The underground has lost their mind over Defeated Sanity. With each repugnant chapter in the band’s 30-year history, these technical lunatics have discovered dizzying ways to slam old-school death metal on its deformed head. Heck, they even recorded a split LP with themselves.
Having already cracked the Billboard chart with jazz-infused chaos, Defeated Sanity are now bringing back more of the sheer brutality that long-time fans have come to crave with Chronicles of Lunacy. The new single off their upcoming seventh album still delights prog-minded fiends with its many twisted turns, but by the time it’s finished, “Temporal Disintegration” will have everyone clawing their way into the pit.
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Chronicles of Lunacy comes out November 22 on Season of Mist.
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Chronicles of Lunacy punches you right in the face. Lead single “The Odour of Sanctity” comes pouring out of the speakers in a never-ending stream of filth. It’s just as putrid, but “Temporal Disintegration” is more of a hulking — if not, slightly more refined — breed of foul beast.
“We like to think of this song as the andante on the album”, Defeated Sanity says.
“Temporal Disintegration” still finds time to shred, but the song’s chunkier riffs chew through the mix with all the crushing weight of a slow and painful death. “Chronicles isn’t as tough on the brain as the last two albums”, says new guitarist Vaughn Stoffey. “It’s rawer and more straightforward, which gets back to what fans love about Psalms of the Moribund“.
Of course, Defeated Sanity are still steered by the mad genius who sits on their drum throne. Even when he’s blasting away at his snare, it always seems like Lille Gruber is juggling several different furious tempos. He never stops throwing “Temporal Disintegration” for a loop, shifting between guttural groove to hard bopping drum fills without missing a beat.
“Lille’s drumming is just ridiculous”, says Jacob Schmidt. Having held down Defeated Sanity’s low end for the past two decades, Schmidt shares the same mind’s eye for rhythmic oddities as the band’s creator. After coming to its harrowing conclusion, “Temporal Disintegration” spawns into a creeping, crawling bass solo. “He’s the face of the franchise, so we’re never going to abandon those head-scratching moments that set Defeated Sanity apart”.
But Defeated Sanity always have a method to their madness. “Each song on Chronicles deals with a different form of mental corruption”, vocalist Josh Welshman says. As depicted by its cryptic lyric video, “Temporal Disintegration” reads as if ripped from the inner monologue of a senseless killer. “Apathy transforms – into lunacy”, Welshman growls as the band descend into the album’s most sickly and slam-heavy breakdown.
“We love experimenting”, says Gruber. “But we realized that some of our oldest fans might have gotten lost after our last couple of albums. With Chronicles of Lunacy, we wanted to get back to more neck-snapping brutality”.
More praise for Defeated Sanity
“A jazz ensemble hiding in plain sight as a brutal tech-death band” – No Clean Singing
“Defeated Sanity have captured the throne of brutal death metal…” – Angry Metal Guy
“While the rest of us smooth-brained mortals are content with playing checkers or Connect Four, these guys are playing six simultaneous games of 3D chess with their swollen, pulsating minds” – Metal Sucks
“Should be up for some sort of award for being one of this offshoot’s most steadily morphing bands” – Last Rites
“Defeated Sanity’s brutality comes almost entirely from their demandingly intricate songwriting” – Toilet Over Hell
“Defeated Sanity has crafted a sound that is wholly their own” – Heaviest of Art
