Revered German blackened death battalion THE SPIRIT has revealed the 2nd single, “Room 101,” from their upcoming, fourth album, “Songs Against Humanity“, that’s out October 25th from AOP Records.
Commenting on the song guitarist/vocalist Matthias Trautes says:
“‘Room 101’ was the first song I finished for the new album. Lyrically inspired by the dystopian classic ‘1984’ by George Orwell, this song carries the listener to a bleak future of repression and the death of free will. It’s one of the shortest The Spirit tracks ever, but it’s a real banger.“
“Songs Against Humanity” follows the THE SPIRIT‘s critically, chart breaching 2022 album, ‘Of Clarity and Galactic Structures’, and marks the anticipated next chapter in their celebrated career of masterful brutality.
About THE SPIRIT:
Formed in Saarbrücken in 2015, THE SPIRIT have emerged from the depth of the German extreme metal void to breathe new life into the black/death metal genre. Often circling around an astronomic leitmotif in their lyrics and concepts, the band is mixing a misanthropic view on the world with cosmic metaphors and the call to see our often narrow-minded and egocentric existence in the larger context of our whole universe.
For two years, the foursome gathered their powers to record their debut album at the Iguana Studios in 2017, and decided to found their own label, Eternal Echoes, in October of the same year, to release “Sounds From The Vortex”. Due to raving press reviews and having made waves in the underground, THE SPIRIT quickly caught the attention of the leading metal label Nuclear Blast and in spring 2018, the band partnered up with them in order to make their debut once again available to a wider audience after the Eternal Echoes edition being out of print already.
After a busy year of 2018, packed with release shows at the German Party.San and Summer Breeze festivals as well as an extensive European tour with Hypocrisy, the band once again entered the studio to push the boundaries of the genre and record their sophomore album. With several vinyl editions having been sold out within only a few hours, ”Cosmic Terror“ saw the light of day through AOP Records on February 7th and immediately hit #40 of the official German album charts.
On their third offering, “Of Clarity and Galactic Structures”, that entered the charts on a phenomenal #19 in Germany, the band that by now reduced its members to the two core musicians Matthias Trautes (vocals, guitars, bass) and Manuel Steitz (drums), hold on to their black/death metal roots yet take the progressive elements to a whole new level with the brain twisting rhythm changes and virtuosic instrumental performances.
The bands upcoming fourth record “Songs Against Humanity” will be released on October the 25th 2024 via AOP Records.
‘Songs Against Humanity‘ Tracklisting:
1. Against Humanity
2. Room 101
3. Cosmic Rain and Human Dust
4. Spectres of Terror
5. Death Is My Salvation
6. Nothingness Forever
7. Orbiting Sol IV
To Available Formats:
Limited coloured vinyl in Trifold Jacket with exclusive bonus track & poster
- lim. 99 Blue marbled (The Spirit exclusive)
- lim. 199 Clear with Iridescent Blue (The Spirit & AOP Records exclusive)
- lim. 99 Bleach marbled (AOP Records exclusive)
- lim. 199 Olivegreen/Bronze with Black splatter (AOP Records exclusive)
- lim. 99 Green against Black (Napalm Records exclusive)
- Gatefold LP (without bonus track)
- Jewelcase CD
The Spirit is:
Matthias Trautes, Guitar/Vocals
Manuel Steitz, Drums
Stanley Robertson, Guitar (Live)
Linus Klausenitzer, Bass (Live)
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