Memoriam announce new album ‘Rise To Power’
MEMORIAM have announced a new album!
Titled Rise To Power, the upcoming album from the UK death metal band is the follow-up to last year’s To The End, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Reaper Entertainment.
For the upcoming album, the production was handled by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, AT THE GATES, AMORPHIS, etc) at Parlour Studios whilst album artwork was created once again by Dan Seagrave (BENEDICTION, DISMEMBER, HYPOCRISY, SUFFOCATION etc).
Speaking about the upcoming album, the band says, “introducing album number five, Rise To Power, the second album of the second trilogy. For this album we again work with the creative genius that is Mr Dan Seagrave. Dan has created the previous four album covers for us, so to keep the theme and continuity there would be no other choice. We love the work he creates and to be part of the creative process whilst the artwork is developing is a great experience. To see our basic ideas come to life through his mind and hands is amazing and he always delivers.
This time around the cover has a majestic purple colour theme and features the ‘King’ (the central character throughout all of the artwork that Dan has created for us) at his crowning ceremony where he ‘rises to power’. The lyrical content of the new album carries on from those that precede it, maintaining the theme of grief, loss and despair along with social commentary on recent events such as the war in Ukraine and past events such as the holocaust. The ever present subject of war is prevalent throughout the album, as it is on all of the others. We consider Rise To Power our strongest album to date, as it includes a diverse range of songs building on what we have achieved with MEMORIAM over the past seven years. Rise To Power is a true celebration of life through death metal.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Never Forget, Never Again (6 Million Dead)
2. Total War
3. I Am the Enemy
4. The Conflict is Within
5. Annihilation’s Dawn
6. All is Lost
7. Rise to Power
8. This Pain
Rise To Power is set for release on February 3rd via Reaper Entertainment. Pre-orders will be available soon.
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