Experimental metal outfit IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT, have announced their new full-length album “Spirit of Ecstasy”, out on July 22nd via Century Media Records. To celebrate the album announcement, the band has dropped their new single “Maximalist Scream” featuring VOIVOD’s Denis “Snake” Bélanger.
“Atmospheres awash with mysterious origins. Sacred rites of passage and formidable knowledge lead to marvels of engineering,” states IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT. “Funneling the mass into a finite horizon all roads travel in duality. Blurred is the line between real and illusion as the last scream of truth is destroyed by evil so grotesque. It transforms into a lone rider traveling into the forbidden darkness…”
“Spirit of Ecstasy” follows the band’s previous LPs 2020’s “Alphaville”, 2018’s “Vile Luxury” and most recently their 2021 live record, “An Evening With Imperial Triumphant”, which was was recorded at the infamous Slipper Room in New York City.
Just like its predecessors, the album features a handful of special guests including Kenny G on soprano saxophone, Max Gorelick on lead guitar, Snake on vocals, Alex Skolnick on lead guitar, Trey Spruance on lead guitar, Andromeda Anarchia with choirs, Sarai Woods with choirs, Yoshiko Ohara on vocals, J. Walter Hawkes on the trombone, Ben Hankle on the trumpet, Percy Jones on bass, SEVEN)SUNS on strings, Colin Marston on Simmons drums and Youtube, and Jonas Rolef on vocals. Stay tuned for more details about the highly anticipated release by following the band on socials.
“Spirit of Ecstasy” track listing:
- Chump Change
- Metrovertigo
- Tower of Glory, City of Shame
- Merkurius Gilded
- Death on a Highway
- In the Pleasure of their Company
- Bezumnaya
- Maximalist Scream
You can watch the official video for “Maximalist Scream” below: