Brazilian heavy metal icons, SEPULTURA, will unleash their upcoming studio album, »Machine Messiah«, on January 13th through Nuclear Blast. With their new music video ‘Phantom Self’ they provide another thrilling look into their 14th studio release and deliver haunting images and sociocultural criticism in this clip directed by Mauricio Eça:
“‘Phantom Self’ starts with a short intro based on the Brazilian rhythm ‘Maracatú’, original from the Northeast region of Brazil”, explains mastermind Andreas Kisser. “We mixed this very Brazilian sound with violins performed by a Tunisian violin ensemble, the Myriad Orchestra. This was a suggestion from Jens Bogren, the producer of the album, who
worked with this orchestra before and he thought it could be a nice combination. We used the violins on different parts of the song and that opened a lot of new possibilities, specially for my guitar parts, it was great to have that conversation between guitar and violins making the part even more special. It’s a very heavy song, with a lot of groove, one of the most complete songs we ever worked with and it’s taking SEPULTURA to a new level!”
Singer Derrick Green adds: “The lyrical idea came from an article that Andreas sent me. It was about a young man who had everything going for him and unfortunately was in a horrific car accident in the 70’s. After the accident he lost his entire idea of who he was. No one could figure out what was going on inside his mind. He would have glimpses of his former self but doctors realized that chemical elements of
his mind had shifted. He had become an entirely different person within himself. There is this element of change that exists within all of us. This ability is important for our evolution as human beings to move forward even after traumatic events.”
Watch the previous studio diaries here:
A few weeks ago, the band has already released the lyric video of their first digital single, ‘I Am The Enemy’.
The album was produced by the band and Jens Bogren (SOILWORK, OPETH, KATATONIA, AMON AMARTH) of Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. The stunning cover artwork of »Machine Messiah« was created by Filipino artist Camille Della Rosa.
»Machine Messiah« – Tracklisting:
01. Machine Messiah
02. I Am The Enemy
03. Phantom Self
04. Alethea
05. Iceberg Dances
06. Sworn Oath
07. Resistant Parasites
08. Silent Violence
09. Vandals Nest
10. Cyber God
Watch »Sepultura Under My Skin – The Mediator UK Tour 2015« here:
SEPULTURA live:
w/ KREATOR, SOILWORK,
ABORTED
01.02. F Metz – B.A.M.
02.02. NL Tilburg – 013
03.02. D Munich – Tonhalle
04.02. D Hamburg – Mehr! Theater
06.02. DK Copenhagen – Amager Bio
07.02. N Oslo – Rockefeller
08.02. S Stockholm – Fryshuset
10.02. FIN Helsinki – Black Box
11.02. FIN Tampere – Pakkahuone
12.02. EST Tallinn – Rock Cafe
13.02. LT
Vilnius – Siemens Arena
15.02. PL Warsaw – Progresja
16.02. A Vienna – Gasometer
17.02. D Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
18.02. D Berlin – Columbiahalle
19.02. CH Pratteln – Z7
21.02. I Trezzo – Live Club
22.02. F Grenoble – Summum
23.02. E Barcelona – Razzmatazz
24.02. E Madrid – Riviera
25.02. F Toulouse –
Bikini
26.02. F Paris – Bataclan
28.02. UK Manchester – Academy
01.03. IRL Dublin – Vicar Street
02.03. UK London – o2 Forum
03.03. B Torhout – De Mast
04.03. D Essen – Grugahalle
07.03. RUS Moscow – Bud Arena*
*no ABORTED
SEPULTURA are:
Andreas Kisser – guitars
Derrick Green – vocals
Eloy Casagrande – drums
Paulo Jr. – bass
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