DESTRAGE New Album Are You Kidding Me? No. Available Today on Metal Blade Records

"Fuck me in the ear, I just found my new favourite band!" -MetalTalk.net- "Just straight up bonkers in the best way possible" -Metal Injection "Channeling the unbridled insanity of SikTh and making music that sounds like PsyOpuspulled through the Van Halen back catalogue" -Heavy Blog is Heavy

Milan, Italy's DESTRAGE released their Metal Blade Records debut Are You Kidding Me? No. today. CD/t-shirt bundles are still available atmetalblade.com/destrage and the album can be ordered on iTunes. DESTRAGE's video for the song "Purania" can be viewed HERE.The concept for the video was written by The TJS Collective and produced bySara Bertagnolli and Gianluca Pagani. Last weekend DESTRAGE played a secret show billing themselves as "Third Age" (Terza Età, which in Italian means 'elderly').  Fans were definitely surprised with this and had a great time hearing the band's new material.  A photo gallery from the show can be seen on DESTRAGE's Facebook Page HERE. Singer Paolo Colavope spoke about the show, ""We had to test our new gear and songs in a live situation. What a better occasion to hit the stage as Third Age! An amazing HC band which used to kick some serious asses back in the 60's! It was tons of fun!" DESTRAGE recorded "Are You Kidding Me? No." at RecLab Studios with Larsen Premoli and at Adrenaline Studio with Daniele Nelli. Mixing and mastering was done by Will Putney at The Machine Shop in New Jersey. The cover illustration was done by Marco Tafuri and the layout was completed by The Jack Stupid. DESTRAGE was formed in 2005 in Milan, Italy and has released two full-length albums, Urban Being in 2009, and The King is Fat'N'Oldin 2010. Their animated live shows have taken them on tour all over Europe, as well as Japan.  DESTRAGE opened for Every Time I Die and Parkway Drive in Milan in June of 2013, and headlined a variety of Italian festivals including: Machete Fest, Rock In Riot, MAV Festival, and more. Touring plans for 2014 are currently in the works and will be unveiled once confirmed.    DESTRAGE is: Paolo Colavolpe - Vocal Matteo Di Gioia - Guitar Gabriel Pignata - Bass Ralph Salati - Guitar Federico Paulovich - Drums Follow DESTRAGE on-line: http://www.destrage.com http://www.facebook.com/destrage http://www.youtube.com/destrage http://twitter.com/destrage http://instagram.com/destrage_official http://www.soundcloud.com/destrage