Translation Loss Records has set a release date of Dec. 9 for the self-titled debut from Ready For Death, a Chicago, IL band playing a heavy but succinct blend of hardcore, death metal, punk, and noise. The 10-song record runs 22 minutes total.
As described by the press release, "The lyrics tell a tale of a deranged dystopian sci-fi horror story conceived by vocalist Artie White (a devoted comic book lover) about 'Cyborg Priest' and 'Blackmasker', two cosmic adversaries battling to take control of the remnants of a nuclear-war ravaged Earth."
The band shares "Church of the Nuclear Bomb" over at Invisible Oranes.
White breaks it down further:
The lyrics to "Church Of The Nuclear Bomb" were written while I was sick with Covid-19 and watching random old movies including Beneath The Planet Of The Apes. The mutated post-war survivors in that movie who are worshipping the instrument of their own destruction made complete sense to me while semi-delirious with fever. In religions like Christianity you are expected to imagine God's infinite power, but in the real world there's no greater power than something capable of wiping out hundreds of thousands of humans at the press of a button. So a nuclear bomb seems like a much more appropriate god for this era.
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TRACK LISTING:
1. Vaporized
2. Blackmasker
3. Chamber of Disease
4. Cyborg Priest
5. Synthezoid Warrior
6. Savior Sinner
7. Church Of The Nuclear Bomb
8. Wasteland Of Peace
9. Worldwide Blackout
10. Microchip Mutilation
