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German black metallers Painful are celebrating their 20th anniversary and are gearing up for a new album this year. After an extended period of tinkering, the band has announced the release date of their upcoming album Nefarious Monarchy – 25th May. Anyone curious can now get an impression of what the ever-evolving Painful - including their new singer Latura - will stand for in 2024 with the brand new video single "Liberty (Dies)".
The song is the fastest track on Nefarious Monarchy, drawing heavily from the band's black metal roots, both musically and in terms of its lyrical content. Embedded in the dark - and also human - abysses of the French Revolution, "Liberty (Dies)" is the direct follow-up to the opener of the concept album and describes the crippling omnipotence of the church, of which Voltaire and other contemporaries tried to warn the royally ruled people in various ways. With the fury of a shackled animal, the song contributes to the backdrop that would later implode in blood and fire, giving way to a new age of enlightenment and grassroots power.
The band thus resolutely pursues its path, completely dispensing with (anti-)religiosity and fantasies, searching for the horrifying in the history of mankind and dragging it into the light under an incantatory mosh: from the Black Plague (Imagines Pestis) to the decade-long cultural firestorm at the end of the 18th century, to which we owe our liberal democracy.
Painful's new album Nefarious Monarchy will be available everywhere from 25th May and is now up for pre-orders. An official album release party and live show will also take place on that date. Don't forget to check out Painful's new single and video "Liberty (Dies)" right below. Link
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