Backdawn Posts Entire New Album "I Shall Burn Your Empire" Online

French extreme metal quartet Backdawn just released new album "I Shall Burn Your Empire," which is also now online for streaming in full. Listen in below or pick up your own copy at Bandcamp here.

"I Shall Burn Your Empire" is a darker and more mature offering than that of the band's 2013 debut "Through Extermination." Vocalist and lead guitarist Chris Snaeder elaborates: "'I Shall Burn Your Empire' is a complete hate bible that I wrote to spit all my anger out... I'm deeply concerned about people around me and about our society, and a lot of events hit me hard, so I put all my negative emotion into the lyrics.

"There are double meanings in all my texts, I decided to be imperative and direct in the lyrics. I sometimes speak directly to someone I know, sometimes to a group of people, even to God. Everyone can refer to something in this album and I hope that it will help people rise above these problems."

The album was recorded and mixed by Clement Decrock of Boss Hog Studio France and mastered by Annihilator’s Jeff Waters at his Watersound Studio, Canada. "We wanted to have a loud, aggressive, high-gain and modern sound," states Chris. "We worked in minute detail on every sound on this album, each guitar has been recorded using two different amps, we used a different bass than usual, we took a lot of time to design the drum sound as well. We wanted to produce something with a lot of personality..."