Exhorder announce new album ‘Defectum Omnium’

January 13, 2024 James Weaver

EXHORDER have announced a new album!

Titled Defectum Omnium, the upcoming album from the NOLA thrashers is the follow-up to 2019’s Mourn The Southern Skies, and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Nuclear Blast Records.

Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist/guitarist Kyle Thomas says, “it’s been quite a journey for EXHORDER since the 2019 release of Mourn The Southern Skies. Line-up changes as well as the 2020-2021 pandemic and lockdown presented hurdles that weren’t easy to overcome. But we persevered, kept our heads down and went to work with intense focus and real goals. One of those goals was to bring our fourth full-length album to our fan base. Defectum Omnium is a collaborative effort in songwriting, much as it was in the early days of EXHORDER. We produced it ourselves, as we felt no need or desire to bring in anyone from the outside based upon our shared vision. It was also important to us not only to continue the natural progression this band has been in since the early 90s, but to put a foot back into our roots. The influence punk and hardcore had on this band from getting our start in the New Orleans punk rock scene has a strong presence. We’ve also made sure to keep plenty of our thrash roots as well in our songwriting process.

But we have also managed to keep our doom roots alive, which first surfaced on the song (Cadence Of) The Dirge back in 1992. In fact, on one new song we have guest appearances by Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin from TROUBLE, and they absolutely killed it! From the time that we began pre-production until the actual release date, we can promise you that every bit of Defectum Omnium was crafted with great care, and we are really excited about it! Our goal was to make an album that WE loved and gives the experience of a journey, or maybe even a rollercoaster ride effect. We can’t wait to share it with the world!”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Year Of The Goat. Speaking about the new song, Thomas says, “our debut single Year Of The Goat is a fast paced, chugging piece in the spirit of the influence that MOTÖRHEAD had on punk rock bands like CHARGED GBH and THE EXPLOITED. The lyrical approach is a throwback to early EXHORDER attitude, and we had a ton of fun filming the video at a free show that we performed in the greater Cincinnati area. 2024 is the year of the goat!!!”

Watch the official music video for Year Of The Goat here:

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

Track List:

1. Wrath Of Prophecies
2. Under The Gaslight
3. Forever And Beyond Despair
4. The Tale Of Unsound Minds
5. Divide And Conquer
6. Year Of The Goat
7. Taken By Flames
8. Defectum Omnium / Stolen Hope
9. Three Stages Of Truth / Lacing The Well
10. Sedition
11. Desensitized
12. Your Six