Armed For Apocalypse release a music video for their latest single »Lifeless«; new album »Ritual Violence« out now via Candlelight Records!
Californian sludge metal band Armed For Apocalypse has released a music video for the fourth single »Lifeless« taken from their brand new album, »Ritual Violence«, out on October 7th, 2022 via Candlelight Records.
Tracklisting:
01. Under My Shame
02. Frail
03. Full Of Phlegm
04. Hourglass
05. Lifeless
06. Live Through The Storm
07. Foredoomed
08. Thieves Of Existence
09. Suffer For A Living
10. Flesh And Blood
11. Eternally Broken
Courtesy of Freeman Promotions:
Californian sludge metal crew Armed For Apocalypse have released their third album »Ritual Violence« on October 7 via Candlelight Records.
The new album »Ritual Violence« is an uncompromising aural onslaught and sees the band at their most aggressive. Both a product and expression of their never-die attitude, it’s the album Armed For Apocalypse always wanted to make, with the engineer they wanted to make it – Kurt Ballou of God City (Converge, High On Fire, Every Time I Die) – and the label they wanted to partner with – Candlelight Records. Featuring guest appearances from Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) on track »Foredoomed« and Trevor Phipps (Unearth) on »Suffer For A Living«, it is Armed For Apocalypse refined to its purest form: 0 percent frills, 100 percent heavy riffs.
Forming in California in the aughts, Armed For Apocalypse quickly released 2009’s »Defeat« (Ironclad Recordings). That’s where they laid out their mission statement: we are going to tune low, play riffs, and make heavy metal that makes you bang your fucking head. Real amps turned up, real drums hit hard, no bullshit. 2013’s »The Road Will End« (Ironclad) complicated their thesis, the band experimenting with new structures and incorporating a broader sonic palette. But member changes and new life directions led to a challenging five years before their next release, 2018’s »Palm Reader« EP.
Now, in 2022, they return more focused than ever with their most potent and unwavering album to date. »Ritual Violence« is 11 tracks of bludgeoning skullfuckery; a record from a band who are confident in who they are, and what they want to do. And who won’t let anything get in the way of that. Not the years. Not the heartache. Not an industry that devalues its creators. Nothing.
Armed For Apocalypse has never done it the easy way. But on this latest record is a statement and a promise: they will do it their way.
Listen / purchase »Ritual Violence« here: armedforapocalypse.lnk.to/RitualViolenceID
Armed For Apocalypse are:
Nate Burman – Vocals, Guitar
Cayle Hunter – Guitar
Charlie Fischer – Bass
Nick Harris – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well