Hatebreed - Jamey Jasta sheds light on four tracks form the upcoming album!

We live in a world and a time where the rules and expectations of our lives are being redefined, and how each one of us handles those changes will determine our success in life. A number of the songs on HATEBREED's upcoming album, »The Concrete Confessional«, carry this overall theme, in one way or another. The band's lyricist, Jamey Jasta, has been vocal about his personal frustrations that are explored on the new album, and on this new video clip he discusses the inspirations behind the album's first four tracks.

According to Jasta, "'A.D.' was the track from the get, what we knew was strong, it was fast, it was brutal, it had that quality that you want for the opening track on a album." The song comes with the hard message of the destruction of the middle class and the American Dream that we were promised as kids. And what are we going to do about that for the next generation?

With the song 'Looking Down the Barrel of Today,' Jasta explains, "The day is either going to control you or you are going to control it. You're either holding the barrel or you're getting it pointed at you. I thougt it was a great second track just to keep that flow. Really heavy, really fast, right out of the gate."

The album's third song, 'Seven Enemies,' is a take on the Seven Deadly Sins that pretty much every religion has in its doctrine. "A lot of those things lead to destructive lifestyle patters," Jasta says. "People gravitate toward their vices and sins and it dooms them...and then that starts affecting the people around them It's a short, heavy song, and we know that the pit will erupt when we get it into the set."

With 'In The Walls,' Jasta channels his personal experiences with night paralysis and night terrors, and the fear that one might be losing one's mind. "It's something different for us, but it's also really a fast, heavy, hardcore track, that reminds me of old-school HATEBREED."

On HATEBREED's upcoming album, »The Concrete Confessional«, (May 13, Nuclear Blast Entertainment), the lyrics grapple with a number of the injustices and frustrations that people are experiencing in today's society. Songs such as 'A.D.,' 'Us Against Us,' and 'Looking Down the Barrel of Today' speak to these issues.

"Sometimes it's not so easy to have a positive mental attitude," said HATEBREED's lyricist Jamey Jasta, "but at the end of the tunnel, there is light." Hear more of what Jasta has to say about the new album on this video clip: https://youtu.be/QBgZoMTbwPA

Revered for its aggressive and intense music coupled with self-empowering and positive lyrics, HATEBREED recently released 'Looking Down The Barrel of Today,' the first music video from their upcoming album.

Directed by David Brodsky (CANNIBAL CORPSE, WHITECHAPEL, ALL THAT REMAINS) the performance piece was shot earlier this month at the band's rehearsal space in Connecticut. The video opens with the preface "Welcome to Two Minutes and Forty-Seven Seconds with HATEBREED," and includes special text throughout that was written by vocalist Jamey Jasta as a message of keeping a positive mental attitude. You can check out the video here: https://youtu.be/viD6JMRGbbM

Also check out the first trailer in which singer Jamey Jasta talks about the band's writing and demoing process here: https://youtu.be/1xQPhSCvxK4. HATEBREED recently released the lyric video for the first single, 'A.D.', here: https://youtu.be/qCgozwhkV-g

'A.D.' as well as 'Looking Down The Barrel Of Today' are now available as an instant-grat tracks when »The Concrete Confessional« is pre-ordered on iTunes. Go to http://nblast.de/HatebreedTCCIT or: http://nblast.de/HatebreedDownloads

The Grammy nominated Connecticut based juggernaut recently released a clip that features tastes of three of the brand new songs taken from their new album, »The Concrete Confessional« - 'A.D.', 'Looking Down The Barrel Of Today', and 'The Apex Within'. You can check that out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eCcttDvp2I

»The Concrete Confessional« is now available for pre-order in various formats: CD, CD Beanie Bundle, Vinyl (Black, White, Clear, Gold) - see below. Go to http://nblast.de/HatebreedTCCNB for all details.

The album will be available on May 13 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The long awaited follow-up to »The Divinity Of Purpose« was produced by longtime collaborator Zeuss (ROB ZOMBIE, SUICIDE SILENCE, WHITECHAPEL) and mixed by Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH). Artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco (SLAYER).

The new music is crushing and heavy with provocative lyrics that touch upon a number of topics that have become front-and-center in today's New Normal: the rise of terrorism, police brutality, moral decay, greed and betrayal, increased divisiveness, and the fading promise of the American Dream, potently covered on the track 'A.D.'.

»The Concrete Confessional« track list:

1. A.D.
2. Looking Down The Barrel Of Today
3. Seven Enemies
4. In The Walls
5. From Grace We’ve Fallen
6. Us Against Us
7. Something’s Off
8. Remember When
9. Slaughtered In Their Dreams
10. The Apex Within
11. Walking The Knife
12. Dissonance
13. Serve Your Masters

Headlining the IMPERICON FESTIVALS 2016 Tour:

Hatebreed Bury Tomorrow More

• 01.05. NL Amsterdam - Melkweg
• 02.05. UK Manchester - Academy (without BURY TOMORROW)
• 03.05. UK London - O2 Forum Kentish Town (without BURY TOMORROW)
• 04.05. F Paris - Les Docks de Paris
• 05.05. CH Zürich - X-Tra
• 06.05. AT Wien - Arena
• 07.05. D München - Zenith

Single headline shows

• 25.04. NO Oslo - Bla
• 26.04. SE Gothenburg - Sticky Fingers
• 27.04. SE Stockholm - En Arena
• 16.06. LU Luxembourg - Den Atelier

Festivals

• 29.04. B Meerhout - Groezrock
• 17.06. F Clisson - Hellfest
• 02.07. D Roitzschjora - With Full Force
• 07.07. ES Viveiro - Resurrection Fest
• 09.07. D Geiselwind - Out & Loud Festival
• 26.08. D Sulingen - Reload Festival

More on HATEBREED:

• 'Honor Never Dies' music video: https://youtu.be/_m-vaJDy25c
• 'Put It To The Torch' lyric video: https://youtu.be/BUEDG5yM3oM