Yesterday's Saints Reveals "Generation Of Vipers" Album Details

Yesterday's Saints is gearing up to release "Generation of Vipers" via Draconum Records this coming February 3rd, 2015. The following press release was also issued about the coming full-length:

"Concept albums are not new territory in the metal genre by any means. But Northern Virginia's Yesterday's Saints elevate the notion of conceptual metal to a whole other level, thanks to the rich, extensive storytelling and the pummeling metal of Generation of Vipers. The music is as smart and as thought-provoking as it is extreme, and that's not an easy thing to do. Striking the artful balance is difficult, but Yesterday's Saints make it seem easy.

"The current iteration of Yesterday's Saints, which plays death-thrash-power combo, has been in existence since summer 2010 and with a self-released EP and some local touring under the band's belt. They knew that a full concept album was the next step they wanted to take. But they did not go about it capriciously. The decision to go with a concept for the 11-track Generation of Vipers was driven by the most important things the songwriting and careful thought.

"The album is assembled like an opera, with three acts, along with an instrumental interlude and outro. It traces the story of Satan, one of the most notorious characters in history, throughout time, from his desire to usurp God's throne to his modern infiltration of mankind to the indication that all of Earth's inhabitants are now his descendants.

"The album opens with a flashback and what corresponds chronologically to a third song is actually listed as the first track. The story then resumes from its chronological beginning with the second track. The final song alludes to two theories of the universe: One that asserts we are all a figment of a man's dream, along with the multi-dimensional membrane theory, where the Big Bang Theory was/will be the result of an intersection or collision between our current dimensional membrane and a parallel one.

"As a result of either theory, whether 'the man' waking up or the collision between dimensional membranes, the end of days is the outcome. Time is then reset again by the man falling asleep again or the explosion of another Big Bang.

"Still with us? It's a lot to process, but once you absorb that story along with the music, your appreciation will be furthered and deepened, as all senses are satisfied by Generation of Vipers, which targets one's brain and one's body."

"When I write songs, I write [from the point of view of] multiple characters, so I can pan those vocal styles against each other," said vocalist Matt Rice. "So, at times, it's like the vocals themselves are different characters. It's almost like a conversation going on in my songs, through the process of telling a story."

"The lyrics are written in flashback, using Paradise Lost, the Bible and other fiction," Rice said. "Paradise Lost is written in flashback and I wanted to do that in homage to John Milton in that sense. I have the most exciting part first, which is the war in heaven, rather than the scene of Satan contemplating picking his ass up and usurping the Throne of God."

01. Fall of the Ancients
02. Origen Adamantius
03. The Recruitment
04. A Priori
05. Sangreale
06. Cain's Agony
07. Sands of Nod
08. Generation of Vipers
09. The Divine Tragedy
10. Recursion
11. Luctus En Mane