Undeath Wreak Havoc With Third Full Length Album, 'More Insane'

Undeath Wreak Havoc With Third Full Length Album, 'More Insane'

- By Ramon Gonzales

The death metal revivalists ratchet up the intensity with their inflammatory first single, "Brandish the Blade".

New York death metal purveyors Undeath have announced their third full length album, More Insane, due out October 4th. The album follows the acclaim of their 2022 sophomore release, It's Time... To Rise From the Grave and continues the band's fruitful partnership with Prosthetic Records. 

The presentation was co-produced by UIndeath along with respected studio vet,  Mark Lewis whose resume includes entries with Cannibal Corpse and The Black Dahlia Murder to name a few. Building on the foundation cemented with their 2020 debut, Lesions Of A Different Kind further bolstered by It's Time..., Undeath amplifies their embrace of extremity going harder, faster and more grotesque in their campaign of death metal glory.

Along with the announcement of the new record, Undeath have launched the first attack from the full length with the release of the introductory single, "Brandish the Blade". Among the band's best work to date, Undeath have achieved a new level of craftsmanship, asserting they can make music that is both assaultive and anthemic. 

 

 

The band share, "'Brandish the Blade' was one of the first songs that came together for 'More Insane' and it's easily one of the most anthemic songs that we've ever written. Specifically it's about a conquering army (probably of the undead, as is our M.O.) moving from battlefield to battlefield and annihilating anything and anyone who gets in their way, but broadly speaking I've always felt that it was a call to arms for all those who believe that death metal in all its unadulterated glory is something worth fighting for. The chorus repeats the line 'The time is now', and I see that as a natural evolution from the chorus of 'Rise from the Grave', which was the first single from our last record. We've risen from the grave, and now it's time to brandish the fucking blade."

Further commenting on the significance of the record, Undeath use some very specific terminology to best convey how the album ranks in their celebrated discography. 

'More Insane' is the biggest, baddest, nastiest Undeath record yet by every conceivable metric. It's a fucking sick death metal record for sick death metal freaks and anyone out there who can appreciate the transcendent power of a good riff played fast on distorted electric guitars. No bullshit whatsoever - not even for a second. 10 tracks of death metal earworms crafted by 5 guys who shower just irregularly enough to invoke the spirits of the death metal ancient ones.

"Follow me on this one for a sec: In weightlifting terms, if our last record, 'It's Time...to Rise from the Grave' was our cut cycle record, where we trimmed the fat and honed things down to the raw essentials, 'More Insane' is us entering our bulk cycle, where we built a big, filthy record on top of a canvas of pure death metal muscle. We co-produced it with Mark Lewis, who engineered, mixed and mastered the whole thing and made the best sounding album we've ever made. It'll sound absolutely killer on literally anything you play it on, and it'll sound even better if you turn it way the fuck up."

As for thematic direction of the latest entry from Undeath, the band remains true to their death metal pedigree, exploring unimaginable horrors with crafting landscapes of carnage that revel in extremity. 

"There's songs about advancing armies of the undead, demonic bounty hunters, homicide, perverse experiments gone horribly awry, dead people screaming and crying tears of blood, homicide (again), and so much more. Matt Browning,  Undeath's drummer, painted the cover art and this marks the end of the trilogy of paintings starting back with 'Lesions of a Different Kind', where we've zoomed out far enough now to reveal that the entire fucked up universe of these covers has taken place entirely within the collapsed and bursting skull of a rotting godhead floating in a soulless void.

To put a bow on it all: 'More Insane' is the sickest shit we've ever done, full stop. Death metal reigns supreme forever and we are but its humble servants. Enjoy and smoke 'em if you've got em."

The third full length album from Undeath, More Insane, arrives October 4th via Prosthetic Records. Pre-order the album - HERE

 

 

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