Strap in! Helmet are back with their first new album in six years — Dead to the World. The veteran rockers will release the disc on Oct. 28 and they’ve just announced a fall trek to support the new effort. “Catch phrases, punchlines, guns, bluster, ammo, incivility, impatience, murder. You, me, us, them, life, liberty and the pursuit of property. We disagree, we disrespect, discourse disappears in the age of access. When in doubt GET LOUD! It’s my way or the highway, thank you Lawrence Tierney,” says frontman Page Hamilton in a stream of consciousness comment about the new disc, adding, “Religious tchotchkes nailed to the walls of homes above razor-scarred mirrors. Do you meditate, levitate, pray? Live in LA! I’m a huge fan, got a perfume line, smell nice, plan my next move. Threats loom, the bad news network blooms, fear sells. Just get em out, the spying neighbors, suspects, terrorists our forefathers intent. ‘If you don’t like it, leave’ and call it democracy.” Hamilton produced the Helmet disc with Jay Baumgardner mixing the effort. You can look for Dead to the World arriving Oct. 28 via earMUSIC.
