HORRENDOUS unleashed 10/27/2015 "ANARETA", 10/27/2015 via DARK DESCENT RECORDS.
FROM SEASON OF MIST:
Horrendous return with their explosive new album, 'Idol'. The highly anticipated new album will be available worldwide on September 28!
Pre-orders for 'Idol' are available now at the Season of Mist E-Shop: http://smarturl.it/HorrendousIdol
The band (Damian Herring - Guitar, Vocals, Matt Knox - Guitar, Vocals, Jamie Knox - Drums, Alex Kulick - Bass) are streaming the first new track off 'Idol'. The track, a sprawling progressive death metal piece titled "Soothsayer" is streaming below!
'Idol' was recorded at guitarist/vocalist Damian Herring's Subterranean Watchtower Studios and follows the release of their critically-acclaimed 'Anareta', hailed by Decibel Magazine as "the best metal album of 2015".
Regarding the cover art and album, the band comments,: The cover art for 'Idol' is a physical representation/manifestation of many of the themes found in the lyrics of the record. It represents the great "idols" to which we fall prey-whether they be personal demons and doubts to which we willingly relinquish power, or external, antagonistic political and social forces that seem to be growing each day around us. The creature on the cover represents both aspects of this loss of agency and the general feeling of malaise I think so many people (some far more than others) feel; it is an enormous, horrifying and imposing monstrosity replete with jagged teeth (a nice physical manifestation of the often spiraling, angular and jarring compositions on the record) and alien features. Additionally, the head of the monster seems to be transforming into an alien landscape of misshapen skyscrapers and chaotic, abstract streets. This further highlights the sense of alienation that permeates the lyrics and establishes a great visual metaphor representing the monstrous fortresses we build in our minds whenever we submit to toxic, destructive patterns of thinking.
Regarding the cover art and album, the band comments,: The cover art for 'Idol' is a physical representation/manifestation of many of the themes found in the lyrics of the record. It represents the great "idols" to which we fall prey-whether they be personal demons and doubts to which we willingly relinquish power, or external, antagonistic political and social forces that seem to be growing each day around us. The creature on the cover represents both aspects of this loss of agency and the general feeling of malaise I think so many people (some far more than others) feel; it is an enormous, horrifying and imposing monstrosity replete with jagged teeth (a nice physical manifestation of the often spiraling, angular and jarring compositions on the record) and alien features. Additionally, the head of the monster seems to be transforming into an alien landscape of misshapen skyscrapers and chaotic, abstract streets. This further highlights the sense of alienation that permeates the lyrics and establishes a great visual metaphor representing the monstrous fortresses we build in our minds whenever we submit to toxic, destructive patterns of thinking.
VIDEO BELOW: HORRENDOUS: "SOOTHSAYER" (COURTESY OF SEASON OF MIST):
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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