Hatebreed - Jamey Jasta talks about the frustations found in new album's lyrics

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 brand new 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