British metal force Sylosis dropped an unexpected new single ‘Worship Decay‘. The surprise release came out on Friday alongside an official music video that is already trending amongst the global metal community and getting the attention of all popular reaction channels. The video is directed by the well established Polish production company G13, previously worked for the likes of Amon Amarth, Accept, Behemoth, Amaranthe, Epica, and many more.
Musically, the song carries all elements of a standalone contemporary metal banger. Slow-paced and uncompromising, with heavy riffs and catchy hooks, the track makes the most of a wide range of production techniques and layering, and offers a fitting breakdown and masterful guitar solo. ‘Worship Decay‘ is produced by Sylosis’ founding member, lead guitarrist and singer Josh Middleton.
Last week saw Sylosis teased a series short video snippets across their social meida channels, with ambigious captions in binary code. Their more curious fans immediately translated all secret messages as “In This Prison / Worhip / Decay” while others joked about it looking like a standard djent guitar tabs. Yesterday’s release confirmed the messages hinted to the song title and part of its lyrics.
Fans of Sylosis will certainly be pleased after the future of the band was put into question when Josh Middleton joined Brighton metalcore outfit Architects back in 2016 to fill in during their tour. He was later confirmed as official member putting Sylosis in indefinite hiatus. Nevertheless, aside from his immediate impact on Architects’ last album Holyhell (2018) and noticeable contribution to their new singles ‘Animals‘ and ‘Black Lungs‘, in 2019 Middleton confirmed he is still involved with Sylosis and planning new album.
Earlier this year, the band released their critically acclaimed fifth studio album Cycle of Suffering, widely recognised as one of the biggest metal records of 2020 and accepted as the perfect comeback five years since their last Dormant Heart (2015). Amidst the busy promotion cycle for Architects’ highly anticipated new record For Those That Wish To Exist expected on 26 February 2020, Sylosis dropping a new single shortly after the release of their album, is a sure sign of Middleton’s full-time commitment to his original band’s future.
We hope you’re all enjoying ‘Worship Decay’! New merch is on sale now over on our webstore. Don’t miss out! Shop here: https://t.co/F3YE16aj8c pic.twitter.com/yQSdctPNhX — Sylosis (@Sylosis) December 11, 2020
The description of the video for ‘Worship Decay’ gives insight into Sylosis’ motivation and inspiration behind the new single:
“With everything happening in our world right now, we wanted to keep things moving in Sylosis’ world. We started writing new music as we entered the first set of lockdowns and ‘Worship Decay’ quickly developed as a song we feel confident stands up by itself and showcases something different for Sylosis. We’re of course looking forward to playing music live again (hopefully soon!), but it feels great to be able to continue creating music and sharing it with our fans during this time of uncertainty and unrest.”
The new track follows the momentum set by Cycle of Suffering that came out on 7 February via Nuclear Blast. A notoriously underrated band, the album failed to achieve huge commercial success and only reached #28 in Scotland. However, Sylosis remain a top fan favourite in the global metal community, and got stellar reviews from most leading media outlets. Praising the band’s confident comeback, Dom Lawson from Blabbermouth rightfully pointed out:
“But in the end, whether or not Sylosis reap their just rewards this time around seems to depend entirely on how many people get to hear this thing. These are simply great modern metal songs, born of thrash but informed by everything from ’90s groove metal to futuristic tech-death“.
Sylosis are planning to slowly return to touring next year with only three performances confirmed so far. The Reading quartet are set to appear on VOA Heavy Rock Festival in Portugal on 17 June, follwed by Germany’s Full Force 2021 Festival on 25 June. Sylosis will play in the UK during the Bloidstock Open-Air fest on 14 August, with more dates hopefully announced soon.
