BATTALIONS, belligerent sludge champions of the UK DIY underground scene, revered by fans worldwide, lauded by the press and hairier than a bucket of black bears have premiered their new video ‘Devil’s Footsteps‘ via Decibel Magazine.
‘Devil’s Footsteps’ is the second single taken from their forthcoming third album Forever Marching Backwards, which will be released via APF Records on November 30th 2018.
Comments vocalist Phil Wilkinson: “We are proud to release our second single ‘Devil’s Footsteps’ from our forthcoming album ‘Forever Marching Backwards’. This is an all out attack of groove and riff, and featuring our good friend Dave Rowlands of Pist on vocals. Visually, we wanted to go for something a bit different to the first video we released a month or so ago, and brought all the colours in to play! We also chose this as a showcase for the bouncier/riffier side to the album as a contrast to the relentless battering of the single riff of ‘Forever Marching Backwards’. We enjoyed making this one, and we hope you enjoy watching and listening to it just as much!”
Recorded and mixed by Chris Fielding at Skyhammer Studios in the UK, the resulting album is a danger-fuelled 30 minutes of Battalions own brand of bleak, swaggering, riff-infused groove metal-meets-harsh-punk sound. To quote the band, this is ‘pure Humber sludge’.
Forever Marching Backwards is the follow up album to the band’s 2017 release Moonburn and brings to the table a tighter, punchier, dirtier sound with bigger riffs and extra swagger.
BATTALIONS was formed in early 2010 in the coastal city of Hull, UK. Their fanbase and support has steadily grown through incendiary live shows throughout the UK including high-profile support slots with Conan, Church Of Misery, Sworn Enemy, Ohhms, Slabdragger, Samothrace, Dopethrone and Vinnum Sabbathi. In 2017 they played on the Hobgoblin Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival, and headlined the Motorhead Roadcrew Stage at the 30,000-capacity Humber Street Sesh.
The band’s first two albums, 2016’s Nothing To Lose and 2017’s Moonburn received universal critical praise. Since the writing of the latter the band has slimmed down from a quintet to a 4-piece and now in 2018 the band have recently signed to APF Records and will release Forever Marching Backwards in November.
Forever Marching Backwards will be released by APF Records on November 30th. Pre-orders are available here.
