgow’s SWG3 and Bristol’s O2 Academy.
- JUL 24 – Floyd, Athens, Greece
- JUL 25 – Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, Greece
- JUL 27 – Yunak, Sofia, Bulgaria
- JUL 29 – Rockstadt Extreme Fest, Brasov, Romania
- JUL 31 – Full Rewind Festival, Loebnitz, Germany
- AUG 1 – Garage, Saarbruecken, Germany
- AUG 2 – LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
- AUG 5 – Leyendas del Rock, Vilena, Spain
- AUG 7 – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
- AUG 8 – Bloodstock Open Air, Derbyshire, England
- AUG 10 – SWG3, Glasgow, Scotland
- AUG 12 – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
- AUG 14 – Motocultor Festival, Carhaix Plouguer, France
- AUG 15 – Dynamo Metalfest, Eindhoven, Netherlands
The full Grizzly track listing
Koschei appears on Grizzly, alongside Imdead featuring Ronnie Radke and Song 3 featuring BABYMETAL. Stream the album here.
- Banditos
- Russian Grizzly In America
- Imdead featuring Ronnie Radke
- Babayka
- Viking
- Koschei
- Song 3 featuring BABYMETAL
- Lift That Shit
- Behelit
- Rodina
- Conflict
- Kid of Darkness
- 1984
