Poison Ruïn are back. The medieval-minded metallic punks have announced the follow-up to 2024's Confrere today. It's called Hymns From The Hills, and it's due at the top of April on Relapse. We're told the album features ambient interludes inspired by the likes of Scott Walker and the Durutti Column in between the bursts of primitive sonic violence. Lead single "Eidolon" is more on the primitive sonic violence side; it's like Motörhead reinterpreting "For Whom The Bell Tolls," picking up debris and shrapnel as it speeds ahead toward hell.
Here's the Philly Band To Watch's own Mac Kennedy:
"Eidolon" is about being stuck in a broken reality, a cog in a fate-machine doomed to play out the same cursed loop until it fully breaks down. The ones who had the power to affect change have abandoned the scene. Their phantoms loom down in quiet disapproval of the disaster that slowly plays out beneath-- Grim reminders of what could have, but will not be.
Watch director Ali Donohue's video for "Eidolon" below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Intro"
02 "Lily Of The Valley"
03 "Hymn From The Hills"
04 "Eidolon"
05 "Howls From The Citadel"
06 "Pilgrimage"
07 "Guts (Lay Your Self Aside)"
08 "Turn To Dust"
09 "Puzzle Box"
10 "Serpent’s Curse"
11 "Sleeping Giant (Interlude)"
12 "Crescent Sun"
13 "The Standoff"
Hymns From The Hills is out 4/3 via Relapse. Pre-order or pre-save it here.
