A new EP by the name of “He Watches In Silence” from God Complex will be arriving on February 21st. The UK metalcore band, who signed with SharpTone Records last month, have shared the below video for their song “Depraved Idol” alongside the announcement for this release.
The band stated of “He Watches In Silence“:
“We’re incredibly proud of this EP and we’re thrilled for people to finally hear it. As a comeback effort, we felt it was important to do things differently, so we deliberately avoided lengthy pre-production and allowed small variations in the recordings to embrace the mess and chaos that sit at the heart of our sound. We wanted to create something more refined and savage than anything we’ve previously attempted.
The metaphor most people use to describe rebirth is the phoenix or a change of seasons but a more accurate image for this EP is a cornered animal. Something a bit feral with its drive to sustain itself untethered from restraint.”
As for “Depraved Idol“, they added:
“The title of the first single (‘Salt and Ash‘) evokes what is left behind when everything has been destroyed — but we were also interested in exploring rebirth imagery in the idol of The Green Man. He’s almost never depicted as a god demanding sacrifice, so our imagining is one where the renewal he symbolizes can only be attained through suffering and loss — a ‘Depraved Idol‘.”
“He Watches In Silence” track listing:
01 -“Salt And Ash”
02 – “Depraved Idol”
03 – “Ba’al’s Trick”
04 – “The Judge”
05 – “Flooded Lungs”
For pre-orders, see bfan.link/depraved-idol.
