Swedish post-metal outfit Cult Of Luna have confirmed the details for their tenth album “In The Shadow Of Your Shadow“. As previously revealed, that record will be arriving through their own Red Crk Recordings label on November 06th. It was recently preceded by the debut of the title track.
This forthcoming album was co-produced by the band and Daniel Bergstrand (Behemoth, In Flames) and clocks in at 71 minutes. Among today’s reveals are its pair of guest appearances. Joe Duplantier, vocalist/guitarist for GRAMMY Award-winning French progressive metal outfit Gojira, appears on “Sadness Will Reign“, while 16 Horsepower/Wovenhand‘s David Eugene Edwards can be heard on “One More Day“.
Vocalist/guitarist Johannes Persson said of the record and the band’s mindset in approaching it:
“Stagnation is the only thing that scares me. I’ve said this in every interview I’ve done for the past 25 years: I don’t care whether or not people think we’re repeating ourselves. As long as we feel like we aren’t, we will continue to do this.”
A press release further expanded on the record, offering:
‘This new, 10th studio album is a 71-minute monolith: a stark rejection of trends, convention and pandering to one’s audience. Lyrically, it channels recent experiences of loss into a bleak set of songs. The title track and lead single is about feelings thought to be long buried, returning after something painful occurs. It takes the perspective of this anguish and characterizes it as a parasite: ‘His body is weak, the cracks will fit me. A disfigured form, I will complete it.’
Persson meanwhile spoke of getting to work with Edwards, offering:
“David has been a huge influence for years. I’ve been a huge fan of 16 Horsepower, his solo projects and Wovenhand for decades. ‘One More Day’ is one of my favorite tracks on the album. His voice fits perfectly on the song and it carries the subject matter with conviction.”
“In The Shadow Of Your Shadow” track listing:
01 – “In The Shadow Of Your Shadow“
02 – “Sadness Will Reign” (feat. Joe Duplantier)
03 – “Landby“
04 – “Breach“
05 – “The Rift“
06 – “A Way Back“
07 – “One More Day” (feat. David Eugene Edwards)
08 – “From Grey to Black“
09 – “Burial“
Pre-orders for the album have also just been revealed and are available now through orcd.co/intheshadowofyourshadow.
