Sweden's doom/crust/prog-infused death metallersUsurpresshave revealed the first new song taken from their forthcoming album"The Regal Tribe", which drops onSeptember 23rdviaAgonia Records. The new song is called"Across The Dying Plains"and is available in the form of a lyric video, here:

https://youtu.be/2c_-n1FS0bU

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"was recordedunder the supervision of rising star producerLawrence Mackrory(FKÜ,Darkane).

"The Regal Tribe"is the follow up to"Ordained"(2014) which sawUSURPRESSleave 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 farUsurpress' most ambitious output to date.

Pettersson Develops:"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,Usurpresshave 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.

Pettersson States:"Although we are very proud of all our previous works, we never look back. Dwelling on the past does not interest us at all. We started to write The Regal Tribe a couple of weeks after Ordained was released and we started to draw up the blueprints for our next album before we started to record The Regal Tribe. This is how we do things, we don't wait for inspiration, we get inspiration from creating".

"The Regal Tribe"is also the lastUsurpressalbum to feature original drummerCalle Lönnbergwho left the band shortly after the recording and was replaced by internationally renowned sticksmanMathias "Matte"Modin(Firespawn,Raised Fist, ex-Dark Funeral, ex-Defleshed).