NEWS: Rats Will Feast observe industry at work?

Mastered by Dan Swanö (Barren Earth, Hypocrisy, Novembers Doom) at Unisound, Finnish Post-Hardcore crew Rats Will Feast have completed a new six track EP “An Evocation“. The first single from that doubles as their first to have a guest musician on it and is titled “Observer” with  Simo Perkiömäki of Industrial Metal act Dome Runner the guest. It is said that early in the writing process, the band had the idea to bring him in as they felt the song needed a very specific sound to it and had written the chorus with his vocal style in mind. Pre-orders for the 3rd April release via Time To Kill Records are available over at bandcamp.

The band comment: “Lyrically, “An Evocation” is a portrait of a mindscape that strives to accept life as it is. Heavy metal bands often imagine various dystopias and fantasy worlds that they sing about. “An Evocation” thirsts for a safe haven in the turmoil of this world and society. The lyrics seek to portray a person who moves between different levels of acceptance and resentment. It is a snapshot of a process that touches everyone’s life. Between the lines, the lyrics also reflect on the question of what makes you get up on stage again and again, and what makes writing and performing this kind of music important to yourself and others. Playing heavy music is a valve that lets painful and difficult things flow into some kind of beautiful, manageable form”