Orbit Culture‘s fourth studio album “Descent” saw a release today, August 18th. The Swedish melodic death metal/groove metal hybrid saw fit to bolster the arrival of this new full-length with the reveal of a music video for the album’s title track.
Vocalist/guitarist Niklas Karlsson commented of that:
“With the video for ‘Descent,’ you are fully engaged in the madness. It’s the pillar of feeling disgusted and chained by your own obsessive desires, whatever it may be. You are stuck in your own castle of self hate.
We wanted this album to sound as big and aggressive as possible, while maintaining a pleasant listening experience. I took a lot of inspiration from the movie Dune, not because of the story or anything, but because the combination of imagery and music created this vast picture and we wanted to convey that epic feel with this new album.
Spread over the whole album is of course, once again, a lot of metaphors. In reality, it’s just about being more closed up and defensive about the things you feel as you’re descending into madness. However, at the end of the album, being defensive was all along just being caring for your closest ones. It was better to walk alone and destroy yourself, rather than bring down anyone else trying to help you. It’s dark and it’s raw, but it’s only a perspective of me seeing the world at certain times of the year, and it helps to get it out there once in awhile.”
The group will joining up with Avatar on ‘The Chimp Mosh Pit Tour‘ this fall, alongside The Native Howl. Read on for the dates:
09/12 Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell
09/13 Montreal, QC – Olympia
09/14 Toronto, ON – Phoenix
09/15 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
09/16 Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
09/17 Bloomington, IL – The Castle
09/19 Houston, TX – Rise
09/20 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
09/22 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
09/23 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
09/24 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
09/25 Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live
09/26 Wichita, KS – Cotillion
09/28 Fargo, ND – Fargo Brewing Company
09/29 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theater
09/30 Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre
10/01 Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
10/02 Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall
10/04 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
10/05 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
10/06 Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
10/07 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock
10/08 San Louis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater
