SERMON: Announce new album, "Of Golden Verse"; Lead single, "Golden", visualizer out now
January 20, 2023
Four years on from their debut album, London, UK melodic doom bandSERMONhave today announced their return and shared details of their upcoming sophomore full length,Of Golden Verse.Alongside the album announcement,SERMONhave also shared the lead single,Golden, viaBandcampwith an accompanying visualizer.
Speaking on the lead single and album announcement,SERMON's Him comments:"Goldenis as close to a political song as I thinkSERMONwill ever get to. A song that tells the tale about a reign, weighing down on those under it, until they are bound by it. It's an important song to the record semantically and musically. It's a pulsating build, that ascends to a ferocious musical climax.
"Goldenis the almost-title-track on ofOf Golden Verse, an album themed on abuses of power; from an individual, cultural, religious and political level, with each song a fragment of that.It's been a long time coming and we can't wait for the world to listen."
A beacon of iridescent musical light amid the torpid fog of modern life,SERMONblazed brightly but briefly when they released their debut album back in 2019. Led by the shadowy figurehead known only as Him, they blurred boundaries with the aptly titledBirth Of The Marvellous- which earned widespread acclaim and the effusive support of listeners around the world. But then, after a single live show at Prog In Park in Poland, there was only silence.
In the years between then and now, the world has become a darker, nastier place. Summoned from their slumbers for a second time, Him and his collaborators are back with an album that accurately encapsulates the mood of the moment. Recorded at Grindstone Studios under the legendary supervision of producer Scott Atkins,Of Golden Versewas entirely written by Him, but the new songs reached their final, immaculate state through a team effort.
Him comments: "James is the other side of this. I'll give him the demo of a whole album and the drums will be written, and he likes me to do that, but when we get in the studio, he makes his suggestions and it often becomes this whole other thing. It wouldn't sound remotely the same with another drummer. Meanwhile, Scott is the George Martin of the piece. So reallySERMONis a trio. I give them something that's fairly well formed, it's almost there, and they add into it because they're far more skilled than I am."
The resulting 10 tracks that make upOf Golden Verseare musically intense, dynamic - and often a startlingly heavy trawl down corridors of corruption and stairways of compromise. First singleGoldenis a stunning entry point toSERMON's reconfigured world; dense with melody and melancholy, it showcases the band's expanded sonic vision, with lyrics that detail a slow, steady chipping away at the human spirit. There's no question: Sermon has returned in 2023 with an imperious flourish.
Of Golden Versetracklist:
1. The Great Marsh
2. Royal
3. Light the Witch
4. In Black
5. The Distance
6. Senescence
7. Wake the Silent
8. Golden
9. Centre
10. Departure
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