First Fragment release new song ‘La Veuve & Le Martyr’

FIRST FRAGMENT have released a brand new song!

The new song, titled La Veuve & Le Martyr, is taken from the Quebec-based technical death metal band’s upcoming new album, Gloire Eternelle, which is scheduled to be released in October this year.

Speaking about the new song, guitarist Phil Tougas says, “La Veuve & Le Martyr is one of our most varied songs and definitely not as neoclassical as our first single Pantheum. The Shrapnel Records artist roster from the 80s and 90s remains the band’s biggest source of inspiration.

The riffs feature a lot of twists and turns and some counterpoint once in a while, but the swing-down grooves are the most interesting part. They’re directly inspired by Greg Howe‘s early records as well as Joey Tafolla‘s second solo album Infra-Blue. Just the first riff after the flamenco intro alone was basically me saying ‘okay, what if I took the song Dynamo by OBLIVEON, removed the open-string notes, added slap bass and it’s performed by Greg Howe and Tafolla if they did extreme metal. The harmonised solo right before the trade-off uses slides, plentiful whammy bar action and big-dick 80s wide-vibrato. You can literally dance to that solo.

In between it all, you also get one of the most aggressive vocals and most hyperactive drumming performances we’ve ever belted out. These 286 bpm blasts and 16th note double bass drum bursts may make you feel like someone is injecting crack straight to your heart when you hear them.”

Listen to La Veuve & Le Martyr here:

Gloire Eternelle is set for release on October 29th via Unique Leader Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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