THE FAMINE: New Album Details Revealed

North Texas death Metal outfit THE FAMINE has posted the first in a series of […]

By Maria Voutiriadou

• December 23, 2010

North Texas death Metal outfit THE FAMINE has posted the first in a series of video blogs featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the band's new album, "The Architects Of Guilt". Check it out below.

"The Architects Of Guilt" will be released on February 15 via Solid State Records. The follow-up to 2008's "The Raven And The Reaping" was produced by D. Braxton Henry (ex-DEVOURMENT) and was mixed by Jason Suecof (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, TRIVIUM, DEVILDRIVER).

"The Architects Of Guilt" track listing:

01. "The New Hell"
02. "Ad Mortem"
03. "We Are The Wolves"
04. "Turner Classic Diaries"
05. "Bigger Cages, Longer Chains!"
06. "The Crown And The Holy See"
07. "VII The Fraudulent"
08. "A Pavement Of Good Intentions"
09. "A Fragile Peace"
10. "Pyrithion House"
11. "To The Teeth"

According to a press release, "The Architects Of Guilt" "is not a sing-along or a feel-good record; it's the death rattle and dying breath. THE FAMINE is not here to win popularity contests, simply create metal, red in tooth and claw. The music has become faster, more technical, even abrasive and discomforting, trading shear aggression and energy for the lifeless sweeps and mechanized beats that have come to dominate and dilute the genre. The lyrics forego empty threats and skip the subtleties, calling out the deceit and duplicity of our leaders, and the decay next door masked by a flaking white picket fence and a familiar chemical scent. The band traces the fractures in stone pillars and cracks along the marble walls, sets their tools down after 11 tracks and walks away as if saying, 'Don't come to us when the temple falls.'"

THE FAMINE in January announced the departure of lead singer and co-founder Chris "Kris" McCaddon. Nick Nowell, who had been handling bass duties for THE FAMINE since 2008, has since taken over as the band's new vocalist. The group also recruited a new bassist, Jon Richardson (SABOTEUR, THE MONARCH).

THE FAMINE previously stated that its upcoming CD will be "heavier than "The Raven And The Reaping" in every way and will build on the intensity that "The Raven And The Reaping" established. Lyrically, this record will almost be an anarchic indictment of what we have become as a world, country, and individuals and the path that got us here. We touched on this on the last record as well."