UK sludge
metal juggernaut Battalions are set to return with their new album ‘King of a
Dead World’ on 21st this Friday via APF Records (Video Nasties, Desert Storm,
Corrupt Moral Altar). The follow up to 2018’s 'Forever Marching Backwards’,
this album is 8 tracks of colossal, towering, hook filled riffs, born out of a
crumbling world.
Today the
band have shared new single ‘Parasite’ with vocalist Phil Wilkinson
stating,
'Parasite
is a short sharp chunkfest of a track with a couple of bits of Black Flag
riffage thrown in for good measure. This is our now traditional song on the
album about a movie, every album has one. This time out is a song about the
off-world colony Hadley's Hope and the discovery of the facehugger eggs'
Listen to the track now: https://youtu.be/Ap6j4DTw99k
Bassist Matt
Dennett also sheds more light on the meaning behind the album’s title,
"I was
reading an article online about the decline of humanity, the battering of
Earth's resources, the financial and human cost of war, global warming etc, and
how the world's leaders are partly to blame. The article ended with "who
wants to be the king of a dead world?". I read that and it was a light
bulb moment, I thought that's a great song/album title, everyone agreed and it
stuck straight away”.
Starting out
way back in 2010 in the depths of Kingston upon Hull, Battalions have gradually
become veterans of the ever growing underground UK metal scene with their own
brand of groove riddled sludge metal. At its the core this is harsh and heavy
music, packed with razor sharp guttural vocals and yet it’s hard not to find
yourself nodding along addictively to each track on this record.
Pre-order
now - https://battalionsdirt.bandcamp.com
Upcoming shows:
28th October
- O'Rileys, Hull (album launch)
11th
November - Dive, Hull w/Row of Ashes
12th
November - Packhorse, Leeds w/Row of Ashes
Battalions are: Phil Wilkinson - Vocals, Pete Cross -
Guitar, Matt Dennett - Bass, Simon Harrison - Drums
FFO: Orange
Goblin, Clutch, Bad Guys, Cancer Bats
'crushing,
soulful music’ - Rock Sins
‘among the
best that the genre has produced’ - Soundboard Reviews
‘outstanding’ - GHBHL
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