Video For New Single "Inukshuk" Premiered By The Hirsch Effekt, New Album "Eskapist" Expected This Month

After the breathless "Holon" album trilogy, The Hirsch Effekt has probably crafted the most extreme, darkest and most complex chapter, which goes by the name of "Eskapist," which will be released on August 18th. The second single "Inukshuk" is out today and currently available in the player below.

"Inukshuk displays the other extreme on 'Eskapist': calmness, simplicity and pop appeal," comments the band. "Of course not without a certain angry despair and melancholy, both of which are the cross-connections to the overall album context. Our deepest thanks go out to Marv and the Off The Road Studios, as well as to our protagonist Jari of ther German band DYSE." Check out the clip in the player below.

Socially critical, caustically political and musically overwhelming, the fourth album from the Hanoverian band is truly a lesson in progressive metal, prog and core. All three band members - drummer Moritz Schmidt, guitarist and singer Nils Wittrock and bassist and singer Ilja John Lappin - had an equal share in the writing of the record. The 12 complex compositions, interfused with prog, tech and sludge metal, continually shift between the different styles and were recorded with Tim Tautorat (who has previously worked with In Flames, Manic Street Preachers), Max Trieder and various guest musicians in Hanover, Leipzig and Berlin.

Escapism, in its many different forms, is the link between the different pieces and what holds the album together. Escaping from society, "circumstances" or private life. Once again the band's lyrics tackle issues that hurt and the music, which demands to be listened to, strikes almost incomparable in its intensity.

With the "Eskapist" album, The Hirsch Effekt gives us a final comment on our time. In simple terms: remarkably intense music.

Check out "Inukshuk" here: