Montreal hyperblast vets KATAKLYSM are streaming “Thy Serpents Tongue,” a song from their new album, “Of Ghosts And Gods, which is due on July 31 via Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the follow-up to Waiting For The End To Come was created by up-and-coming dark and macabre artist Art By Surtsey and can be seen below.
Says KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono: “The time has come once again, KATAKLYSM on our twelfth studio album and still going strong. We are very proud of this record. It holds the best elements of the band’s career and a completely new vibe and fresh outlook on death metal in 2015. ‘Thy Serpents Tongue’ is the first taste, a sinister dark and groove but melodic track that when it bites you, the poison will take you in and make you travel to the other side.”
Of Ghosts And Gods track listing:
1. Breaching The Asylum
2. The Black Sheep
3. Thy Serpents Tongue
4. Soul Destroyer
5. Vindication
6. Marching Through Graveyards
7. Shattered
8. Hate Spirit
9. Carrying Crosses
10. The World Is A Dying Insect
Says the band: “KATAKLYSM has been full of inspiration and are in full determination mode lately; a rejuvenated band that is out to conquer the world with no sign of stopping! This promises to be the album that will once and for all establish KATAKLYSM as one of the top pioneers of the genre!
“The latest material will be touching on some new ground while maintaining the aggressive edge the band has always been known for.The chemistry with new drummer Oli Beaudoin is incredible, and the four horsemen promise some crushing new material coming your way. Death metal hymns are arriving!”