Greek extreme symphonic metallers W.E.B. have set 20 February 2026 as the release date for their first live album, Darkness Alive. The album was recorded in their hometown of Athens on 22 September 2024, and will be available digitally on Metal Blade Records.

W.E.B.'s music has earned high praise for its "drama, extremity and bloodthirst in equal parts…energetic and unhinged". The formidable symphonic extreme metal lineup is best experienced at one of their many crushing live gigs.

"We shared the stage that night with Dark Funeral, and since we were making changes within the band, that had us excited. We made the decision to mark this day with a special release, hence our first official live album", says vocalist/guitarist Sakis Prekas.

Choosing the nine songs for Darkness Alive was simple. "We can tell almost immediately which songs work for a concert, and we always keep the audience in mind", Prekas explains. "We want the people who come to see W.E.B. perform to have a good time, to get our message, to grasp them and make a damn memorable metal show, as it should be."

Darkness Alive truly captures the band at the top of their game. Standout tracks include "Dragona", blasting black metal with an epic finale that forever will be a staple in W.E.B.'s live setlist, "Into Hell Fire We Burn", which Prekas describes as a "thunderous marriage of black and heavy metal with a chorus that literally orders you to sing along", and the firstly revealed single, "Dark Web", an intense melodic death and modern metal onslaught, which spits out the way people with power and money treat others: in the most brutal manner, from their 2021 Colosseum full-length.

W.E.B. is currently composing material for their next full-length that will see them hitting the road once again. "It is by far the best material we;ve ever had on a record. I intend to keep the promise to myself regarding W.E.B. that all new material must be better material, otherwise there is no reason to release it", Prekas concludes. "Stay Dark." Link