Colorado-based extreme metal group Allegaeon have announced their upcoming sixth album DAMNUM, which is set to be released on February 25th, 2022 through Metal Blade Records. As of today, Friday the 29th of October, the band have released a music video for a new single entitled “Into Embers”. Pre-orders for the upcoming album can be found here, alongside pre-orders for additional merchandise. The new music video can be viewed here, or at the YouTube link below.
Vocalist Riley McShane said of the new single in a press release: “This song embodies the dark and fitful nature of this album by bringing to the table elements of ourselves as a band and as individual musicians that we have been waiting to share with you all for a long, long time. As always, we are excited for our listeners to join us as we step forward into new landscapes – continuing to push the boundaries of our music further and further – and we are eager to experience the unveiling of DAMNUM together over these next few months.”
“Into Embers” encapsulates a great deal of elements from the spectrum of extreme music, from the soaring, melodic lead guitar that opens the track, to vocalist McShane’s bestial growling vocals that lead the charge atop barrelling drums and lightning-fast down-picked riffs. The band also proves with this track that they can not only switch up their dynamics, but their vocal styles too, by way of an ominous, moody breakdown around the 2:30 mark that features a gradual instrumental build-up as McShane solemnly sings; “When the light goes out, the darkness is deeper than if it had never shone”.
Guitarist Greg Burgess explained in a statement that the writing process for this new album was slightly different- and more organic- than previous records, saying: “This is really the first record where the drummer has written all their parts, instead of us guitar players programming a beat and having our drummer just write the fills…pairing him with our bass player Brandon Michael, we have a rhythm section that can keep up with the level of musicality and proficiency the guitars have always brought to the table.”
The tracklist for DAMNUM can be found below.
1). “Bastards of the Earth”
2). “Of Beasts and Worms”
3). “Into Embers”
4). “To Carry My Grief Through Torpor and Silence”
5). “Vermin”
6). “Called Home”
7). “Blight”
8). “The Dopamine Void Pt. 1”
9). “The Dopamine Void Pt. 2”
10). “Saturnine”
11). “In Mourning”
12). “Only Loss”
Allegaeon has also previously announced the upcoming Faces of Death tour in the UK and Europe, which will commence on the 11th of November. The UK dates are listed below, and tickets can be bought here.
26/11/2022- Thekla- Bristol
27/11- O2 Academy Islington- London
28/11- Cathouse- Glasgow
29/11- Rebellion- Manchester
30/11- Mama Roux’s- Birmingham
01/12- The Loft- Southampton
