High On Fire will release their new album “De Vermis Mysteriis” on April 03rd through eOne Music. The band recorded the outing at GodCity Studios with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou handling the production duties.
According to the press release:
“De Vermis Mysteriis (or “Mysteries of the Worm”) takes its title from a fictional grimoire created by Psycho author Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft mentioned De Vermis Mysteriis as one of the books that “repeat the most hellish secrets learnt by early man”). The album carries a deeply mystical undercurrent, incorporating fantastical themes and lyrics detailing, among other things, time travel, a serum called liao that is made out of a black lotus and “a Jesus twin who can see the past through his ancestors’ eyes.”
Both the track listing and the cover art for “De Vermis Mysteriis” are available below:
01 – “Serums Of Liao”
02 – “Bloody Knuckles”
03 – “Fertile Green”
04 – “Madness Of An Architect”
05 – “Interlude”
06 – “Spiritual Rites”
07 – “King Of Days”
08 – “De Vermis Mysteriis”
09 – “Romulus And Remus”
10 – “Warhorn”
