Withered Reveals New Album "Grief Relic"

Atlanta death metal band Withered today details forthcoming new album "Grief Relic," which will be released by Season of Mist worldwide on May 27th and pre-orders are available here.

Withered has also released the first new track from "Grief Relic" - listen in to "Husk" via the player below. Regarding the track, Withered guitarist/vocalist Mike Thompson tells Decibel Magazine:

"Having been 5 years since our last release, we felt the need to do something very intentional with 'Grief Relic.' You know that sense of timelessness you get when you go back and listen to some 20 year old metal record and it’s just as relevant now as it ever was? It’s not really about nostalgia and definitely not about rehashing anything. Just the need to continue carving out a sonic identity like the great bands of the late 80’s and early 90’s.

"We focused on song arrangements and an album structure that would offer a real emotional experience and, of course, we loaded every song with a lot of typical Withered twists and turns. It’s progress for the sake of progress without abandoning our identity. ‘Husk’ was the first song we wrote for this album and it does a pretty good job of highlighting the kind of style traversing that can be expected from 'Grief Relic.'"

The artwork comes courtesy of Paul Romano and the album's track listing is as follows:

1. Leathery Rind
2. A Realm of Suffering
3. Withdraw
4. Feeble Gasp
5. Husk
6. Downward
7. Distort, Engulf
8. To Glimpse Godliness