Undeath “Brandish The Blade” and Unveil Their Forthcoming Album More Insane
New York death metal band Undeath are back, baybee. Not content with trying to get you stoned and somewhat fresh off their touring duties this summer, the quintet announced earlier this morning that they’ve got a brand new album titled More Insane coming on October 4 via Prosthetic Records.
That right there would be enough of a news post for me to hit ‘Publish’ and finish my breakfast, but Undeath wasn’t content with a simple announcement. No, they had to go overboard describing — almost waxing poetic in the process — exactly what the album is all about.
Without further ado, Undeath on More Insane:
“‘More Insane’ is the biggest, baddest, nastiest Undeath record yet by every conceivable metric. It’s a fucking sick death metal record for sick death metal freaks and anyone out there who can appreciate the transcendent power of a good riff played fast on distorted electric guitars. No bullshit whatsoever – not even for a second. 10 tracks of death metal earworms crafted by five guys who shower just irregularly enough to invoke the spirits of the death metal ancient ones.
“Follow me on this one for a sec: In weightlifting terms, if our last record, ‘It’s Time…to Rise from the Grave’ was our cut cycle record, where we trimmed the fat and honed things down to the raw essentials, ‘More Insane’ is us entering our bulk cycle, where we built a big, filthy record on top of a canvas of pure death metal muscle. We co-produced it with Mark Lewis, who engineered, mixed and mastered the whole thing and made the best sounding album we’ve ever made. It’ll sound absolutely killer on literally anything you play it on, and it’ll sound even better if you turn it way the fuck up.
“There’s songs about advancing armies of the undead, demonic bounty hunters, homicide, perverse experiments gone horribly awry, dead people screaming and crying tears of blood, homicide (again), and so much more. Matt (Browning – drums) painted the cover art and this marks the end of the trilogy of paintings starting back with ‘Lesions of a Different Kind’, where we’ve zoomed out far enough now to reveal that the entire fucked up universe of these covers has taken place entirely within the collapsed and bursting skull of a rotting godhead floating in a soulless void.
“To put a bow on it all: ‘More Insane’ is the sickest shit we’ve ever done, full stop. Death metal reigns supreme forever and we are but its humble servants. Enjoy and smoke em if you’ve got em.”
Thanks, guys. Lots of info that the fans will appreciate, for sure!
As for the single they debuted on Sirius XM, titled “Brandish The Blade”, you can now stream it wherever you get your music and you can check out the music video we posted down below.
According to the band, this new track was one of the early ones to be completed during the recording sessions for this new album. Just as they did with the full album, Undeath really give you the full monty when it comes to explaining this ass-beater of a song.
“‘Brandish the Blade’ was one of the first songs that came together for More Insane and it’s easily one of the most anthemic songs that we’ve ever written. Specifically it’s about a conquering army (probably of the undead, as is our M.O.) moving from battlefield to battlefield and annihilating anything and anyone who gets in their way, but broadly speaking I’ve always felt that it was a call to arms for all those who believe that death metal in all its unadulterated glory is something worth fighting for. The chorus repeats the line ‘The time is now’, and I see that as a natural evolution from the chorus of ‘Rise from the Grave’, which was the first single from our last record. We’ve risen from the grave, and now it’s time to brandish the fucking blade.”
All I know about the new track is that breakdown around 2:10 made me nearly snap my neck. Fuck, that’s going to kill live. Speaking of which, we’ll know more about tour dates tomorrow. Until then, here’s the new track.
More Insane track-listing:
1. Dead From Beyond
2. More Insane
3. Brandish the Blade
4. Disputatious Malignancy
5. Sutured For War
6. Cramped Caskets (Necrology)
7. Bounty Hunter
8. Wailing Cadavers
9. Disattachment of a Prophylactic in the Brain
10. Bones Clattering in the Cave
