Danish death metal/metallic hardcore goliaths LIFESICK will unleash their crushing Loved By None, Hated By All full-length November 1st on Metal Blade Records
LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Formed in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015, LIFESICK’s hometown was founded in 1650 as a giant fortress, at a time when the country was being continually battered by war and defeated by empire after empire. Although the Danish Realm is now among the world’s most peaceful and prosperous places to live, LIFESICK iskeen to alert us to the bitter conflict still raging in their hearts and minds. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.
“Sometimes it feels like the more you give, the more they take,” comments the band on that pessimistic title. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve given our all, but we’ve been knocked down time after time. That’s what inspired this title and it resonates with most of the songs on the album. It fits perfectly with LIFESICK’s theme, which is and always will be about the roughness of living in today’s world. LIFESICK exists as it does because of the world as it is.”
As with previous platters, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective. It is definitely not the last time we will do it.”
Even so, the responsibility for applying LIFESICK’s monomaniacal momentum to a more sophisticated and immersive sound picture has been shared around more than usual. Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”
The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. In advance of the record’s release, today LIFESICK unleashes first single, “Legacy Of Misery.” The band elaborates, “This is an anthem for all of you who have been beaten down by the system and let down by everyone around you, but have found solace in this brotherhood of outcasts. This song is the grooviest on the album, featuring a catchy sing-along chorus. Additionally, it features guest vocals from our good friend Andreas Bjulver from Cabal.”
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Loved By None, Hated By All Track Listing:
Death Wish
Peace Through Superior Firepower
Double Cross
Hollow Treats
Legacy Of Misery (Feat. Andreas Bjulver, Cabal)
Poems For My Funeral
Liquid Courage
Loved By None
The Mourning March
Straight Jacket