Cognitive announce new album ‘Abhorrence’

COGNITIVE have announced a new album!

Titled Abhorrence, the upcoming album from the New Jersey-based technical death metal band is the follow-up to 2021’s Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction, and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Metal Blade Records.

The upcoming album also comes on the back of the band’s standalone single, Rot Eternal, which was released in July last year.

The band started work on Abhorrence while touring in support of Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction, sending tracks back and forth while trekking from one intense gig to the next. “There were riffs and ideas that didn’t make Malevolent Thoughts…,” notes guitarist Rob Wharton. “We just kept toiling away with it. And then we recorded the ’Rot Eternal‘ single in between touring. So, it’s been just nonstop writing.”

Drummer AJ Viana has his own studio (he’s previously worked with bands as prestigious as HATH) and recorded, tracked, and mixed the album, before Ryan Williams [THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, JOHN FRUM] at Metal Blade Records mastered it. “Our lyrics for this record are all over the place,” says Wharton. “There’s some stuff about video games and addiction and mental health. To me, that’s the kind of subject matter that hits home because everyone’s got stuff going on in their lives. It’s relatable.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; the title track Abhorrence. Speaking about the new song, Wharton says, “Abhorrence is a groove-filled song with a melodic chorus. Heavily syncopated drums make every chug hit harder and harder. It’s a song filled with tension and aggressive vocal patterns screaming about anxiety, panic, and depression all at once.”

Watch the official music video for Abhorrence here:

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

Track List: 

1. Abhorrence
2. Insidious
3. A Pact Unholy
4. Ivory Tower
5. As The Light Fades
6. Savor The Suffering
7. Containment Breach
8. Rorschach
9. Psychopathy
10. Cold Dead Hands

Abhorrence is set for release on May 17th via Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here. 

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