On August 22nd, Pittsburgh titans Signs Of The Swarm will release their sixth full-length, “To Rid Myself of Truth”, via Century Media Records. Reunited with producer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Mental Cruelty, Varials, King 810), the group continues molting 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. For a first preview of To Rid Myself of Truth, the new single “Hellmustfearme” can be seen now here:
Bobby Crow (drums) comments:
“Hellmustfearme is a nod to our roots: all gas, no brakes from start-to-finish. I wanted to channel the albums that drew me into deathcore, such as ‘The Cleansing’ by Suicide Silence and ‘Hellbound’ by Fit for an Autopsy and add our SOTS flavor. As soon as we finished this demo, we knew we wanted it to be the first thing everyone heard from the album that became ‘To Rid Myself of Truth’.”
David Simonich (vocals) adds:
“Hellmustfearme started from a little joke I had with a friend about how many times I tried killing myself – and failed, obviously. Assuming Hell were real, I would definitely be going there, but they don’t want me there. It’s kind of a ‘chicken or the egg’ situation; do they not want me there because I can’t die and what that suggests, or can I not die because they won’t let me know – and why is that if it wasn’t preceded by my being unkillable?
The song is about the lowest of the low. Not even the most depraved place for the heathens of all heathens wants me? So they keep me contained in another Hell, Earth.
Yet, I overcome. I hope that shines through and the listener feels powerful when they are jamming this defiant and deadly song. I’m trying to turn my negative experiences into something positive.”
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.
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1. To Rid Myself of Truth 2. Hellmustfearme 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 |
After “To Rid Myself of Truth”‘s release, Signs Of The Swarm will headline a North American tour this fall with support from Mental Cruelty, ten56., Carcosa and Face Yourself.
Photo credit: Alberto Villalobos
Album artwork by: Stripes Arts
