St. Louis, MO technical death metal band SUMMONING THE LICH has today released their sophomore album, Under the Reviled Throne, via Prosthetic Records. In celebration of Under the Reviled Throne‘s release, the band will be playing a home city show tomorrow (July 27) at Red Flag, St. Louis, MO – with further details below.
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Speaking on the album release, David Bruno (vocals) comments: “Under The Reviled Throne is finally out in the wild and it feels incredible! We spent a long time crafting this thing and I hope everyone has a good time headbanging and getting lost in some dark fantasy storytelling. I think it really shows where we have come as musicians as we hone our craft and continue to try and write the catchiest songs about wizards that death metal has to offer. Ryan’s riffs work their way straight into my brain like a drill and TJ’s drumming blows me away everytime I hear him. It’s also John’s last contribution to the band musically after departing to go on an epic quest of his own and he absolutely shreds the bass. I can’t thank these dudes enough for writing such epic music for me to abuse with silly lyrics about magick and monsters.”
After three years of extensive US touring and shows with the likes of Allageon, Gorod and Inferi among others, as well as headline stints, SUMMONING THE LICH set about bringing Under the Reviled Throne to life. Intended as a death metal equivalent to The Empire Strikes Back in scope, the group set their sights on raising the stakes in both story and songwriting.
SUMMONING THE LICH took the considered approach of eschewing superfluous technicality in favor of a leaner and more streamlined focus on song structure. Each of the tracks on Under the Reviled Throne were written with the purpose of guiding the listener through the eponymous Lich’s descent into misanthropy and tyranny, without sacrificing their idiosyncratic sound.
This balancing act of dexterity and structure is exemplified best on cuts like Return to the Soil and lead single, My Horrors Unending. The latter of which succinctly merges SUMMONING THE LICH’s inclination for extremity and stop and start dynamics with rhythmic pummelling and memorable hooks. With Arrias under existential threat, Under the Reviled Throne is a dazzlingly ambitious tale of hope and resistance in the form of its protagonist Taane (introduced on previously released album track, The Forest Feasts). Elsewhere, The Carrion Fleet’s narrative of the city of Bastell succumbing to flames at the hands of the Lich’s army ushers in the ominously brooding
Upping the stakes to dizzying heights, SUMMONING THE LICH offers plenty in the way of light among the shadowy figures that lurk within the Lich’s universe of malevolent chaos. All is not lost.
SUMMONING THE LICH tour dates:
July 27 – Red Flag – St. Louis, MO (Under the Reviled Throne album release show)
Under The Reviled Throne tracklist:
1. Return to the Soil
2. Reviled Crystal Wielders
3. The Forest Feasts
4. My Horrors Unending
5. Bastell Dirge
6. The Carrion Fleet
7. Arrias Groans
8. Will to Survive
9. Potion Seller
10. The Void Gate
11. Praise to the Bog
SUMMONING THE LICH is:
David Bruno – Vocals
Ryan Felps – Guitars
Nick Muckerman – Guitars
TJ Chilton – Drums
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