Italian black metal outfit Sakahiter has signed with Time To Kill Records. The band will release its new album in the coming months. Stay tuned for more details, the first single and pre-orders, which will launch soon.

The band was formed in Campobasso in 2002 under the name Sakahiter, which, in the Oscan language, means "let it be sacrificed". More specifically, it referred to the sacrifices of men and animals to propitiate the gods before a battle, a ceremony deeply rooted among the Samnites. Oscan was chosen because it is the ancient language spoken by the Samnites, a warrior people originally from a restricted area of southern Italy centred in Molise, Campania, and Basilicata.

Sakahiter identifies its genre as Samnite black metal, as the lyrics and iconography reflect Samnite history. In 2003, the band released its first demo, Lex Sacrata. After several live performances and some line-up changes, Sakahiter recorded Omnes Eiura Deos, a 7-inch vinyl, again in Rome, but this time at the 16th Cellar Studios, released in early 2005. With a new line-up, in 2021, Sakahiter signed with Nova Era Records to release a new EP, Legio Linteata, and reissue Lex Sacrata. The band boasts numerous performances, supporting acts such as Sodom, Dismember, Onslaught, Belphegor, Master and Necrodeath. Link