Downfall Of Gaia announce new album ‘Silhouettes Of Disgust’

January 20, 2023 James Weaver

DOWNFALL OF GAIA have announced a new album!

Titled Silhouettes Of Disgust, the upcoming album from the German extreme metal band is the follow-up to 2019’s Ethic Of Radical Finitude, and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Metal Blade Records.

“We started in October of 2021 and went into the studio in April of 2022,” notes vocalist/guitarist Dominik Goncalves dos Reis of the process of crafting the record. “Having Peter back – who founded DOWNFALL OF GAIA together with bassist/vocalist Anton [Lisovoj] and I in 2008 – was the big difference this time. For Ethic Of Radical Finitude and Atrophy (2016), I prepared all the guitars by myself before the four of us started working on all the details, which is a much longer way of working than doing everything as a couple.”

Diving further into the record’s themes, Goncalves dos Reis says, “loneliness, addiction, the fear of tomorrow, pressure from society/work and others, things that many of us probably know all too well. You have to play along somehow, or you fall through the cracks, and once you’re down, it’s hard to get back up. It looks at selfishness and ignorance, the general way of dealing with each other – you’re one, surrounded by millions, surrounded by all these silhouettes of disgust, surrounded by the things you want to avoid and hate. The last few years have impressively proven what you can expect from humanity, and honestly, it’s not much.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming new album; Bodies As Driftwood. Speaking about the new song, Goncalves dos Reis says, “Bodies As Driftwood tells the story of a fictional person in a fictional big city who, under the cover of night, can finally be herself and escape the ever-increasing malaise of everyday life. Hopes and dreams quickly give way to reality and threaten to break down due to outside pressures: Unpaid bills, problems at work, no social network, loneliness, no help, total overwhelm in a constantly accelerating zeitgeist… But at night she feels free – no punishing glances from others, no outside pressure, no stress, no expectations, just herself in the darkness while the world sleeps. Metaphorically speaking, this person uses the darkness of the night as a protective veil. Although this person is surrounded by millions every day, she experiences absolute loneliness on a daily basis.”

Watch the official music video for Bodies As Driftwood here:

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

Track List:

1. Existence Of Awe
2. The Whir Of Flies
3. While Bloodsprings Become Rivers
4. Bodies As Driftwood
5. Eyes To Burning Skies
6. Final Vows
7. Unredeemable
8. Optograms Of Disgust