MISERY INDEX: Loudwire Premieres “The Choir Invisible” Video From Veteran Death Metal Faction As Rituals Of Power Full-Length Nears Release

MISERY INDEX: Loudwire Premieres “The Choir Invisible” Video From Veteran Death Metal Faction As Rituals Of Power Full-Length Nears Release

[Photo by Heidi Strengell]

“…a neck-snapping journey through tight grooves, crunching riffs, and the undeniable urge to put your fist through a couple layers of sheetrock.” — Loudwire

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Loudwire is pleased to unveil MISERY INDEX‘s lyric video for “The Choir Invisible,” the latest sampling from the band’s impending Rituals Of Power full-length. Set to drop March 8th via Season Of Mist, the record boasts nine punishing tracks centered around the concept of “truth” and its use throughout history as a means to uphold power, regimes, and ideologies.

“‘The Choir Invisible’ is a euphemism for the dead, or those who have passed on,” issues the band. “In the context of this song, it is an anthem of the dispossessed and the hopeless. Many across the world exist in an ‘in-between’ state that is often ignored and/or washed over because they lack the power and voice to plead their case as human beings. The song takes up this theme and tells it from the somber view of those who risk their lives, board ships and cross oceans in order to find a better life.”

Adds Loudwire, “If you’ve heard MISERY INDEX before, you know what you’re in for – a neck-snapping journey through tight grooves, crunching riffs, and the undeniable urge to put your fist through a couple layers of sheetrock. We’ve all been there before, right?”

View “The Choir Invisible,” courtesy of Loudwire, at THIS LOCATION.

View the band’s previously released videos for “New Salem” and the record’s title track at THIS LOCATION.

Rituals Of Power will be released in several formats including standard jewel case CD and digitally as well as limited LP, limited cassette, and limited deluxe digibox which includes bonus cover tracks – Nailbomb’s “Wasting Away” and M.O.D.’s “Man Of Your Dreams” – as well as a carabiner with key strap and bottle opener, a patch, and three vinyl stickers. For preorder options visit: shopusa.season-of-mist.com/list/rituals-of-power.

In conjunction with the release, MISERY INDEX will play two shows in Japan with Napalm Death, Eyehategod, and Melt-Banana before heading to Europe for a two week headlining tour with Wormrot, The Lion’s Daughter, and Truth Corroded. The Rituals Of Power: Phase 1 tour sees the band traveling through eight countries with a final curtain at the Turock in Essen, Germany. See all confirmed dates below.

MISERY INDEX – Extreme The DOJO w/ Napalm Death, Eyehategod, Melt-Banana:

3/05/2019 Club Quattro – Osaka, JP
3/06/2019 Club Quattro – Tokyo, JP
w/ Wormrot, The Lion’s Daughter, Truth Corroded: 3/23/2019 Heidelberg Deathfest – Heidelberg, DE
3/24/2019 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
3/25/2019 Escape Metalcorner – Wien, AT
3/26/2019 Melodka – Brno, CZ
3/27/2019 Chemiefabrik – Dresden, DE
3/28/2019 Goldgrube – Kassel, DE
3/29/2019 Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE
3/30/2019 Grindhoven – Eindhoven, NL
3/31/2019 Backstage – München, DE
4/01/2019 Werk21 – Zürich, CH
4/02/2019 Circolo Magnolia – Segrate MI, IT
4/03/2019 Usine – Genf, CH
4/04/2019 Glazart – Paris, FR
4/05/2019 De Casino – Sint Niklaas, BE
4/06/2019 Turock – Essen, DE

When their debut EP Overthrow was recorded in 2001 by vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton (ex-Dying Fetus), MISERY INDEX immediately charted a course to explore and push the limits of death metal and grindcore, drawing influence from bands like Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Bolt Thrower, and Entombed. By 2003, MISERY INDEX released their debut full-length Retaliate to exceptional reviews followed by numerous support tours and festivals through North America and Europe. After several lineup changes, second album Discordia was released in 2006 with even more touring in its wake. Their third full-length Traitors (2008) reaped raving reactions from both critics and fans and saw the band on the road again until 2009. MISERY INDEX dropped 2010’s Heirs To Thievery like a bomb on the death metal masses, shattering all expectations. The album was both a commercial and critical success, elevating the band to headlining slots. During that year, guitarist Darin Morris joined the fold. A string of shows and festivals around the globe followed and on the Munich date of the Full Of Hate Tour alongside Cannibal Corpse and Behemoth, the band recorded their first live album. Released early 2013, Live In Munich perfectly epitomized the rawness and ferocity that MISERY INDEX elevated onto a whole new level with their fifth full-length The Killing Gods in 2014.

With their sixth full-length Rituals Of Power, MISERY INDEX are more furious than ever before. “Rituals Of Power is a disavowal and warning against the consequences of our so-called ‘post-truth’ age,” issues the band. “Each of the nine songs revolves loosely around this theme, yet each track also stands very much on its own. As an album however, they are all brought to life as one ‘reanimated’ monster; it’s roughly thirty-five minutes of unhinged, yet cohesive, riff-driven aural ballistics. We were pissed off and on fire during both the writing and recording, and we think it shows in spades. We set out to write the best album we could, based on what we would want to hear first as fans of this music, and we could not be happier.”