Umbra Vitae, the powerhouse outfit featuring Jacob Bannon (Converge), Sean Martin (Twitching Tongues, ex-Hatebreed), Mike McKenzie (The Red Chord), Jon Rice (Uncle Acid) and Greg Weeks (The Red Chord) have announced their sophomore record, Light Of Death, which emerges with a spine-chilling violin swell before erupting into duel guitar driven madness, with Umbra Vitae staying redlined onto their first single “Belief Is Obsolete”, which you can listen to below this article.
On the brand-new single, Umbra Vitae’s Sean Martin comments, “This song came from a demo I recorded at ye olde home studio although, as with all of the songs on this record, we managed to make it sound even more disgusting in the best possible way! I like Swedish Death Metal and Thrash, can you tell? Big, mean, hairy end riff to carry you out”. Jacob Bannon continues, “Musically, ‘Belief Is Obsolete’ is signature Sean Martin Bay Area Thrash worship. The performances from all of us on this one are completely redlined from beginning to end. Lyrically I explore the idea that ‘belief’ in the traditional sense is obsolete in the modern age we live in. It is abused as a shield and weapon socially, politically, and spiritually, ultimately becoming a burden for all”. Greg Weeks adds, “One of the great perks of being in this band is that at any moment there could be a crushing song written by Sean Martin in a google drive that you have access to that very few people do. This is an example of such a song. Hard hitting and riff heavy Belief is Obsolete gets me juiced!” Guitarist Mike McKenzie drives it home saying the song “… has a pretty meaty ending with an over the top lead in to a big riff that is incredibly fun to play. I can’t wait to play this song live.”
Light Of Death will be released on June 7th via Deathwish Inc. Pre-orders are now available here.
Photo credit: Hillarie Jason
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