BRAT have confirmed they will be releasing their new album “Manslayer” on September 25th through Prosthetic Records. The self-proclaimed ‘bimboviolence’ band recorded that effort at Bricktop Recording in Chicago, IL with Weekend Nachos‘ Andy Nelson overseeing the production, engineering and mastering duties.
A music video directed by John Colgan for the first single, “Manslayer (Hell Hath No Fury)“, received its online premiere today, July 14th, and can be seen below. A press release for “Manslayer” points out that vocalist Liz Selfish drew lyrical inspiration from country songs about women’s revenge like “Goodbye Earl” by The Chicks, “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood and “Gunpowder & Lead” by Miranda Lambert in shaping these tracks.
Selfish elaborated on that:
“There’s not a lot of those tropes in death metal, which I think primarily is because there’s not a lot of women in that space. I thought that was a really cool perspective and I really liked the storytelling aspect of it.”
Previously, her husband/bandmate, guitarist Brenner Moate, had assumed the lyrical writing duties in the band. However “Manslayer” has found Selfish stepping up to the plate with her own contributions. She said of that:
“It’s quite new territory for me, and it wasn’t necessarily an intentional thing initially. I wrote the first song for the album, and I just loved writing, and I was like, ‘I really love doing this, and I want to do more’, so I ended up writing the whole album. Brenner’s main focus is writing music – he wants to write riffs – so he wasn’t too torn up about not writing the lyrics. It was a nice passing of the torch.”
She also went on to offer the following about the darker nature found on this record:
“We’re evolving the bimboviolence and the campiness by making it all a little bit darker with this album, and a bit more overtly violent. I think that will probably reflect in our stage show and our imagery as well, keeping it fun, not a total 180, but definitely progressing into something darker with it.”
Two guest appearances have been locked in for “Manslayer“, with Revocation frontman/guitarist David Davidson appearing on “Femicidal Vengeance“, while Walls Of Jericho vocalist Candace Buckingham can be heard on “Blistered Tongues“.
“Manslayer” track listing:
01 – “Intro“
02 – “Aileen Wuornos“
03 – “Speculum Bleed“
04 – “Bone Spurs“
05 – “Botch Tox“
06 – “Media Slop“
07 – “Trophy Hunting“
08 – “Asking For Hell“
09 – “Heretic Burning“
10 – “Interlude“
11 – “Manslayer (Hell Hath No Fury)“
12 – “Bloody Mary“
13 – “Femicidal Vengeance” (feat. David Davidson of Revocation)
14 – “Spit On His Grave“
15 – “Ways To Kill Your Husband“
16 – “Blistered Tongues” (feat. Candace Buckingham of Walls Of Jericho)
17 – “Outro“
You can pre-order the album now through brat.ffm.to/manslayer.
With GWAR & Weedeater:
09/19 Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre
09/20 Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
09/22 Memphis, TN – Satellite Music Hall
09/23 Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Live
