Midnight Premieres New Single & Music Video "Cleveland Metal" From Upcoming Covers Album "Steel, Rust And Disgust"

Midnight's upcoming covers album, Steel, Rust And Disgust, is set to drop on May 23rd through Metal Blade Records. Alongside covers of various Cleveland-based bands and artists, Steel, Rust And Disgust also includes two brand-new tracks, one of which is the freshly released “Cleveland Metal.” A music video for the song, directed by David Brodsky (Cattle Decapitation, The Black Dahlia Murder), has just been unveiled, both streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.

Athenar, the sole force behind the blackened speed metal act, shared his thoughts on the vision behind this release:

“The idea to record an album of all cover jams with a certain theme is nothing quite new. The original title for this album was gonna be Throw Ups as an homage to the David Bowie’s Pin Ups album, also of covers. Although Throw Ups is only two syllables, and I need six. I guess I could’ve called it Throw Downs Throw Outs Throw Ups, but that would just be fucking stupid.

I just wanted to record some songs by bands who shared the same sights, sounds, and sewage of my region of birth. Some of these tunes you may have heard, some you may have not. So please, do yourself a favor and check out the original versions… if you want to transform into a total fucking slimebag that is!”

“Steel, Rust And Disgust” track-list:

01 – “Cleveland Metal”
02 – “Iron Beast” (Kratos cover)
03 – “I’m Insane” (Synastryche cover)
04 – “Final Solution” (Rocket From The Tombs cover)
05 – “Frenzy” (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover)
06 – “Child Eaters” (Rubber City Rebels cover)
07 – “3rd Generation Nation” (Dead Boys cover)
08 – “Rock N’ Roll Fever” (David Allan Coe cover)
09 – “Carrions Keep” (False Hope cover)
10 – “Black Leather Rock” (Electric Eels cover)
11 – “Steel, Rust And Disgust”
12 – “Agitated” (Electric Eels cover)