HATEBREED - about four tracks on new album!

We live in a world and a time where the rules and expectations of our lives are being redefined, and how each one of us handles those changes will determine our success in life. A number of the songs on HATEBREED's upcoming album, »The Concrete Confessional«, carry this overall theme, in one way or another. The band's lyricist, Jamey Jasta, has been vocal about his personal frustrations that are explored on the new album, and on this new video clip he discusses the inspirations behind the album's first four tracks. According to Jasta, "'A.D.' was the track from the get, what we knew was strong, it was fast, it was brutal, it had that quality that you want for the opening track on a album." The song comes with the hard message of the destruction of the middle class and the American Dream that we were promised as kids. And what are we going to do about that for the next generation? With the song 'Looking Down the Barrel of Today,' Jasta explains, "The day is either going to control you or you are going to control it. You're either holding the barrel or you're getting it pointed at you. I thougt it was a great second track just to keep that flow. Really heavy, really fast, right out of the gate." The album's third song, 'Seven Enemies,' is a take on the Seven Deadly Sins that pretty much every religion has in its doctrine. "A lot of those things lead to destructive lifestyle patters," Jasta says. "People gravitate toward their vices and sins and it dooms them...and then that starts affecting the people around them It's a short, heavy song, and we know that the pit will erupt when we get it into the set." With 'In The Walls,' Jasta channels his personal experiences with night paralysis and night terrors, and the fear that one might be losing one's mind. "It's something different for us, but it's also really a fast, heavy, hardcore track, that reminds me of old-school HATEBREED." 'A.D.' as well as 'Looking Down The Barrel Of Today' are now available as an instant-grat tracks when »The Concrete Confessional« is pre-ordered on iTunes. Go to: http://nblast.de/HatebreedDownloads »The Concrete Confessional« is now available for pre-order in various formats: CD, CD + Beanie Bundle, Vinyl (Black, White, Clear, Gold).
The album will be available on May 13 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The long awaited follow-up to »The Divinity Of Purpose« was produced by longtime collaborator Zeuss (ROB ZOMBIE, SUICIDE SILENCE, WHITECHAPEL) and mixed by Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH). Artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco (SLAYER).