Backdawn Announces New Album "I Shall Burn Your Empire"

French extreme metal quartet Backdawn will release new album "I Shall Burn Your Empire" on 20th April, 2016. Composed of anger, violence and pure aggression, "I Shall Burn Your Empire" encapsulates the theatre of brutality that is Backdawn.

Recorded and mixed by Clement Decrock of Boss Hog Studio France and mastered by Annihilator’s Jeff Waters at his Watersound Studio, "I Shall Burn Your Empire" follows the band’s debut album, "Through Extermination" [2013]. Vocalist and lead guitarist Chris Snaeder had this to say on the recording process:

"It was a painful and intense session, and I think you can hear it in our production. It took two years work to write this album, and when we knew that Jeff would work on it too, we wanted to produce the best record we could…

"Work is work, when you want to get the best then you have to throw your entire soul and all your energy into it. We did just that, and at the end of the two weeks recording session, we listened to the whole unmixed album and it was already sounding great."

Chris describes the band’s musical and writing transition from their debut album as an evolution. He elaborates: "Our first album was more brutal, direct and aggressive… Keeping what was good, we’ve essentially added more melody to the riffs to get to what we have in I Shall Burn Your Empire."

1. You Raised Me To Fall
2. I Shall Burn Your Empire
3. Of Sand and Blood
4. The Path To Glory
5. Call For War
6. I Saw Him Drowning
7. Fallen Brother
8. This Is My Will
9. Condamned To Suffer
10. Surrounded By Fire
11. Kill Yourself
12. Revelations