Mental Cruelty announce new album ‘Zwielicht’

April 15, 2023 James Weaver

MENTAL CRUELTY have announced a new album!

Titled Zwielicht, the upcoming album from the German deathcore band is the follow-up to 2021’s A Hill To Die Upon, and is scheduled to be released in June this year, via Century Media Records.

Speaking about the upcoming album, the band says, “let us embrace a new era of darkness by bringing the ‘black’ into blackened heavy music. Join us on the way down to infernal gates of hell to be rebirthed back to life. The album will contain the most mind-bending variety of different heavy musical influences and sounds. Epic symphonic orchestras accompanied by slam breakdowns; this will have it all. Inspired from metaphors written by nature, death, and inner demons. We can’t put into words the level of excitement we feel by announcing this album to you. We hope you feel the same way! Thank you for being with us and stay tuned for upcoming news!”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Forgotten Kings. The new song is the third single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from the double release of Zwielicht and Symphony Of A Dying Star, which was released last month.

Speaking about the new single, the band says, “this song is inspired by the Greek Prometheus saga or comparatively the story of the Lost Sinner from Dark Souls. It tells the story of a man that is shackled to a mountain summit. He stands for the feeling of being trapped and isolated and feeling guilty about it. The evil chord progressions combined with huge orchestral ornaments and fast-paced blast beats will give you a feeling of listening to almost old-schoolish black metal with a modern twist.”

Watch the official music video for Forgotten Kings here: