Gore fueled death metallers PATHOLOGY return with their 11th studio album
THE EVERLASTING PLAGUE. Originally a song title from a previous album, the
band “thought it was fitting as [they] wrote the album during a global pandemic
that never seemed to end,” explained founder and drummer Dave Astor. “It also
pertains to the general ills of the human condition; and that’s what the songs
are about. The themes on this album range from death rituals, to premeditated
murder, to torture and addiction.”
The demented priest sometimes seen gracing the cover of other PATHOLOGY
albums makes a reapearrance here as an apex zombie ripping the flesh from his
fellow dead man as he ascends to the top of a demolished city. Long time artist
companion Par Olofsson returned to the PATHOLOGY fold to design the piece.
“We have fun with the doctor in our covers. He’s become part of our imagery
and changes from cover to cover. He just does his thing and we have fun with
it,” laughs Astor.
Each of the songs was a collaborative effort, with every member playing a
unique role in the process. With most of said writing having gone down at the
band’s practice space, pieces of songs were written, then combined, and recorded.
Once the skeletons existed, they were handed to vocalist Obie Flett to sew
in lyrics and vocal patterns. “As far as recording goes, we book a week or so,
it’s a few hundred miles from home so we grab a hotel, and that week is crunch
time. In my experience, the more prepared you are for the studio, the better the
process. We like to be thoroughly acquainted with the album and then we can
hammer it out. It’s always a good time,” describes Astor. For mixing and mastering
the band returned to Zach Ohren of Castle Ultimate. “This is the second
consecutive album he’s done with us and we like his style, and professionalism.
This time around, we trust Zach to handle everything. He has a way of capturing
the ferocity we want in our tunes,” explains Astor.
Tracks like “A Pound of Flesh,” which comes equipped with a brutal music video
depicting the hideousness of plastic surgery addiction, bludgeon the speakers
with savage and heavily grooved sound. Flett found inspiration for the lyrics in
the real life horror that is the plastic surgery disaster: The Lion Lady.
“Engaging in Homicide” took the bulk of its inspiration from the viciousness of
the song itself. Flett actually listened to the music first, in order to acquire inspiration
for lyrics. With sweeping, hostile guitar riffs and perfectly timed guttural
vocals, the lyrics discuss the planning stages of a grotesque murder.
“I think all the tracks on this album stand out,” says Flett. “We went all out on
this one. We added some new elements to our music that give certain songs a
different, fresh feel. This album is definitely an awesome journey from start to
finish.” Recently signed to Nuclear Blast Records, PATHOLOGY are charged
with a violent hunger to return to the road, and unleash their latest monstrous
music to the masses.
01. A Pound Of Flesh
02. Perpetual Torment
03. Engaging In Homicide
04. Procession Of Mangled Humans
05. Viciously Defiled
06. Diseased Morality
07. Submerged In Eviscerated Carnage
08. Corrosive Cranial Affliction
09. As The Entrails Wither
10. Dirge For The Infected
11. Death Ritual Deciphered
12. Decomposition Of Millions
