Despair, loss, love, and existential struggles have always been the foundation of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY’s distinctive sound. Since their formation in 2011, multi-instrumentalist M.S. and vocalist J.J. have gained recognition for pushing musical boundaries with their emotionally charged blend of atmospheric extreme metal and melodic post-rock, grunge and modern hardcore, carving out a genre of their own. Taking four years to craft their next epic chapter after 2021’s “Maere” (which peaked at #4 on the official German charts), HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY will now release their new tour-de-force, “Scorched Earth“, on January 24th through AOP Records.
The album is a snapshot of the world we are living in, a world that’s tragically broken. Our society is divided to its core and peace seems further away than ever in the last decades. It still seems like one crisis follows another, and this feeling of impending doom is captured on “Scorched Earth.”
Right in time for the depressive season, the band has unveiled their first single “With Autumn I’ll Surrender” together with a new music video directed by Andreas J. Borsodi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ROuY9lpW4
“With ‘With Autumn I’ll Surrender’ we’re finally releasing the first single of our upcoming album ‘Scorched Earth,‘” the band comments.
“For this purpose, we chose a song that combines the HFTS typical Post Black Metal energy with riffs that hail from the glorious times of the Grunge and Indie Rock era. A first hint where this album and its songs are leading us…”
Graced with a cover artwork by Brvno Gonzalez, the album was mixed and mastered at Kohlekeller Studio and contains 61 minutes of new post metal anthems (72 mins if you go for the special edition).
The pre-order for “Scorched Earth” has started today and you can get the album here: https://shop.aoprecords.de/
