New album Sanshi out September 27
RIPPED TO SHREDS share another single “殭屍復活 (Horrendous Corpse Resurrection)” from Sanshi, out September 27.
Listen on YouTube HERE and on all streaming services HERE. Pre-Order Sanshi on LP/CD/CS/Digital via Relapse.com HERE.
Frontman Andrew Lee Comments: “Putrid riff resurrection in the form of jiangshi, born of corpses left to rot in the open absorbing the ambient yin energies of the moon and yang energies of the sun… We combat these hopping vampires with our endless shred solos. Zero tech death horseshit, all riffs, all solos”
Watch a guitar playthrough video for “殭屍復活 (Horrendous Corpse Resurrection)” HERE.
RIPPED TO SHREDS from the Bay Area explodes out of the underground with all the blood-soaked hallmarks of the hellacious RTS sound – an onslaught of frenetic dueling solos and blasting drums that further fuse the grit and grime of old school death metal and grind with the here and now. Helmed by guitarist and frontman Andrew Lee, RIPPED TO SHREDS are as fierce and focused as they’ve ever been.
“..some of the better death metal work I have heard lately. Throw ‘Left Hand Path’ and ‘World Downfall’ into a mixer and add a dash of ‘For Victory’. Then have this served by a bunch of excellent musicians and you have a delicious ten-course menu called ‘Sanshi’ on the (turn) table. Enjoy your meal!” – Aardschok
“Ripped to Shreds is more of a threat than just a band name with Sanshi being a deranged slice and dice dose of death metal brutality.” – Loudwire
“Chock full of scathing vocals, chainsaw guitars…showcases Ripped To Shreds’ signature brutal-yet-melodic style at full chisel.” – Decibel
“If you like your death-metal razor-sharp and lightly blackened, Ripped to Shreds is your new favorite band.” – Revolver
“a brain ripping vocal mix up face to face with a relentless instrumental avalanche.” – Metal Injection
SANSHI tracklist:
1. Into the Court of Yanluowang
2. Force Fed
3. 燒冥紙 (Sacrificial Fire)
4. 孽鏡臺 (Visions of Sin, Mirror of Darkness)
5. Feast of the Deceased
6. Horrendous Corpse Resurrection
7. Living in Effigy
8. 冥婚 (Corpse Betrothal)
9. Cultivating Towards Ascension
10. Perverting the Funeral Rites, Stripping for the Dead
Conceptually, Sanshi sees the band dig into a morbid fixation on death and the afterlife in the context of traditional Chinese folklore. Tracks like the lead single “Perverting the Funeral Rites, Stripped for the Dead” is a song inspired by obscure funeral rites in Taiwan, wherein exotic dancers perform lithe rituals for living and dead alike. Elsewhere, “Force Fed” delves into the legend of Meng Po’s “Elixir of Forgetfulness”, which when drunk by the dead wipes their memories clean before they are reborn into their next incarnation. “Living In Effigy” was inspired by real life tales of photographers traversing remote rural China, taking funeral portraits of the elderly who died in solitude.
Sanshi‘s cover art comes courtesy of Lee’s long-term collaborator, artist Guang Yang, and depicts a scene of Yan Luo Wang, The God of Hell, and the dead who must face his judgment in his demonic court.
Album art credit: Guang Yang
Photo credit: Christopher Johnston