Fires In The Distance announce new album ‘Air Not Meant For Us’

January 26, 2023 James Weaver

FIRES IN THE DISTANCE have announced a new album!

Titled Air Not Meant For Us, the upcoming album from the Connecticut-based melodic death/doom metal band is the follow-up to 2020’s Echoes From Deep November, and is scheduled to be released in April this year, via Prosthetic Records.

For the upcoming album, the band teamed up with Salt Lake City producer Randy Slaugh and the new album marks the first time the band have recorded with new drummer, Jordan Rippe. Whilst drums for the album were recorded at the historic Power Station New England, the rest of the instruments were tracked at Studio Wormwood in North Carolina with returning producer, Dave Kaminsky, who handled recording and mixing in both studios.

Alongside the announcement of the new album, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE have released a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Harbingers. The new song was first premiered via Knotfest.

Speaking about the new song, the band says, “Harbingers is a daring and eruptive introduction to our upcoming second album, Air Not Meant for Us, concurrently putting the orchestral collaboration with Randy Slaugh [DEVIN TOWNSEND, TESSERACT, PERIPHERY] in the aural forefront. Releasing a lyric video for the first track of the album felt like a natural way to introduce the themes, imagery and atmosphere of this sophomore release. A special thanks to our friends at Knotfest for the work they do in today’s metal scene and for giving our fans an early listen to our new record.”

Watch the official lyric video for Harbingers here:

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

Track List:

1. Harbingers
2. Wisdom of the Falling Leaves
3. Crumbling Pillars of a Tranquil Mind
4. Adrift, Beneath the Listless Waves
5. Psalm of the Merciless
6. Idiopathic Despair