SpiritWorld announce new album ‘Helldorado’
SPIRITWORLD have announced a new album!
Titled Helldorado, the upcoming album from the Las Vegas-based metallic hardcore band is the follow-up to 2022’s Deathwestern, and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Century Media Records.
Speaking about the upcoming album, band mastermind Stu Folsom shares, “I am thrilled to share that our new album, Helldorado, will be available everywhere, March 21st. We took most of last year off from playing shows, to hunker down and make this record with Sam Pura at the infamous Panda Studios.”
Across Helldorado‘s ten tracks, SPIRITWORLD indulges in metallic hardcore blitzes, worldweary country-punk stomps, and even a wistful, finger-picked lament. Folsom explains the diversity of the music, “this record, more so than the last two, I think you hear way more fearlessness and confidence in the choices. Things that were showing up as interludes have manifested into fully fleshed out pieces. At its heart, Helldorado is a punishing, unrelenting masterclass in crossover and hardcore thrash. But in a scene where every riff has been played before and every great band has thirty contemporary acolytes mining their catalog and doing worship albums, there is something in the strangeness of Helldorado that makes it endearing.”
Guests on the album include Sgah’gahsowáh [BLACKBRAID], Zach Blair [RISE AGAINST], and Frederic Leclercq [KREATOR]. Folsom continues, “maybe it is a risk to incorporate things that will be pretty far out there for the casual punk or metalhead, but having the opportunity to make a record comes with a responsibility to me. I dreamed of making records for so long. Way before I could play guitar or do any of the practical things you need to be able to do. I take it very seriously to follow my gut and let my style hang out on these records. I only want to do things in life that I am all in on. If that makes me an outcast or even more fringe than your average underground music act then that’s okay. The stench of being genuine is beautiful.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, SPIRITWORLD have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Abilene Grime.
“When I wrote the demo for Abilene Grime, it felt like the album really found its identity and materialized out of the ether,” says Folsom. “It twangs, it bangs and it has a sick video, directed by our dear friend Todd Hailstone, which we filmed in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. Enjoy, everybody!”
Watch the official music video for Abilene Grime here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Abilene Grime
2. No Vacancy in Heaven
3. Western Stars & The Apocalypse
4. Bird Song of Death
5. Prayer Lips
6. Waiting on the Reaper
7. Oblivion
8. Cleansing
9. Stigmata Scars
10. Annihilism
Helldorado is set for release on March 21st via Century Media Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on SPIRITWORLD like their official page on Facebook.
