| October 30, 2013 – Gearing up for the release of their first new material since 2010’s The Infinite Order, legendary pioneers of Christian metal LIVING SACRIFICE are excited to share new track “Screwtape” today exclusively via Lambgoat.
The song, which features guest vocals from DEMON HUNTER’s Ryan Clark, is the incendiary opening track on Ghost Thief, the band’s forthcoming 8th studio album, set to drop November 11th on longtime label Solid State Records.
“‘Screwtape’ is about temptation and the proverbial ‘devil on your shoulder,’” explains vocalist/guitarist Bruce Fitzhugh. “It’s about the thought process we go through to justify a thought or action that is not good for the soul. Musically, it seemed like a great way to kick off the record because it’s a thrasher and sets a good tone for the record as a whole.”
Hear “Screwtape” at Lambgoat now:
lambgoat.com/features/109/Living-Sacrifice-Screwtape-song-premiere
Running the extremes from blisteringly fast to mid-tempo thrash with groove to spare, Ghost Thief is a clinic on how a band with a 20+ year career can continue to make relevant metal. The album marks the Little Rock, Ark., band’s first since returning from a multi-year hiatus with 2010’s celebrated The Infinite Order, an album that led Alternative Press to declare the band “back at full strength.” Pop Matters called the band “masters of their craft,” adding that “The Infinite Order is proof of why Living Sacrifice is one of the most influential Christian metal bands of all time.”
Produced by DEMON HUNTER’s Jeremiah Scott,Ghost Thief marks the eighth studio album LIVING SACRIFICE has issued since 1989, when a teenage Fitzhugh and Lance Garvin (drums) first united with friend DJ Johnson and later Jason Truby, determined to create a metal band as musically uncompromising as the secular groups of the day with a positive lyrical message. Practically unheard of at the time and to many quite controversial, the result blew open doors and crossed preconceived boundaries with a mix of thrash and death metal across their first three albums.
The band went through natural shifts over the ensuing years, with some members going on to join bands like P.O.D. and EVANESCENCE. Through the years, however, the constants of Fitzhugh and Garvin, and then mainstays Rocky Gray (guitar) and Arthur Green (bass) since 1998, steered the ship, and LIVING SACRIFICE achieved its goal of helping Christian metal transcend its own boundaries to become something respected and admired throughout the metal realm – a fact evident today in the countless bands LIVING SACRIFICE has influenced. |
