Defects announce debut album ‘Modern Error’

DEFECTS have announced their debut album!

Titled Modern Error, the upcoming album from the UK metalcore band is their debut full-length album and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Mascot Records.

Conceptually, Modern Error is a deeply cathartic album that acts as a vessel for singer Tony Maue to organise his thoughts on the trauma of being taken into care at a young age. Threaded through the album are the experiences that Maue has been through, how the five members of the band are all connected and why, at this moment, right now, is the right time for this band to exist. For themselves as much as anyone else.

There is a reason that the album has such personal themes. “I use songwriting as a tool to vent rather than be poetic,” explains Maue. He was taken into care from a young age, and that trauma and the experiences that followed are ones that he has battled with ever since. “The traumatic memories of going into care, losing my family when I was very young, and having to deal with that and adjusting myself to that kind of lifestyle, at the time was brutal. The only thing that helped me, and I’m not just saying this, was music. We’ve always been told to strive for perfection, but I don’t think anyone can be perfect. We are all defects in a way, but that makes us all unique.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Lockdown. The new song is the latest single to be released from the upcoming debut album, following on from Broken Bloodlines, Dream Awake, End Of Days and Scapegoat.

Watch the official music video for Lockdown here: 

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

Track List: 

1. Intro
2. Scapegoat
3. End of Days
4. Dream Awake
5. Another Heart To Bleed
6. Recurring
7. Lockdown
8. Echo Chamber
9. Interlude
10. Modern Error
11. Broken Bloodlines
12. Second To None
13. Gone To Waste

Modern Error is set for release on May 24th via Mascot Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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