Khemmis announce new album ‘Deceiver’

KHEMMIS have announced a new album!

Titled Deceiver, the upcoming album from the American doom metal band is their fourth full-length album (the follow-up to 2018’s Desolation) and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Nuclear Blast Records.

Describing the thematic elements of the new record, vocalist/guitarist Phil Pendergast says, “thematically, all of the songs are about the many ways that we are tricked into believing these stories about ourselves–that we are broken, that we are not good enough, that our genetics determine our fate. This title is the label that we put on our minds as a force that tricks us into believing these stories. The record’s lyrical trajectory is similar to Dante’s descent into an Inferno of his own making. It is our darkest album to date.”

Guitarist/vocalist Ben Hutcherson adds, “while our minds and hearts are responsible for this kind of deception, so too is the world around us. There is this dialectic between the two that produces suffering. Anyone who has struggled with mental health or suffered any sort of trauma will tell you that there were times that the mind is its own beast that has to be wrangled. In that sense, we become the deceivers ourselves; we believe we deserve to be the vessel for this pain and this suffering that is being inflicted on us both externally and internally.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first song lifted from the upcoming album; Living Pyre.

Speaking about the new song, Hutcherson says, “when it comes to my own mental health, when I’m in a bad place, I can’t access the part of me that creates art. After reaching that understanding of myself, the bulk of this song came out in one sitting. I was feeling stable. I was feeling hopeful – even though so much outside in the world was not exactly inspiring. All of us needed a reason to feel a glimmer of hope.”

Watch the official music video for Living Pyre here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Avernal Gate
2. House of Cadmus
3. Living Pyre
4. Shroud of Lethe
5. Obsidian Crown
6. The Astral Road

Deceiver is set for release on November 19th via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here. Get ready for the new album by checking out our feature with the band here!

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