Azusa announce new album ‘Loop Of Yesterdays’

January 16, 2020 James Weaver

AZUSA have announced a new album!

Titled Loop Of Yesterdays, the upcoming album from the group featuring members of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, EXTOL, SEA + AIR, is their sophomore effort and is scheduled to be released in April this year.

For the upcoming album, the band found themselves returning to drummer and producer-engineer David Husvik’s Hawk Studios in Oslo, Norway to record Loop Of Yesterdays, which was masterminded by long-time collaborators David Husvik and guitarist Christer Espevoll, and recorded in a series of marathon sessions that started before their previous album even left the pressing plant. The band once again called upon Nick Terry [Serena Maneesh, KVELERTAK, TURBONEGRO] to achieve their ideal mix, a highly polished balance of punch and aggression, giving mastering engineer Jens Bogren [OPETH, AT THE GATES, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME] a pitch he could knock out of the park. Intrigued by his ability to exist comfortably in both the jazz and metal world, the band reached out to world-class guitarist Alex Skolnick [TESTAMENT] to contribute a shredding guest solo on the track Detach.

Speaking about the upcoming album, bassist Liam Wilson says, “Heavy Yoke was the initial impact, Loop Of Yesterdays is the aftermath.” Vocalist Eleni Zafiriadou adds, “the line ‘cannot lose myself in a loop of yesterdays’ was inspired by an eerie dream I had and became a recurring reminder for me. I had been out of focus for a long time that I wanted to get back to reality, to the present.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released the first taster from the upcoming album; titled Memories Of An Old Emotion. Speaking about the new song, drummer David Husvik says, “Memories Of An Old Emotion is a classic, no-BS AZUSA all-over-the-place rifforama. It’s the perfect first single for all the right and wrong reasons.”

Listen to Memories Of An Old Emotion here:

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

Track List:

1. Memories of an Old Emotion
2. One Too Many Times
3. Detach
4. Seven Demons Mary
5. Support Becomes Resistance
6. Monument
7. Loop of Yesterdays
8. Rapture Boy
9. Skull Chamber
10. Kill / Destroy
11. Golden Words
12. Ritual Aching