Southern California unit NAILS have announced the details of their fourth full-length album, Every Bridge Burning, set to release on August 30th via Nuclear Blast Records. This marks their first album in eight years, with the record produced by Kurt Ballou at God City Studio. The announcements comes with new single “Impsoing Will“, which can be listened to below.
Founding vocalist and guitarist Todd Jones, long recognized as the backbone of NAILS, has unveiled the band’s new lineup. Joining him are drummer Carlos Cruz (Warbringer), bassist Andrew Solis (Despise You, Apparition), and guitarist Shelby Lermo (Ulthar).
The new album channels raw emotion into tracks like “Imposing Will”, a seismic event in sonic aggression, igniting the pulse and fueling a fire of hostility. “This track is special to the record in that I knew we wanted it to be the opener”, explains Jones. “We wanted it to have an urgency, an immediacy in the music itself. When you push play, you get smacked in the face”.
The album artwork, created by Jeff Whitehead, serves as a visual prelude to the auditory chaos, a stark representation of NAILS‘ aural brutality. “I really wanted to work with Whitehead again”, explains Jones. “I wanted the artwork to represent the sound of NAILS visually and to reference the same figure from our last album cover”.
Recording took place in Massachusetts at the aforementioned God City Studio with Kurt Ballou (of CONVERGE), whose contribution is integral to the NAILS sound. “We’ve recorded every album with Kurt. He’s such an important ingredient in how we present our music. When our fans want to hear NAILS, they want to hear something through Kurt’s engineering filter” elucidates Jones.
Every Bridge Burning will release August 30th via Nuclear Blast records and can be pre-ordered here. The album’s artwork and tracklist can be viewed below. For a full review of Every Bridge Burning and further news on the genre, stick with BoolinTunes.
- Imposing Will [1:22]
- Punishment Map [1:03]
- Every Bridge Burning [1:57]
- Give Me the Painkiller [2:44]
- Lacking the Ability to Process Empathy [2:03]
- Trapped [0:38]
- Made Up in Your Mind [1:04]
- Dehumanized [1:20]
- I Can’t Turn It Off [2:19]
- No More Rivers to Cross [3:14]