Blind Equation are set to release their third LP ‚A Funeral In Purgatory‘ this July 18th via Prosthetic Records. To coincide with this exciting news they have released the new single/video ‚Nothing‘. This is the first track to be taken from this new milestone LP: BLIND EQUATION – NOTHING (OFFICIAL VIDEO) – YouTube
The band’s key songwriter James McHenry explains the difficult task of deciding which track to release first from the new record… Every song on this release brings something different to the table, as it’s meant to be listened to in full. However when choosing a single to show some insight on what to expect from the album, I feel this song perfectly captures it while not giving away too much of what’s to come. It is heavily nu-metal inspired & overall pays homage to the early works of artists like The Prodigy, Fear Factory, Korn, Slipknot & etc while still sounding like a Blind Equation track. This is the most aggressive & the most violently passionate the project has ever been, yet it is the most atmospheric and still shimmers melodically when it needs to. And I feel that is mostly what you can expect from the upcoming album; the heavy moments are heavier and the soft moments are even more vulnerable as well. With the project being 90% digital, I wanted the instrumentals to still be as emotional as the lyrics & vocals and I feel they compliment each other the best they ever have for this record.
The new album ‚A Funeral In Purgatory‘ sees the band pushing the boundaries of Cybergrind even further, thus proving it’s a genre with no strict set of rules. It can stretch as far as the artist is willing to go.
McHenry describes the new record as “the heaviest & most brutal Blind Equation album to date, while simultaneously being the most soft and heartfelt”, which perfectly encapsulates the emotions felt throughout the LP. It’s intense, it’s obnoxious, but there is a whole load of feeling interwoven into the DNA of this electronic-colossus.
With new elements of gothic metal and death/doom now influencing the bands sound, There’s truly something for all fans of genre-pushing underground music here. “There is shit you can mosh to, dance to, sing along to and cry to all in the same project”
