BATTALIONS RELEASE "KING OF A DEAD WORLD"

PRESS RELEASE:

King Of A Dead World

by Battalions

Tracklist:

1.Green Boots

2.Coughing Nails

3.Diagnosis Fucked 03:33

4.Bones To Dust

5.No Safe Place

6.Parasite

7.Light A Fire

8.King Of A Dead World

UK sludge metal juggernaut Battalions return with their new album ‘King of a Dead World’ via APF Records. The follow up to 2018’s 'Forever Marching Backwards’, this album is 8 tracks of colossal, towering, hook filled riffs, born out of a crumbling world.

Bassist Matt Dennett sheds more light on the meaning behind the album’s title,

"I was reading an article online about the decline of humanity, the battering of Earth's resources, the financial and human cost of war, global warming etc, and how the world's leaders are partly to blame. The article ended with "who wants to be the king of a dead world?". I read that and it was a light bulb moment, I thought that's a great song/album title, everyone agreed and it stuck straight away”.

Starting out way back in 2010 in the depths of Kingston upon Hull, Battalions have gradually become veterans of the ever growing underground UK metal scene with their own brand of groove riddled sludge metal. At its the core this is harsh and heavy music, packed with razor sharp guttural vocals and yet it’s hard not to find yourself nodding along addictively to each track on this record.

‘King of a Dead World’ is also an album of change for Battalions in band members, with production and artwork too. Vocalist Phil Wilkinson explains,

"During the covid lockdowns, we underwent a personnel change, namely welcoming drummer Simon into the Battalions fold, so with this we wanted to go for a whole new production process. We chose a brand new studio to us, Nø Studio in Manchester with producer Joe Clayton (Pijn), as we wanted a new sound after using Chris Fielding (Conan) for all our previous efforts. King of a Dead World is us returning to our roots, big groove rooted in a dirty DIY sludge and hardcore sound. In addition to this, we also chose a brand new artist for the album artwork - James Fenwick - to complete the 'new start' mentality we have all taken into the writing and recording of our 4th album." 

releases October 21, 2022

Phil Wilkinson - Vocals

Pete Cross - Guitars

Matthew Dennett - Bass

Simon Harrison - Drums

Recorded and mixed by Joe Clayton at No Studio.

Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

Album artwork by James Fenwick.

C&P Battalions 2022. Released by APF Records under exclusive license.

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