Spirit Adrift announce new album ’20 Centuries Gone’

April 22, 2022 James Weaver

SPIRIT ADRIFT have announced a new album!

Titled 20 Centuries Gone, the upcoming album from the band follows on from the release of 2021’s Forge Your Future EP, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Century Media Records.

Featuring artwork by Brian Mercer [LAMB OF GOD, HIGH ON FIRE, MASTODON], and mixed by Zeuss [OVERKILL, CROWBAR, MUNICIPAL WASTE], the upcoming album showcases SPIRIT ADRIFT putting their trademark swagger on classics from TYPE O NEGATIVE, PANTERA, METALLICA, THIN LIZZY, ZZ TOP and LYNYRD SKYNYRD alongside two original new songs.

Speaking about the upcoming album, band mastermind Nate Garrett says, “I always thought it would be a cool experience to record some songs by bands that are foundational to the DNA of SPIRIT ADRIFT. These choices are obvious and on the nose to me, but maybe unexpected to the fans. That made the whole thing a lot of fun. A band like LYNYRD SKYNYRD might not be the first thing you think of when considering SPIRIT ADRIFT’s influences, so the task for me became figuring out how to honor these great songs, but in the distinct SPIRIT ADRIFT style. To make the whole thing even more special, I channelled these influences and wrote a couple of new songs to kick things off. There’s a lyric in Sorcerer’s Fate that mentions ‘past and future both aligned,’ and that became the concept here. The whole thing is presented in reverse chronological order. That way, you get a sense of where SPIRIT ADRIFT is headed, but you’re also taken on a journey back in time through our most fundamental influences. Hope y’all enjoy it!”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new song from the upcoming album; Sorcerer’s Fate. The release of the original song follows on from the band’s cover of PANTERA‘s Hollow, which also appears on the upcoming album.

Speaking about the new song, Garret adds, “when I wrote this one, I was obsessing over the film director William Friedkin. I’ve been a fan of his since I saw The Exorcist as a kid, but when I discovered the documentary Leap of Faith, it sparked a much deeper interest in the man and his process. I started watching as many of his interviews as I could find, and I read his autobiography which was just amazing. Friedkin‘s life and art are inseparable. His human experience, search for higher truth, and borderline-psychotic level of obsession/perfectionism all coalesce into his artwork. I relate to that on a profound level. This song is about our search for purpose, and humanity’s struggle to understand ‘the mysteries of faith and fate.’ Musically, I would say it’s one of our heaviest and most straightforward songs. Inspired equally by New Orleans sludge, flipped-cap crossover, and Scandinavian metal, but with the distinct SPIRIT ADRIFT sound and approach.”

Listen to Sorcerer’s Fate here:

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

Track List:

1. Sorcerer’s Fate
2. Mass Formation Psychosis
3. Everything Dies (TYPE O NEGATIVE)
4. Hollow (PANTERA)
5. Escape (METALLICA)
6. Waiting for an Alibi (THIN LIZZY)
7. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings (ZZ TOP)
8. Poison Whiskey (LYNYRD SKYNYRD)