Slower will be releasing a new album by the name of “Rage And Ruin” on November 01st. The doom metal collective’s core roster has been scaled down since their past release and is now centered around the following trio:
Vocals: Amy Barrysmith (Year Of The Cobra)
Guitars: Bob Balch (Fu Manchu)
Drums: Esben Willems (Monolord)
While the group previously set out to cover Slayer tunes, this new 6-song venture will largely consist of original material, sans the included versions of Slayer‘s “Chemical Warfare” and “Haunting The Chapel“.
Balch commented:
“When we started this album, the original intention was to cover Slayer’s EP ‘Haunting The Chapel‘ in its entirety. We started with ‘Chemical Warfare‘ then went on to ‘Haunting The Chapel‘, but once we got to ‘Captor Of Sin‘ we realized that tune didn’t want to be slowed down at all. So we started writing our own songs and I’m glad we did. The result is ‘Rage And Ruin‘. Two sides with Slayer songs in the middle, bookended by Slower originals. We are super proud of this record and can’t wait for you to hear it!.”
Barrysmith added:
“When we started writing originals, I wanted to try to keep to the same themes that Slayer wrote about. There are a lot of songs about war in Slayer‘s songs and when I heard the ‘Hellfire‘ riff, the first image that came to mind was just this bright red fire raining down from the heavens. With all of the upheaval in the world today, it seemed like a fitting topic.
What makes this song slightly unique, though, is that I came up with the title, ‘Hellfire‘, first from that initial image I had in my head. Writing the lyrics after that was easy.”
Willems mixed and mastered the effort, which will be issued on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
“Rage And Ruin” track listing:
01 – “Hellfire”
02 – “Chemical Warfare” (Slayer cover)
03 – “Gates Of Hell”
04 – “Sins Of The Dead”
05 – “Haunting The Chapel” (Slayer cover)
06 – “Rage And Ruin”
Pre-orders are available through Heavy Psych Sounds (EU) Heavy Psych Sounds (US). You can check out the opening track “Hellfire” below.
European touring will take place this fall:
11/08 Gothenburg, SWE – Musikens Hus
11/09 Copenhagen, DEN – Beta
11/10 Berlin, GER – Cassiopeia
11/11 Dresden, GER – Chemiefabrik
11/12 Vienna, AUT – Arena
11/13 Munich, GER – Feierwerk
11/14 Essen, GER – Turock
11/15 Haarlem, NET – Patronaat
11/16 Paris, FRA – Backstage
11/17 Hamburg, GER – Headcrash
