Lowen announce new album ‘Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran’
LOWEN have announced a new album!
Titled Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran, the new album from the progressive Middle Eastern metal band from London is scheduled to be released in October this year via Church Road Records. The album will feature previous single Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran, and the new single The Seed That Dreamed Of Its Own Creation.
Speaking about the new track, the band comment, “The Seed That Dreamed Of Its Own Creation is written and sung entirely in Farsi, the language of Iran. The song is about Azhi Dahāka, a serpent tyrant from ancient Iranian mythology that is overthrown after a violent reign of chaos, drought and instability. Zoroastrian eschatology is considered one of the oldest on earth and I was loosely inspired by its descriptions of the end of the world, but I wanted to introduce an element of hope to the song as well.
The Bahman Yasht describes:
At the end of the tenth hundredth winter, the sun is more unseen and more spotted; the year, month, and day are shorter; and the earth is more barren; and the crop will not yield the seed. And men become more deceitful and more given to vile practices. They will have no gratitude. Honorable wealth will proceed to those of perverted faith. And a dark cloud makes the whole sky night, and it will rain more noxious creatures than water.
The music video for this song shows Farsi calligraphy being painted on my body before being subsumed into a pool of black ink. It’s a horror-laden and simplistic exploration of the power of the written word. Words like “life, death, woman, fire and freedom”. They are all related both to the apocalypse, and the treatment of women in Iran in the continuing fight for freedom in the Woman, Life Freedom movement. Apocalypse is about the end of the world as we see it, not necessarily the end of our lives within it. After the end there must be hope.”
Watch the official video for The Seed That Dreamed Of Its Own Creation here:
Also, you can view the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below.
Track List:
- Corruption on Earth
- Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran
- Waging War Against God
- The Seed That Dreamed Of Its Own Creation
- May Your Ghost Drink Pure Water
- Ghazal For The Embrace Of Fire
Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran is set for release on October 4th via Church Road Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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