July 10 — Mushroomhead is giving audiences another preview of its forthcoming album, Call The Devil.
The band debuted its new single, ‘Prepackaged‘ and the song’s companion video this week. The song is the second single from the album, having come Wednesday, less than a month after the band unveiled the album’s lead single, ‘Fall in Line‘ and its companion video.
‘Prepackaged’ is much heavier and more plodding than ‘Fall in Line’ in regard to its musical arrangement. The death metal growls and the pounding bass, drums and biting guitar line do, however, harken back to some of the band’s more melodic sounds from past albums. To that end, the originality and familiarity combined in the arrangement is sure to engage longtime audiences.
Founding member and drummer Steve “Skinny” Felton briefly discussed the song’s arrangement in a prepared statement.
“‘Prepackaged’ turned out extremely heavy, aggressive and haunting,” Felton said. “Full of dark sonic textures. Both the video and the song are delightfully dark, foreboding and unrelentingly grim.”
Felton did not discuss the song’s lyrical theme in the news release announcing the premiere of the new single and video. Lyrics were not provided with the song’s video, either, leaving interpretation up to listeners.
The video once again places the band in the same sound stage setting in which it performed the video for ‘Fall in Line,’ only with some minor adjustments to the set for the performance.
The track listing for Call The Devil is noted below along with all of the platforms on which the album will be released.
Call The Devil track listing:
1. Eye To Eye
2. Fall In Line
3. Emptiness
4. We Don’t Care
5. UIOP (A Final Reprieve)
6. Prepackaged
7. Decomposition
8. Grand Gesture
9. Hallelucination
10. Hideous
11. Torn In Two
12. Shame In A Basket
13. Doom Goose
Call The Devil will be available in the following formats:
-2-LP Gatefold Marbled Red/Black Die Hard Edition w/ 12inch Booklet, Slipmat, Record Butler, A4 Artprint (limited to 400 worldwide)
-2-LP Gatefold Translucent Red (North American indie retail exclusive – limited to 600)
-2-LP Gatefold Translucent Red + signed photocard (limited Newbury Comics exclusive [USA])
-2-LP Gatefold Black
-1-CD Digisleeve
-1-CD Digisleeve + signed photocard (limited Newbury Comics exclusive [USA])
-Digital Album
In other news Mushroomhead will tour Europe this summer in support of its new album. The tour is scheduled to launch Aug. 9 in Bochum, Germany and is set to run through Aug. 19 in Berlin, Germany. Fellow masked metal outfit Dymytry will share time as support for the brief run alongside Silenzer. Dymytry’s run on the tour is in support of its own latest album, Five Angry Men. The album was released in January through AFM Records.
A North American tour will follow beginning Oct. 4 in Buffalo, NY with support from Upon A Burning Body, Mind Incision, and There Is No Us. The tour is scheduled to run through Oct. 26 in Mushroomhead’s hometown of Cleveland, OH.
The schedule for both legs of the upcoming tour is noted below.
INKcarceration Festival 2024
07/19/24: Mansfield, OH @ Ohio State Reformatory
EU/UK 2024 Tour
w/ Dymytry* & Silenzer**:
08/09/24: Bochum, Germany @ Rockpalast Bochum *
08/10/24: Kotka, Finland @ Dark River Festival
08/11/24: Southampton, UK @ EngineRooms * / **
08/12/24: Birmingham, United Kingdom @ O2 Institute2 * / **
08/13/24: London, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Islington * / **
08/14/24: Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat * / **
08/15/24: Sullingen, Denmark @ Reload Festival
08/16/24: Moravsky Krumlov, Czechia @ Rock Castle
08/17/24: Warsaw, Poland @ Proxima *
08/18/24: Kraków, Poland @ Klub Kwadrat *
08/19/24: Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia *
USA 2024 Tour
w/ Upon a Burning Body, There Is No Us, and Mind Incision:
10/04/24: Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
10/05/24: Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s
10/06/24: Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs
10/08/24: Leesburg, VA @ Tally Ho
10/09/24: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
10/10/24: Lititz, PA @ Mickey’s Black Box
10/12/24: Pittsburg, PA @ Preserving Underground
10/13/24: Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
10/15/24: Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
10/16/24: Belvidere, IL @ Apollo Theater
10/18/24: Green Bay, WI @ Epic Events Center
10/19/24: Joliet, IL @ The Forge
10/20/24: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
10/22/24: Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt
10/23/24: Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theater
10/24/24: Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs*
10/25/24: Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
10/26/24: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater*
*No Upon A Burning Body
More information on Mushroomhead’s new album, single, video and tours is available along with:
Website: https://www.mushroomhead.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mushroomheadofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mushroomhead
