Death Metal outfit MISERY INDEX are now premiering a brand new video for the track ‘Decline and Fall’ which is taken from the bands’ latest album ‘Rituals of Power’ (2019). You can watch the new offering, which comes with a somewhat chilling message, via the Season of Mist YouTube channel HERE!
MISERY INDEX comment on the video: “All civilizations fall [and] decline and, in the present, its members grapple dually with the lamentation of its demise and the hopefulness of new beginnings. This is us expressing precisely that.”
The band previously announced new European tour dates together with NAPALM DEATH and label mates ROTTEN SOUND. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
| MISERY INDEX +Napalm Death +Eyehategod +Rotten Sound +Bat 07 Feb 20 Oberhausen (DE) Kulttempel 08 Feb 20 Hamburg (DE) Gruenspan 11 Feb 20 Vienna (AT) Arena 12 Feb 20 Brno (CZ) Roxy 13 Feb 20 Leipzig (DE) Werk 2 14 Feb 20 Berlin (DE) Astra 16 Feb 20 Antwerpen (BE) Trix 18 Feb 20 Bournemouth (UK) The Old Fire Station 19 Feb 20 Cardiff (UK) Tramshed 20 Feb 20 Brimingham (UK) O2 Institute 21 Feb 20 Glasgow (UK) Slay 23 Feb 20 London (UK) The Electric Ballroom 25 Feb 20 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat 26 Feb 20 Saarbrucken (DE) Garage 27 Feb 20 Lyon (FR) Ninkasi Kao 28 Feb 20 Nantes (FR) Warehouse 29 Feb 20 Toulouse (FR) Metronum 01 Mar 20 Biarritz (FR) Atabal 03 Mar 20 Paris (FR) La Machine du Moulin Rouge 04 Mar 20 Stuttgart (DE) Im Wizemann 05 Mar 20 Lindau (DE) Club Vaudeville 06 Mar 20 Muncich (DE) Backstage 07 Mar 20 Zurich (CH) Meh Suff! Winter Fest 08 Mar 20 Cologne (DE) Essigfabrik |
MISERY INDEX will be touring in support of their recently released album ‘Rituals of Power’. The artwork, which is created by Raphael Gabrio, and track details can be viewed below.
Track-list
1. Universal Untruths (2:35)
2. Decline and Fall (4:36)
3. The Choir Invisible (4:26)
4. New Salem (3:24)
5. Hammering the Nails (3:46)
6. Rituals of Power (5:20)
7. They Always Come Back (5:08)
8. I Disavow (4:21)
9. Naysayer (2:26)
The band comment on the album: “‘Rituals of Power’ is a disavowal and warning against the consequences of our so-called ‘post-truth’ age. Each of the 9 songs revolves loosely around this theme, yet each track also stands very much on its own. As an album however, they are all brought to life as one ‘reanimated’ monster; it’s roughly 35 minutes of unhinged, yet cohesive, riff-driven aural ballistics. We were pissed off and on fire during both the writing and recording, and we think it shows in spades. We set out to write the best album we could, based on what we would want to hear first as fans of this music, and we could not be happier.”
MISERY INDEX return furiously with their brand new album, ‘Rituals of Power’! With their sixth full-length, the American icons of hard hitting brutality display the strength of maturity grown out of the experience gained as a relentless touring machine. The general trend of their continuous evolution to incorporate less core elements and move towards classic death metal finds a new high water mark.
When their debut EP ‘Overthrow’ was recorded in 2001 by vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton (ex-DYING FETUS) together with (then) guitarist and vocalist Mike Harrison and drummer Kevin Talley (ex-DYING FETUS), MISERY INDEX immediately charted a course to explore and push the limits of Death Metal and Grindcore, drawing influence from bands like MORBID ANGEL, NAPALM DEATH, TERRORIZER, BOLT THROWER and ENTOMBED. The erstwhile project shifted to a full time band when guitarist Sparky Voyles (ex-DYING FETUS) joined.
In 2003, MISERY INDEX unleashed their first full-length ‘Retaliate’, to exceptional reviews and followed by numerous support tours and festivals in Europe and North America. After several line-up changes, second album ‘Discordia’ was released in 2006 with even more touring in its wake. Their third full-length, ‘Traitors’ (2008) reaped raving reactions from both critics and fans and saw the band on the road again until 2009. Then MISERY INDEX dropped ‘Heirs to Thievery’ (2010) like a bomb on the Death Metal masses, shattering all expectations. The album was both a commercial and critical success, elevating the band to headlining slots. During that year, long time guitarist Sparky Voyles was replaced by Darin Morris.
A string of shows and festivals around the globe followed and on the Munich date of ‘Full of Hate Tour’ alongside CANNIBAL CORPSE, BEHEMOTH and LEGION OF THE DAMNED, the band recorded their first live album. Released early 2013, ‘Live in Munich’ perfectly epitomized the rawness and ferocity that MISERY INDEX elevated onto a new level with their fifth full length “The Killing Gods” in 2014.
Now with “Rituals of Power”, revolving around the concept of “truth”, MISERY INDEX are back with nine crushing tracks which tackle how ‘truth’ has been constructed and molded throughout history as a means to uphold power, regimes and ideologies. Brace, hold tight and run for cover, the wrath of MISERY INDEX is upon us and they are more furious than they’ve ever been.
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