Ov Sulfur has released the video below for their new song “Earthen“. The track marks the third to be released from the band from their newly announced debut album The Burden Ov Faith, which is set to release through Century Media on March 24th.
Ricky Hoover, the band’s frontman, offered the following regarding the track:
“‘Earthen‘ is about my nephew who died from cancer at 16. After failed bone-marrow transplants, he decided to stop and let it take its course. It’s about witnessing that and being there, holding him when he died. That song is very emotional for me… I was actually crying in the studio tracking vocals. We needed the video to capture the sheer tragedy of that situation to really underscore how unfair and unjust it is for any ‘god’ to put a child through something as awful as cancer.”
Chase Wilson, the band’s guitarist/vocalist, added:
“The guitar lead from this song is the first thing I wrote that ended up on the album, well over a year ago. The song came together quickly after that and has stayed very similar since. As such, it’ll appeal to fans of the ‘Oblivion‘ EP, as well as the newer stuff we’ve been putting out, with the most obvious growth being Ricky‘s emotional singing and Leviathvn‘s super tasteful drumming. We’re all really proud of this one.”
The Burden Ov Faith track listing:
01 – “Stained In Rot”
02 – “Befouler” (feat. Alex Terrible)
03 – “Unraveling” (feat. Taylor Barber)
04 – “Death Ov Circumstance”
05 – “Earthen”
06 – “A Path To Salvation?”
07 – “I, Apostate”
08 – “Wide Open” (feat. Howard Jones)
09 – “The Inglorious Archetype”
10 – “The Burden Ov Faith” (feat. Kyle Medina & Lindsay Schoolcraft)
Ov Sulfur has the following shows lined up:
02/17 Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar & Billiards (album release show)
With Bleeding Through:
02/24 Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
02/25 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
02/26 Fresno, CA – Full Circle Brewing Co.
