Progressive extreme metal maniacs Alkaloid return with their mind-blogging first single “Clusterfuck,” the first single off their first album in five years, Numen.
Watch the official video of “Clusterfuck” on YouTube:
The band share their thoughts:
“It’s one of our shorter and more moderate tracks—maybe uncharacteristically so, once you see the whole album. But “Clusterfuck” still covers the classic Alkaloid spectrum between groove, hooks, brutality, and complexity. The lyrics address the question of why we as a species should aspire to greatness at all, when we know that in all probability, we’re going to fail anyway.”
According to the press release:
“After five years, Alkaloid are back with their third full-length, and it’s got some of their most intricate, thought-provoking, and batshit insane ideas yet. Numen is a 70-minute monolith of an album that doesn’t just colonize interstellar space with sentient fungi and cephalopods. No; it grabs the fabric of the universe and ties it into knots to break time and space themselves. The Bavarian band play around with all kinds of genre experiments, effortlessly flipping death metal on its horned head with seductive flurries of jazz, flamenco, rock, and gospel choirs.”
Numen will be released on September 15, by Season of Mist. Presave the album here. Preorder it here.
Lineup
Morean – guitars, vocals
Christian Münzner – guitars
Linus Klausenitzer – bass
Hannes Grossmann – drums
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