MASS WORSHIP Release Second Studio Album ‘Portal Tombs’
February 4th, 2022
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Stockholm, Sweden-based dark metal band Mass Worship issued second full-length studio album Portal Tombs on February 4th, 2022 through Century Media Records.
Mass Worship commented: “We as humans are approaching a state where we don’t believe in anything, and we can’t seem to envision any alternatives. Our elected leaders are merely there to sustain a seemingly perpetual status quo, and to grab whatever opportunity they can to shift our focus away from what’s important. What happens behind the scenes is a slow and steady collapse of our financial, political, ecological, spiritual and cultural world. We’re all perfectly aware of where we are heading, but we can’t seem to envision any alternative – it’s far too late, and far too terrifying to try to stop what has been started. Portal Tombs symbolises that death is the only true way forward. Mass Worship is an attempt at putting the current state of humanity’s affairs and suppressed emotional state into music and words. We want to capture the fears, the pain, the uncertainty and the total disbelief in the future of mankind. As we spiral towards an abyss of our own making, Mass Worship is the soundtrack that will resonate loudest of all.”
The title track features guest vocals from Napalm Death frontman Mark “Barney” Greenway. At The Gates guitarist Jonas Stålhammar guests on the track ‘Orcus Mouth’, meanwhile, in addition to Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renkse.
The track listing is as follows:
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01. ‘Specular Void’
02. ‘Portal Tombs’ (feat. Mark “Barney” Greenway)
03. ‘Revel In Fear’
04. ‘Orcus Mouth’ (feat. Jonas Stålhammar and Jonas Renkse)
05. ‘Unholy Mass’
06. ‘Dunes Of Bone’
07. ‘Scorched Earth’
08. ‘Empyrean Halls’
09. ‘Deliverance’
Mass Worship’s line-up is as follows:
Claes Nordin (vocals)
Gustav Eriksson (guitar)
Dadde Stark (bass)
Fred Forsberg (drums)
Music videos were filmed for the title track and the songs ‘Revel In Fear’ and ‘Orcus Mouth’. All three clips can be viewed below.
Mass Worship’s self-titled debut studio record was released in October 2019 via Century Media.
Promotional photograph by Monika Polus.
