Photo Credit: Hugo Juarez (Juarez Photography, Heavy Defender)
Southern California melodic death metal outfit Exmortus have announced their sixth studio album, Necrophony, out August 25th via Nuclear Blast. The album, which took four years to make, marks a new creative high for the band. To celebrate the upcoming effort, the band has released a video for their latest single, “Mind Of Metal.”
Guitarist/vocalist Conan comments:
“‘Necrophony’ was an album title idea for as long as I can remember. This Symphony of the Dead couldn’t be realized for a collection of songs until now. Finally, we have our darkest and most Classically inspired work yet, with artwork by the great Toha Mashudi to match perfectly. We returned to Sharkbite Studios to have the mighty wizard that is Zack Ohren aid us again in forging our metal, and resulted in the finest steel we’re all proud to wield on the battlefield.
‘Mind of Metal’ is a great compliment to our previous single ‘Oathbreaker,’ in that it has contrasting rhythms and structure, but shares lyrical inspiration by Tolkien. It’s a tribute to the wizard Saruman and other like characters in the legendarium, for their will to power and domination by crafty and industrial means. This song features groove, fast licks, and some of our favorite riffs ever written. Can’t wait to perform it live!”
Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
Track List:
01) Masquerade
02) Mask of Red Death
03) Oathbreaker
04) Mind of Metal
05) Storm of Strings
06) Test of Time
07) Darkest of Knights
08) Prophecy
09) Children of the Night
10) Beyond the Grave
11) Overture
12) Necrophony
13) Moonchild
Tour dates w/ Paladin & Graveshadow:
04/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon
04/13 Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
04/14 Spokane, WA @ The Big Dipper
04/15 Vancouver, BC @ Hyperspace Festival
04/17 Eureka, CA @ Savage henry Comedy Club
04/18 Sacramento, CA @ Old Ironsides
04/19 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
