Mental Cruelty‘s new single “Helheim” has received its online debut and arrives boasting a guest spot from Signs Of The Swarm vocalist David Simonich. Collectively addressing this new single, the evolving German blackened deathcore band stated:
“‘HELHEIM‘ is another stepping stone on our way from slamming deathcore to more melodic, blackened metal. ‘ZWIELICHT’ was our way to transition from deathcore to a sound focused on our blackened side, as well as traditionally ‘metal’ influences and even folk. This song dips another toe on there, with the inclusion of a stringed Scandinavian instrument called talharpa.
The boys actually needed to learn that new instrument to record in the studio! Of course we wanted to keep some deathcore in there, so for the breakdown we invited our friend David Simonich of Signs of the Swarm, with whom we start a crushing North America tour tomorrow. It’s appropriately brutal for a song written about the realm for Vikings who didn’t quite make it to Valhalla, an afterlife for the disgraced.”
Rob Reva directed the below video for the song. As for the tour mentioned above, that run will find Mental Cruelty out as direct support to Signs Of The Swarm on a run that will also feature ten56., Carcosa and Face Yourself.
10/02 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
10/03 Toronto, ON – Axis Club
10/04 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
10/05 Chicago, IL – Reggies
10/07 St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar
10/08 Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre
10/09 Wichita, KS – WAVE (Indoor)
10/10 Denver, CO – HQ
10/11 Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
10/12 Boise, ID – The Shredder
10/14 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
10/15 Portland, OR – Dante’s
10/16 Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
10/17 Fresno, CA – Full Circle Brewery
10/18 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
10/19 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
10/21 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
10/22 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater (no Face Yourself)
10/23 Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room
10/24 Nashville, TN – EXIT/IN
10/25 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage (The Loft)
10/26 Orlando, FL – Conduit (no Face Yourself)
10/28 Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
10/29 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
10/30 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
10/31 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving
11/01 Brooklyn, NY – The Meadows (no Face Yourself)
11/02 Worcester – The Palladium
