DRUGS OF FAITH - “Gas Mask” single unveiled; pre-orders posted

DRUGS OF FAITH has unveiled the first single Gas Mask of their long-awaited third LP, Asymmetrical which will be released on February 21st via Selfmadegod Records.

Richard Johnson explains: This is one of the songs on the record that has a lot of elements, showing some of the different influences and styles we pull from. Lyrically, it starts on one path, jumps onto another one, and then skips back to the first path. We decided quickly that this should be the first track released from Asymmetrical.

Formed in 2002, DRUGS OF FAITH quickly released several demos and a song on a Terrorizer Magazine compilation CD before signing with Selfmadegod Records who released their eponymous debut album in 2005, which took them to Europe for their first tour with Blood I Bleed in 2007, the same year they released their split with Antigama.

In 2011, DRUGS OF FAITH released their second album, Corroded, which appeared on best-of-2011 lists from Decibel Magazine, Invisible Oranges, Pitchfork, and MetalSucks. Two years later, their Architectural Failures EP made it onto best-of-2013 lists including Washington City Paper’s Best Music Of D.C., Hellbound, American Aftermath, and more.

DRUGS OF FAITH landed a slot on Decibel Magazine’s flexi series with a cover of Sacrifice’s classic “Re-Animation” in 2014, then teamed up with labelmates Antigama for a tour of the U.S. East Coast in 2015, also releasing a split 7” with Cloud Rat that year. Their Decay EP was released in 2019. Decibel wrote, “think of them as the world’s blast-friendliest noise rock band,” while No Echo described, “sections that jump out at you with a twisted hookiness that only top-notch bands in the grind realm can create.”

Asymmetrical was recorded at Developing Nations by Kevin Bernsten (Integrity, Full Of Hell, Magrudergrind), who noted during tracking was that the record sounds like, “a deranged rock album.”

Stream Gas Mask at YouTube and Bandcamp