Yakuza entered Chicago, IL’s Engine Studios this past Sunday, May 06th, to begin tracking their new album for Profound Lore. Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium, Rwake) is once again overseeing the production duties for the release. The bands own Bruce Lamont commented on the effort:
“There is one common thread in Yakuza records – we thrive on VARIETY. We try to go to places we’ve never gone before and create open space – being experimental so to speak, but we still have a love for a good melody. Sanford is a big help bringing the sounds together.
Lyrical themes focus on life and death, the light and the dark. Our last record was a reaction, somewhat of a warning call for what has been happening globally and spiritually but not in a religious sense.
This album is the aftermath, the balance between the light and the dark. And as dark as it gets, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.”
A documentary focusing on the groups past few years titled “Be That As It May: Yakuza’s Seismic Consequence” is also in the works with director Justin Baron at the helm. Funding is currently being sought to finish the project, with more details available at Kickstarter.
