Malpractice Reveals "Turning Tides" Album Details

Having announced a new partnership with American progressive metal outlet Sensory Records earlier this year, Finland’s Malpractice now officially confirms more details on impending fourth album, "Turning Tides."

Sensory will release "Turning Tides," which is Malpractice's first ever worldwide release, on September 16th, 2014. Stand by for audio samples and additional info on the album in the coming weeks. The label also comments:

"With nearly forty-five minutes of brand new material, Turning Tides represents Malpractice at the band's absolute best, combining intricate progressive metal with catchy melodies topped with excellent musicianship and brilliant vocal harmonies.

"Professionally recorded by the members of the band — the lineup featuring members of renowned metal acts Omnium Gatherum and Insomnium — at various locations, Turning Tides was produced by the band’s Joonas Koto and Toni Paananen and engineered by Koto, then mixed and mastered by Anssi Kippo at Astra-Studio A and enshrouded by intriguing artwork and design work by Miikka Tikka."

Malpractice also states: “The lyrical theme of the album is about a guy who is very well educated. In fact so educated and talented that he can’t land a job for himself due to over education. He kind of falls in-between things and ends up in the suburbs unemployed and frustrated. He is ‘the best kept secret’ since no one wants to hire him. His life and sanity starts to fall apart due to his frustration and depression. He tries to fight the system but always ends up deeper and deeper in apathy. The story can be somewhat related to Malpractice’s struggle to make it for two decades already. The question is: ‘Is the guy me? You? Or every one of us?’”

The album's track listing will be as follows:

1. Best Kept Secret
2. Weight Of The World
3. Irony Tower
4. State Within A State
5. Turning Tides
6. Symphony Of Urban Discontent
7. Out