Pittsburgh deathcore titans SIGNS OF THE SWARM are celebrating just ahead of a mammoth European festival trek by releasing new song ‘Clouded Retinas’, featuring Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos.
The run will feature appearances at legendary festivals like Hellfest, Graspop, Rock for People and Sweden Rock, plus a co-headlining slot at the return of the UK’s Ghostfest. Peppered between are three sold-out shows supporting Lorna Shore and one supporting Fit for an Autopsy, plus multiple headliners with the likes of Mental Cruelty and Terminal Sleep—the former with whom the band will tour around North America this coming autumn!
“‘Clouded Retinas’ is about my struggle coming to terms with my vision loss and diagnosis of Stargardt disease”, explains vocalist David Simonich, who is having an internal dialogue with himself in the song. “I asked my friend Will Ramos to hop on the song not just to make it sound sick, but also to spread awareness of degenerative diseases and disability. With Will holding it down for today’s deathcore, I tried to showcase my influences from Nate Johnson and Vincent Bennett because the song feels modern yet nostalgic at the same time.”
‘Clouded Retinas‘ is taken from the band’s upcoming sixth full-length, To Rid Myself of Truth, which is due to be released 22nd August via Century Media Records. Pre-order the record in various formats here: https://SignsOfTheSwarm.lnk.to/ToRidMyselfOfTruth-AlbumPR. Listen to the previously released single, ‘HELLMUSTFEARME’, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLD1_WdmxtI
Watch the official ‘Clouded Retinas‘ video here or by clicking the thumbnail below.
After writing breakout 5th LP Amongst the Low & Empty (2023) almost entirely in-studio, Signs Of The Swarm geared up to do it again on To Rid Myself Of Truth.
This stint’s 7-week lead time—PLUS the in-studio time—was a veritable vacation for the band, with the addition of guitarist/backing vocalist Carl Schulz adding a whole other set of riffing hands (and vocal chords) to the band. It was plenty of time for the now-quartet, rounded out by bassist Michael Cassese, to craft metal exactly as they think it should sound: MORE. PISSED. And it is. Musically the album’s edges are far more serrated than their last’s flirtations with djenty bounce.
Read the full bio for To Rid Myself Of Truth here.
Pre-order To Rid Myself Of Truth in various formats now here: https://SignsOfTheSwarm.lnk.to/ToRidMyselfOfTruth-AlbumPR.
To Rid Myself Of Truth track-listing:
1. To Rid Myself of Truth
3. Natural Selection
4. Scars Upon Scars
5. Chariot
6. Clouded Retinas feat. Will Ramos (Lorna Shore)
7. Iron Sacrament feat. Phil Bozeman (Whitechapel)
8. Forcing to Forget
9. Sarkazein
10. Fear & Judgement feat. Jack Murray (156/Silence) and Johnny Crowder (Prison, ex-Dark Sermon)
11. Creator
Reunited with producer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Mental Cruelty, Varials, King 810), SIGNS OF THE SWARM continues moulting their slamming deathcore exoskeleton, revealing a band now as indebted to Meshuggah, Gojira and Fear Factory as any of the deathcore bands they grew up on—now peers. After writing breakout 5th LP Amongst the Low & Empty (2023) almost entirely in-studio, the group geared up to do it again on To Rid Myself of Truth. This stint’s 7-week lead time—PLUS the in-studio time—was a veritable vacation for the band, with the addition of guitarist/backing vocalist Carl Schulz adding a whole other set of riffing hands (and vocal chords) to the band. It was plenty of time for the now-quartet, rounded out by bassist Michael Cassese, to craft metal exactly as they think it should sound: MORE. PISSED. And it is. Musically the album’s edges are far more serrated than their last’s flirtations with djenty bounce.
Signs Of The Swarm line-up:
Bobby Crow – Drums
David Simonich – Vocals
Carl Schulz – Guitars
Michael Cassese – Bass
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