Official press release:
We Owe You Nothing, the ninth studio album from Italian black/doom metal overlords Forgotten Tomb, is set to be released on October 27th in Europe and November 10th in North America via Agonia Records. The album’s title track & first single is available in the form of a lyric video:
We Owe You Nothing marks the highest point in the band’s constant evolution and once more makes it hard to narrow down its sound to some pre-existing labels. Effortlessly blending the eerie, dissonant black metal sound the band is well-known for with muscular sludge/doom riffs and a subtle, nihilistic punk attitude, We Owe You Nothing defines the band’s personality more than ever, reaffirming its unique sound.
Starting in the beginning of the millennium with bona fide classics such as Songs To Leave (2002), Springtime Depression (2003) and Love’s Burial Ground (2004) – widely considered among the true originators of the so-called “Depressive Black Metal” sub-genre – the band explored increasingly heavier and broader territories with all the albums that followed, from the genre-shattering avant-garde of Negative Megalomania (2007) through the pitch-black rocking-vehicle Under Saturn Retrograde (2011), then perfecting the band’s own black/doom formula with the harsher tones of …And Don’t Deliver Us From Evil (2012) and Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love (2015).
Forgotten Tomb commented:
“Our discography has always been divided by trilogies. We Owe You Nothing closes the third trilogy which started with …And Don’t Deliver Us From Evil followed by Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love and it’s the heaviest among the 3 albums, with an emphasis on slower/mid tempos and a sludgier approach while retaining also our trademark melodies and dissonant arpeggios, plus some twists which open new doors to the next era of the band. Due to circumstances surrounding it, it’s been an extremely painful album to make and therefore it’s one of our darkest, while being also filled with raw energy.”
The new album includes 6 songs for approx. 40 minutes of music. Recording-sessions started in December 2016, with drums being tracked at Big Pine Creek Studio in Italy, but were abruptly interrupted when singer/guitarist Ferdinando “HM” M. was involved in a life-threatening car accident that left him unable to play for months. The recording was resumed and completed in May 2017 at SPVN Studio in Italy, while mix and mastering were done in June 2017 at Planet-Z Studio (Hadley, Massachussets, USA) by Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Rob Zombie, Six Feet Under, Crowbar, Hatebreed).
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We Owe You Nothing track listing:
1. “We Owe You Nothing”
2. “Second Chances”
3. “Saboteur”
4. “Abandon Everything”
5. “Longing For Decay”
6. “Black Overture”
