Lowheaven have premiered a new video for their new song “Mercy Death.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Ritual Decay,” which will be released on August 29.
Members of the band commented:
Guitarist Dan Thomson:
“This song feels like the soundtrack to my nightmares. It was one of the songs in the batch where I realized just how heavy this band was going to be. Our goal was always to find a way to musically transmit what we all felt going on around us, and this one hit the nail on the head.
As with a lot of the songs on ‘Ritual Decay‘, I came in with a rough framework of the lyrics and then rewrote the whole song the night before recording it. I was spending the late nights in the studio isolated, just pouring over and scrutinizing every line. Every detail. Trying to find a way to free myself. This is the product of that.”
Guitarist/keyboardist Alex Pley:
“The original working title for this song was ‘Godzilla‘ and it earned it. Writing this song with Dan and [vocalist/bassist] Mikey [Buchta] in the early days of the band was when it started to really sink in how heavy we were going to get.
One of the ‘themes’ that I really tried to stick with when writing for this band was a sort of ‘end of the world’ feel; terrifying and powerful. The end of this song is a fucking monster, and playing this song live is going to ruin some people’s lives if they aren’t ready. Chaos king still reigns.”
Guitarist Pat Pajak:
“This song almost feels like an elastic band that just won’t snap when playing it. Definitely encapsulates the dread lowheaven strives to convey, but with some melody and resolve as well. I feel it reflects the range lowheaven delivers rather well.”
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