Within The Ruins announce new album ‘Phenomena II’

June 26, 2024 James Weaver

WITHIN THE RUINS have announced a new album!

Titled Phenomena II, the upcoming album from the American progressive deathcore band is the follow-up to 2020’s Black Heart, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via MNRK Heavy. The upcoming album serves as the sequel to 2014’s Phenomena full-length.

Speaking abut the upcoming album, guitarist Joe Cocchi says, “when you listen to us, we hope you feel like you found some fresh metal. After doing anything for a long time, it’s easy to get stuck in your ways. So, we always try to present something you haven’t heard before – and you aren’t going to get anywhere else. We had written a handful of songs, and we were searching for inspiration. We wanted to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Phenomena, because it was a pinnacle point of our career. I wrote a demo that reminded Steve of Phenomena. So, it was his idea to create Phenomena II. The styles really aligned in terms of the unique guitar effects and the themes where each track tells a story from a comic book character’s point-of-view.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, WITHIN THE RUINS have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Castle In The Sky.

Speaking about the new song, Cocchi says, “it has everything people want to hear from us out of the gate. There’s some old-school WITHIN THE RUINS in there. Lyrically, it’s based on The Punisher. He’s a war veteran who has his family taken away from him. The central struggle is, ‘Would he rather be alive or reunite with his family in the castle in the sky?'”

Watch the official music video for Castle In The Sky here:

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

Track List:

1. Castle In The Sky
2. Daywalker
3. Demon Killer
4. Level 12
5. Eater Of Worlds
6. The Last Son
7. Chaos Reigns
8. Death Mask
9. Corruption
10. A World On Fire
11. Enigma II