Chicago metallic hardcore band Harm’s Way have announced a new album, Common Suffering, due September 29 via Metal Blade (pre-order). They made it with producer Will Yip, and one song (“Undertow”) features guest vocals by King Woman. “We really tried not to settle on parts,” says guitarist Nick Gauthier. “Sometimes a direction that we could have taken in a song felt too obvious… We would just troubleshoot that until we felt creatively satisfied with the direction we were taking.”
The first taste is the extremely heavy “Silent Wolf,” which vocalist James Pligge says “was birthed out of observing a sense of persistent distrust in governing bodies and systems of power in our current cultural climate,” adding, “It speaks on the faith, or lack of faith, many have in these systems and an overall feeling of inertia and paranoia with status quo operations… leading many to the question: ‘what is really informing our reality?'” Check out the song and its Finn O’Connell-directed video below.
Harm’s Way currently have one announced live date, Canada’s Hold Your Ground Fest on September 22, with more TBA.
Tracklist
Silent Wolf
Denial
Hollow Cry
Devour
Undertow
Heaven’s Call
Cyanide
Terrorizer
Sadist Guilt
Wanderer