Controversial announce new album ‘Revelation’
CONTROVERSIAL have announced a new album!
Titled Revelation, the upcoming album from the German technical death metallers is their sophomore effort and is scheduled to be released in October this year.
An unexplained childhood trauma, the horrific truth of poverty in parts of South Africa, humanity’s struggle to resist the temptation to commit evil deeds and a song that calls out to German philosopher and poet Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche…Revelation serves not only as the title of CONTROVERSIAL’s upcoming record, but perhaps also as an apt description of it. As band vocalist Jonas Langhammer’s guttural vocals spread out across the album’s twelve tracks, observations are made that will undoubtedly give listeners, both young and old, pause to reflect upon a number of societal issues.
“Writing this album was a challenge for me,” comments Langhammer, “because in a way, Revelation reveals some very personal things about myself, and carries a critical message. A lot of things have changed in our lives since the release of Inhuman, and even during the time we worked on this record. Some good, some bad. It’s cathartic for me to address these areas, and helps to close some chapters of my personal life. The album covers some dark territory, but there is a positive message that comes through it.”
Having mixed and mastered Revelation in his own studio, guitarist Emil Richters adds, “for me, the creation of Revelation was so much more than just writing new music. Normally, I wouldn’t recommend doing everything in-house, as it can be really hard to evaluate the product and you’ll never be completely satisfied. But not this time. There isn’t a single track on this record I don’t like, even though some of them are more than 10 years old! Modern Era and Fault Finder were written when I was 17, but somehow they fit extremely well into the whole dark, doomy and evil feeling of this record. I’m a bit worried that we are not able to top it with future releases!”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:
Track List:
- Revelation
- Tales of a Shattered Youth
- Formicidae
- Modern Era
- Black
- Spellbinder
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- Conspirist
- Behind The Sun
- Fault Finder
- Depressionist
- Despair
Revelation is set for release on October 24th via self-release.
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