Himsa – Announce New Album Title and Release Date
Seattle’s HIMSA have set Summon In Thunder as the title of their new album, which is due out on September 18th through Century Media Records.
Derek Harn (bass) states: “Summon In Thunder was paid for in blood, sweat and fury. Over 5 weeks straight of 20-hour days, and metal masters from three countries worked tirelessly under tight deadlines to create this monster. It was pure — but ultimately rewarding — anguish. In the end, it all paid off, and the intensity of the recording process carries through the album like a horde of stampeding wildebeests.
During our endless hours in the studio, we had a great idea for a video that we couldn’t pass up and decided to make this our first enhanced CD. The video is for our shortest, thrashiest song, ‘Unleash Carnage,’ and is truly one of the grossest, most ridiculous displays in all of metaldom. Also on the CD, we included video footage on the making of the album, sort of a diary of how the process was working out at the time. To top it off, we put lots of pretty pictures of us in a photo gallery, so all the girls can make posters of us and hang them on their bedroom walls.
Speaking of pretty pictures, the ever-masterful Paul Romano (Mastodon, The Red Chord) created all the art and design for this album’s packaging. He researched what ancient cultures believed created thunder in the heavens and worked closely with Pettibone’s lyrics to create the imagery of mythological creatures and the power of nature’s dark wrath. It’s amazing art.
We are incredibly proud of this album and feel it’s a pure representation of who we are as individuals and as a band. We are anxious to get back out on the road and see all our friends across the globe.”
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Cant wait for this album! For some reason people dont like Pettibone’s vocals……I think its refreshing to hear something diffrent then death vocals all the time. Dont get me wrong I love death metal…but it seems like everyone is trying to do the low death growl…… I guess what they say is true…2 much of a good thing cant be good.
it took me a very long time to get past his vox…but once i did this band really opened up for me. like you said, alot of people can’t get over his style and this band gets lost in the shuffle.