Brodequin Return After Two Decades with a New Album, Single “Of Pillars And Trees” Out Now
The last time Tennessee-based death metal outfit Brodequin released a full-length studio effort, Shrek 2 was the highest grossing movie and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was brand new. What I’m trying to say is it was 2004 — or 20 years — since Brodequin put out new music. Well, all that was to say that they’re back and they’ve got a new slate of tunes coming on March 22.
The album, titled Harbinger of Woe, will be the band’s fourth studio effort and their long-awaited follow up to 2004’s Methods of Execution. It’s been so long since their last release, so you may have forgotten that these guys revel in tunes about medieval torture, death, gore… You know, the sort of shit you’d expect from a death metal band.
To mark the occasion of a new album announcement, the band released its first single “Of Pillars And Trees,” along with an accompanying music video. Like all of their other music, the song is based on real-world events. Bassist/vocalist Jamie Bailey explains.
“This song finds its inspiration in the historical practices that involved the utilization of trees for the purpose of torture and execution. Among the myriad methods employed, a prominent example was the affixing of an individual to a pillar, or, more commonly, a tree trunk through the use of long iron nails.”
Metal.
Speaking of the song and its creative process, guitarist Mike Bailey said it started out “much like any other Brodequin track.”
“It wasn’t until the mid-section came together that it began to diverge. I wanted to slow things down a bit but add some depth with multiple guitar tracks instead of just droning a single riff. As the layers were being written, I kept hearing a synth pattern in my head. But instead of using an actual synth, I recreated what I was hearing on my guitar, using plenty of reverb and delay to get the tone as close to what I was imagining as possible.”
You can check out the single and video below, along with the new album’s art and tracklisting that follows. Harbinger of Woe is due out on March 22, though you can preorder your copy today.
Tracklist
1. Diabolical Edict (3:29)
2. Fall Of The Leaf (2:33)
3. Theresiana (3:03)
4. Of Pillars and Trees (4:03)
5. Tenaillement (2:53)
6. Maleficium (3:09)
7. VII Nails (2:17)
8. Vredens Dag (3:20)
9. Suffocation in Ash (3:05)
10. Harbinger of Woe (4:04)
