Though there still exists a fair amount of tension and darkness, there shines a great amount more light." I tried to create a MISERY SIGNALS record that was lyrically more positive than the previous outings, something that I could get behind as a father. Zaraska comments on the lyrical direction of the album: "It is a record that purveys a much greater sense of hope than those that preceded it, and I think that as older individuals this was important from the onset of the process. 'Sunlifter' was the first song we wrote for the record and it set the tone thematically for the lyrics on the album, which came to be about ambition and striving and all the parts of ourselves that are in contradiction with each other." "People will hear the record and there won't be any need for decoding the emotional content. " Jesse has this really clear voice, and even in his most vicious screaming the vulnerability gets through first," says Morgan. The band spent the last few years writing and recording one of its finest releases yet and a true return to form, drawing on a resuscitated storm of creativity and camaraderie not witnessed since "Of Malice And The Magnum Heart". "Ultraviolet" marks the return of all founding members Ryan Morgan (guitar), Branden Morgan (drums), Jesse Zaraska (vocals), Stu Ross (guitar) and Kyle Johnson (bass). It's interesting to hear a little bit of restraint work to actually make everything bigger." That type of songwriting economy was in my mind across this whole album. I love that it crashes through with all this energy, with very little indulging. The upcoming record marks their first full-length release in seven years, and first with founding vocalist Jesse Zaraska since their 2004 debut, "Of Malice And The Magnum Heart".Īfter a week of videos teasing their revival, the band has officially revealed details today for the new album, including the release date, album art, track listing and the first single, "The Tempest".Ĭommenting on the new track, lead guitarist Ryan Morgan states: " 'The Tempest' feels like a concentrated dose of MISERY SIGNALS. With the context removed completely from Ultraviolet then you could argue that this is a very good record, but with that context leering over it, Misery Signals fall slightly short of the standards you’d have hoped for.One of the most influential and revered metalcore bands of the last decade, MISERY SIGNALS will make its long-awaited return in 2020 with the independent, self-funded release of its fourth album, "Ultraviolet", on August 7. Full of genuine emotional pull, a massive vocal hook and some really surprising twists, it’s a fantastic song that seems to invigorate everything.įrom then on, the short but beautifully Deftones-inspired doom of Redemption Key and album closer Some Dreams – a song with an old-school hardcore vibe of pure Trustkill Records vintage – snatches victory from the jaws of, if not defeat, then something approaching apathy. It really isn’t until the fifth track, Old Ghosts, that Ultraviolet really steps up a notch. In fact, with the exception of the Poison The Well-goes-tech blur of Sunlifter, the entire first half of the album could be filed under ‘workmanlike’ and nothing more. Opener The Tempest rumbles along on a propulsive hardcore riff and some odd rhythmic time signatures that are enjoyable enough, but never really make a big enough statement of intent. With that level of anticipation, you can’t help but feel slightly underwhelmed by Ultraviolet being nothing more than a decent metalcore album. That might have been an exciting move to placate old-school fans in the short term, but, for the longevity and relevancy of the band, all rests on the new material they can come up with, meaning there is a fair amount of pressure on Ultraviolet – Jesse’s first album since that debut – to come up with the goods. Canadian metalcore heroes Misery Signals last released an album in 2013, the very excellent Absent Light, and then swiftly undermined the record somewhat by reuniting their original line-up, with long-departed frontman Jesse Zaraska, to tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut, Of Malice And The Magnum Heart.
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