Poison Ruïn announce new album ‘Härvest’

POISON RUÏN have announced a new album!

Titled Härvest, the upcoming album from the Philadelphia-based post-punk/hardcore band is the follow-up to 2021’s self-titled debut, and is scheduled to be released in April this year, via their new home at Relapse Records. The upcoming album was mastered by Arthur Rizk.

On the upcoming album, the band intend to align their sonic palette to their godless, medieval-inflected aesthetic symbolism. “I’ve always found fantasy tropes to be incredibly evocative,” vocalist/guitarist Mac Kennedy notes, “that said, even though they are a set of symbols that seem to speak to most people of our generation, they are often either apolitical or co-opted for incredibly backwards politics.”

With Härvest’s lyrics and imagery, Kennedy reworks fantasy imagery as a series of totems for the downtrodden, stripping it of its escapist tendencies and retooling it as a rich metaphor for the collective struggle over our shared reality. “Instead of knights in shining armor and dragons, it’s a peasant revolt,” he explains, “I’m all for protest songs, but with this band I’ve found that sometimes your message can reach a greater audience if you imbue it with a certain interactive, almost magical realist element.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; the title track Härvest.

Watch the official music video for Härvest here:

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

Track List: 

1. Pinnacle of Ecstasy
2. Tome of Illusion
3. Torture Chamber
4. Härvest
5. Frozen Blood
6. Resurrection I
7. Resurrection II
8. Augur Die
9. Blighted Quarter
10. Bastard’s Dance
11. Slowly Through the Dark

Härvest is set for release on April 14th via Relapse Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.