Black Spiders announce new self-titled album

January 11, 2021 James Weaver

BLACK SPIDERS have announced a new album!

The upcoming album, a self-titled effort, is the first new album from the British hard rock band for eight years and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Dark Riders Records. The news of the new album comes on the back of the band announcing their comeback with Fly In The Soup, which was released in November last year.

The upcoming album was recorded at Axis Studios in Doncaster with producer and engineer Matt Elliss, who had recorded both previous BLACK SPIDERS albums. “A Pete/Ozzy [Lister, guitars] writing session at the beginning of the year had produced some promising results, but it felt like barriers were popping up everywhere,” explains bassist Adam Irwin. “We started talking about how we could use technology such as GarageBand to help, and slowly but surely the song writing gathered pace. We could sketch out ideas on the iPad, send them out to everyone else who could then add their own parts, suggest changes etc. Confidence grew, as did our newfound editing and recording skills. It was time to hook up with our old producer Matt Elliss and try these new songs out in the studio.

Heading into the studio to record songs we’d written but never played together, with a drummer that we’d never met, is one of the stranger experiences I’ve had while being in a band. Thankfully, Wyatt [Wendel, drums] has turned out to be an excellent addition, who despite his faults (loud, southern) has fit right into the band dynamic. I feel like I’m already starting to get a feel for his playing style despite the fact we’ve still not actually played together, and I can’t wait until the moment when we can start playing live again. COVID has made life really tough for so many of us in our industry. And yet, this new way of song writing has been liberating, this is the most consistent and prolific we’ve ever been, and I am immensely proud of this album.”

Continuing to talk about the upcoming album, vocalist/guitarist Pete Spiby adds, “we knew the new album had to be special. We’ve been away for a while. The first album was a straight shot, the second on the rocks, with this new one we had to kick down the brewery doors! We had to dig down deep to pull out some gems and what would we want from BLACK SPIDERS? Probably not just your regular boys adventure stories, so I looked at themes for the songs, in the bands that I held dear and what was relevant to my and our lives, as a lot had gone on personally for us all, over the time we have been away. BLACK SABBATH had all the answers I needed…war, vengeance, mental health, death, conservation & climate change, where are we from? Relationships, friendships, our flaws. Where are we going? Alien life and Mother Earth – some of which made the record.”

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

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