Death/crust metal band Usurpress have announced they will be releasing a new song each day until September 18th. Each song released is from their upcoming record The Regal Tribe which is to be released on September 23rd via Agonia Records. This will mean the full album will soon be available to stream ahead of release day. To start things off, Usurpress have unveiled “In The Shadows Of The New Gods” today.The song follows the band’s normal recipe of blistering metal music, forming with crunchy guitar riffs and pounding drums. The song serves as the album’s closer as is a detonation of energy from what already seems to be shaping up as a heavy record.
The Regal Tribe discusses the Swedish band’s struggles with mental disorders and vocalist/lyricist Steffan Pettersson’s battle with bone marrow cancer. The singer had this to say about the record, “We decided early on to discard the traditional way of songwriting/arranging and compose The Regal Tribe one piece at the time, starting with the first riff in the first song and ending with the last riff in the 10th song. That way we hoped to avoid the album becoming repetitive and stale and instead more fluent and powerful. Listening back to the finished album, I’m convinced we did the right thing. This is the album we have always sought to do.”
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The Regal Tribe was recorded under the supervision of producer Lawrence Mackrory (FKÜ, Darkane) while the album’s haunting cover artwork was created by renowned Dutch artist Marald van Haasteren (Bolt Thrower, High on Fire, Baroness, Kylesa), who was given a carte blanche with regards to the visual interpretation of the album’s lyrical concept.
