Sweden'sUsurpresshave revealed a brand new song,"Throwing The Gift Away". The doom/crust/prog infused death metal quartet, featuring death metal expertDanielEkerothon bass (author of the book"Swedish Death Metal") and recently acquired drummerMattias"Matte"Modin(ex-Dark Funeral), will release a new album onSeptember 23rdviaAgonia Records. Stream the new song at:
https://youtu.be/WS_uq6vz3Yk
"The Regal Tribe"was recordedunder the supervision of rising star producerLawrence Mackrory(FKÜ,Darkane) while the album's haunting cover artwork was created by renowned DutchartistMarald van Haasteren(Bolt Thrower,High on Fire,Baroness,Kylesa), who was givena carte blanche with rgeards to the visual interpretation of the album's lyrical concept.
"The Regal Tribe"is the follow up to"Ordained"(2014) which sawUsupress leave their deathcrust path for more uncharted territories. During the composing of the newalbum, the band was plagued by mental disorders/depressions and life threatening illnesses in the member's immediate families, most notably vocalist/lyricistStefan Pettersson's battle with his bone marrow cancer. Therefore"The Regal Tribe"is a heavier and darker, yet more varied, complex and thoughtful effort than their previous albums. This concept album is a tragic story about life versus death, about vanity and the relentless passing of time and is by farUsupress' most ambitious output to date.
PetterssonDevelops:"We decided early on to discard the traditional way of songwriting/arranging and compose The Regal Tribe one piece at the time, starting with the first riff in the first song and ending with the last riff in the 10:th song. That way we hoped to avoid the album becoming repetitive and stale and instead more fluent and powerful. Listening back to the finished album, I'm convinced we did the right thing. This is the album we have always sought to do".
Since their formation in 2010,Usupresshave gained a reputation as a creative and hardworking band that in a relative short time already have built up an extensive back catalogue of albums, EP's and splits. Their aim has always been to constantly evolve and expand their soundscape, always looking forward in a restless and tireless way.
