Death Metal powerhouse VITRIOL, have unleashed “Shame And Its Afterbirth”, the opening track of their upcoming sophomore album, “Suffer & Become” , along with a dual guitar and bass playthrough video. “Suffer & Become” will be released on January 26th via Century Media Records.
VITRIOL guitarist and vocalist Kyle Rasmussen comments: ” ‘Shame’ begins the story of ‘Suffer & Become’ with a celebration of our nature. It speaks to how modernity estranges one from the voiceless voice within them, and on the consequences of ignoring the call of their instincts. It also happens to be my favorite song (musically) that I’ve ever written. I set out to carve deep valleys and build tall mountains when writing this album, and I believe this song to be the best example of that achievement.”
Reflecting on the arduous journey of creating “Suffer & Become”, Rasmussen delves into the intentional hardships faced during the album’s production. “The record feels a bit like a Jungian Dante’s Inferno,” he states. “Plumbing the circles of my personal, psychological, and spiritual hell and then purposely refocusing it so it’s not the unhinged, dark catharsis of the first album. This record is a lot more vulnerable.”
Songs like “Weaponized Loss” or “The Flowers of Sadism” are what Kyle describes as a “dark baptism” in comparison to the absolute darkness of “To Bathe From The Throat Of Cowardice”. The sound of VITRIOL remains as joyless and dark as ever, but with a glimmer of hope.
VITRIOL has taken its trauma-put-to-sound approach to the next level and discovered a new sense of beauty in the blackness. “Suffer & Become” is Death Metal with a bloody, beating heart.
“Suffer & Become” track listing:
- Shame and Its Afterbirth
- The Flowers of Sadism
- Nursing from the Mother Wound
- The Isolating Lie of Learning Another
- Survival’s Careening Inertia
- Weaponized Loss
- Flood of Predation
- Locked in Thine Frothing Wisdom
- I Am Every Enemy
- He Will Fight Savagely
You can watch the official playthrough video for “Shame and Its Afterbirth” below:
