Exmortus has announced their sixth studio album Necrophony will release through Nuclear Blast on August 25th. Along with the news, the band released the video below for the first single from the album, a song called “Mind Of Metal“.
Jadran “Conan” Gonzalez, the band’s vocalist/guitarist, offered the following on the album:
“‘Necrophony‘ was an album title idea for as long as I can remember. This Symphony of the Dead couldn’t be realized for a collection of songs until now. Finally, we have our darkest and most Classically inspired work yet, with artwork by the great Toha Mashudi to match perfectly. We returned to Sharkbite Studios to have the mighty wizard that is Zack Ohren aid us again in forging our metal, and resulted in the finest steel we’re all proud to wield on the battlefield.”
Regarding the writing, he said:
“‘Mind Of Metal‘ is a great compliment to our previous single ‘Oathbreaker;’ in that it has contrasting rhythms and structure, but shares lyrical inspiration by Tolkien. It’s a tribute to the wizard Saruman and other like characters in the legendarium, for their will to power and domination by crafty and industrial means. This song features groove, fast licks, and some of our favorite riffs ever written. Can’t wait to perform it live!”
Necrophony track listing:
01 – “Masquerade”
02 – “Mask Of Red Death”
03 – “Oathbreaker”
04 – “Mind Of Metal”
05 – “Storm Of Strings”
06 – “Test Of Time”
07 – “Darkest Of Knights”
08 – “Prophecy”
09 – “Children Of The Night”
10 – “Beyond The Grave”
11 – “Overture”
12 – “Necrophony”
13 – “Moonchild”
