Soilent Green have announced the tracklisting and release date for their lengthily-named forthcoming album Inevitable Collapse In The Presence of Conviction.
Some bands are remarkably short on luck, and Soilent Green seem to be one of them. Rather than crawl into a corner and sulk, however, they’ve chosen to channel the struggles and misfortunes of recent times into Inevitable Collapse In The Presence of Conviction.
The song titles certainly hint at Soilent Green’s experiences with hopelessness:
- Mental Acupuncture
- Blessed In The Arms Of Servitude
- In The Same Breath
- Antioxidant
- Lovesick
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Superstition Aimed At One’s Skull
- For Lack Of Perfect Words
- When All Roads Lead To Rome
- All This Good Intention Wasted In The Wake Of Apathy
- A Pale Horse And The Story Of The End
Talking about the theme and name of Inevitable Collapse In The Presence of Conviction, Soilent Green guitarist Brian Patton explains:
“It’s a pretty heavy name - I came up with it. I’ve been dealing with a lot of issues in life. We’ve had a lot of deaths in our little circle. Glenn [Rambo, original vocalist] passed away in the hurricane, our old bass player ended up getting shot and you know, we’ve had a lot of issues with just family. It hasn’t been all peaches and cream out in this area.
So it’s just a depression type theme; when you’re given hope and it’s taken from you. It’s pretty heavy. Ben’s got a lot going on in his brain so. And I must say, he makes it really hard for crowds to yell out titles of songs!”
Inevitable Collapse In The Presence of Conviction is released in the UK through Metal Blade Records on 21st April 2008, and The Dreaded Press will be reviewing it before then. In the meantime check out the Soilent Green website for tour details and more, then go friend ‘em on MySpace if you haven’t already.
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