THY ART IS MURDER: 'Violent Reckoning' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for the song “Violent Reckoning” from Australia’s incendiary extreme musical export THY ART IS MURDER can be seen below. The track is taken from the band’s third album, “Holy War”, which entered the official Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) chart at position No. 7 — the highest-ever position for an Australian extreme metal act. The Sydney-based band has generated controversy for the strong anti-religious stance of the title track’s video, as well as the album cover which features references to a suicide bomber.

“Holy War” was released in Australia via UNFD and in other parts of the world through Nuclear Blast. Produced and mixed by Will Putney (SUICIDE SILENCE, EXHUMED, THE ACACIA STRAIN), the CD was made available in various formats: digital; limited digipak + bonus track; assorted color vinyl; exclusive mail-order picture disc.

Guitarist Andy Marsh shared the following about the origins of the new album and its title: “Late last year, we entered the studio in secret to create our follow up to ‘Hate’, free of expectation and public pressure. What we came out with was a reaction to things going on around the world that crawl under our skin, that make us feel sick to be alive. Musically, it is darker, faster and more technical than anything we’ve done in the past and it hits hard lyrically. We wrote about concerns of ours, real issues, hardships that people are facing around the world today. Of course, it wouldn’t be a THY ART record if a lot of those affairs weren’t rooted in religion somehow, and what better way to sum up the state of all things than by entitling our album ‘Holy War’. This is our war on racism, homophobia, child abuse, animal cruelty and all evil born of religious immunity, indoctrination, and ignorance. It is ultimately a push for secularism and humanism. Without it, we will be left in the hands of mad men.”

THY ART IS MURDER has just kicked off a North American tour with PARKWAY DRIVE, MISS MAY I and IN HEARTS WAKE.

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net