Year Of The Knife announce debut album ‘Internal Incarceration’

YEAR OF THE KNIFE have announced their debut album!

Titled Internal Incarceration, the upcoming album from the hardcore upstarts is their debut full-length effort and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Pure Noise Records. The upcoming record follows on from their compilation of EPs, Ultimate Aggression, which was released last year.

The upcoming debut was recorded by Kurt Ballou [CONVERGE, CODE ORANGE, NAILS] and it sounds as raw and visceral as the subjects of its songs, which often find vocalist Tyler Mullen working through the challenges of loss, grief, and addiction with compassion to match the furor of the music. With much of the album revolving around coping with loss, grief, and addiction, and the desperate need to vent these intense emotions, the title track directly addresses many of these themes and hits especially close to home for Mullen, who has lost immediate family members to addiction. “You can feel like a prisoner in your own skull,” he says. “It’s about feeling like you don’t have anyone you can confide in, like you’re trapped in your own mind.” Bassist Madison Watkins continues, “a lot of this record is about things that push you further and further back into yourself, like when you’re watching the people you care about suffer. I think this record was cathartic for every one of us, and will hopefully be that for those that listen to it as well.”

Motivated by an attempt to maintain control over their circumstances in the face of life’s many hardships, including the loss of family and friends to addiction, Madison explains, “almost every straight edge person I know has been touched by loss. Those experiences can make you feel alone, but they’re something a lot of people within hardcore have gone through and can relate to. People that gravitate towards this music often have this darkness in their lives, but hardcore can be a beacon where they can find community and relief. It can be a really incredible outlet for getting that negativity out and finding people who understand you.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming debut; Virtual Narcotic.

Watch the official music video for Virtual Narcotic here: 

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

Track List:

1. This Time
2. Virtual Narcotic
3. Stay Away
4. Manipulation Artist
5. Final Tears
6. Internal Incarceration
7. Premonitions of You
8. Though The Eyes
9. Sick Statistic
10. Eviction
11. Nothing To Nobody
12. Get It Out
13. DDM

Internal Incarceration is set for release on August 7th via Pure Noise Records.

For more information on YEAR OF THE KNIFE like their official page on Facebook.