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Projekt Records unveils a new single from the Brooklyn, New York-based goth/darkwave act Abbey Death on 27 July. The single "Death Is For The Living" features guest vocalist Addam Robert Paul of ritual industrial band TheDestructPrinciple, and is available on Bandcamp.
Valerie Abbey explains the title: "It’s been a year of deaths and close calls. However, only the survivors hear about it. I heard a friend say 'Death is for the Living' in regards to the news reporting lots of deaths as a way to grab our attention. It all grew so frustrating! To balance this, I started writing this brooding-abrasive yet chilly romanticized track to give a traditional dark intensity back to the meaning of death in a remote, stylistic statement."
Addam Robert Paul's sheering vocals on the chorus bring the song to life. Abbey Nex reflects, "I am very happy Valerie asked Addam to get in on this. His vocal contribution puts this song in a wild new dimension. This single builds in and out from moody to powerfully heavy music overlayed with fantastic vocal harmonies." Addam is a longtime fan of the band and reflects, "Hearing the soundscapes they crafted - and Valerie's haunting vocals - touched me at a specific time of mental turmoil and culminated in a very potent and unsympathetic delivery of my current thought process."
Abbey Death has been active since 2014 and consists of husband-and-wife duo Valerie Abbey (Valerie Gentile) and Abbey Nex, who take on the goth/industrial world utilizing past experiences in Combichrist, The Cruxshadows, Psyclon Nine, Angelspit, Genitorturers, and Black Tape For A Blue Girl. This has led the duo to release their debut EP Realignment in 2016, collaborating with Sevin VII (Columbine) on the 2016 single "The Veil", releasing their sophomore EP Ethos in 2018, and covering Phil Collins' infamous song "Land Of Confusion" in 2020. Abbey Death's journey will continue, as their energetic live performances have and continue to grace multiple stages around the world as they perfect their sound.
Pushing the boundaries, "Death Is For The Living" could be the summer-time sadness goth hit of 2021, and it awaits you below. Link
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