Polyphia Tease ‘Heavy’ New Album With Guest Spots From Serj Tankian & BABYMETAL

Polyphia are deep into the creative process for their fifth studio album, which they plan to continue recording over the coming months. According to guitarist Tim Henson, the upcoming effort is shaping up to be “heavy.” Speaking with Guitar World, he shared:

“That’s exciting for us, and I think last year was really eye-opening for us in terms of how we should start composing for the live performance.”

Henson went on to elaborate on the band’s sonic direction:

“[There’s] lots of eight-string. We’re playing baritones and stuff, too. We’re just making new guitars that don’t exist for the sole purpose of writing something really, really cool with it, so that if you want to learn it, you’re gonna have no choice but to buy that guitar! [laughs] It’s the ‘Playing God‘ treatment, right?”

Further detailing the album’s focus, he explained:

“Remember That You Will Die was very much a showcase of range for us where we’ve got songs like ‘ABC’, which is a J-pop song, and then songs like ‘Bloodbath’ with Chino [Moreno, of Deftones], where it’s super-heavy, and songs like ‘Playing God’ where it’s nylon-strings, and ‘The Audacity’, which is crazy jazz. For this record, rather than being all over the place, [we’re] pinpointing the sound and really going deeper into it, rather than wider.”

As expected, Polyphia won’t be alone on this new endeavor. The band has recruited System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian for a guest spot and is once again collaborating with BABYMETAL—this time, trading features for each other’s forthcoming records. Henson confirmed:

“We have one with Serj [Tankian] from System Of A Down and we just finished a second BABYMETAL collab – that’s for their record, though, and we’re working on one to send them for our record. So hopefully we’ll make that one come to fruition.”

Tankian’s admiration for Polyphia has been no secret, and now, the band will be joining System Of A Down across all of their upcoming North American shows this summer. The full list of dates is as follows:

With Korn & Wisp:

08/27 New York City, NY – Metlife Stadium
08/28 New York City, NY – Metlife Stadium

With Avenged Sevenfold & Wisp:

08/31 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
09/01 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

With Deftones & Wisp:

09/03 Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium
09/05 Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium

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