Brazilian heavy metal icons SEPULTURA have revealed the title of their upcoming studio album, »Machine Messiah«. Inspired by the robotisation of our society, the album will be released on January 13th via Nuclear Blast Records.
The album was produced by the band and Jens Borgen (SOILWORK, OPETH, KATATONIA, AMON AMARTH) of Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.
The stunning cover artwork of »Machine Messiah« was created by Filipino artist Camille Della Rosa.
Andreas Kisser states:
"I found the work of Camille Della Rosa during some research I was doing to look for alternative artists to work on the cover of our new album. I had the concept in my mind and the name of the album, Machine Messiah, but that didn’t matter much since I was looking for different styles and ideas, different artists. When I saw her paintings I was really impressed by her style, full of colours and meaning, very unique and alive! She comes from the Philippines, a place where we performed some years ago and we could feel the intensity of their culture, very powerful! She has that power in her paintings and drawings!
The main inspiration around Machine Messiah is the robotisation of our society nowadays. The concept of a God Machine who created humanity and now it seems that this cycle is closing itself, returning to the starting point. We came from machines and we are going back to where we came from. The messiah, when he returns, will be a robot, or an humanoid, our bio-mechanical savior.
The painting “Deus Ex-Machina” is a masterpiece! I was really shocked to see how her concept of the painting was a perfect fit to our concept! The cover was done 6 years ago for our new album and she didn’t know it! Neither did I but I’m glad we crossed each others paths. Camille’s work is intense and in your face. We are lucky to have such a great artist working with us, she’s kind and very talented. She brings something new and exciting to a career of 32 years during which amazing artists have created memorable and iconic album covers.
I’m very happy with everything about Machine Messiah, it is a Sepultura album but with a new direction and intensity, a new musical challenge, a step forward! Can’t wait to show the world our music for the new Messiah coming."
The tracklisting of the new album »Machine Messiah«:
1. Machine Messiah
2. I Am The Enemy
3. Phantom Self
4. Alethea
5. Iceberg Dances
6. Sworn Oath
7. Resistant Parasites
8. Silent Violence
9. Vandals Nest
10. Cyber God
More on SEPULTURA's upcoming album:
Studio Diary #1: https://youtu.be/y8Lp7ge8Q3w
Studio Diary #2: https://youtu.be/_8vneH5RKt4
Studio Diary #3: https://youtu.be/XrkNouSAxT4
Studio Diary #4: https://youtu.be/ol2arUukE30
Album Teaser: https://youtu.be/azkW8kOqHtg
SEPULTURA released a special EP titled »Sepultura Under My Skin« last year. Its cover was created around images of different tattoos that the band's fans sent in. To show their fan base more about the emergence of this release, the fourth part of »Sepultura Under My Skin - The Mediator UK Tour 2015«, edited and directed by D.O. Blackley (Her Name Is Murder Productions), has been launched today. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/5pFPkUKpw6Y
Check also the first parts:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/FxrNCtr-7oE
Part 2: https://youtu.be/cmMQfw6BegM
Part 3: https://youtu.be/FiFqshnDYJ4
