The image visually combines the albumвЂ™s themes of emotional struggle and managing to overcome pain after layers of depression, anxiety, betrayal, and heartbreak have hardened atop a personвЂ™s soul. In KantorвЂ™s classic painting style, cracking through the clay of turmoil and sadness, a light is beginning to shine through the rock as the sculptor turns his face from the blinding beams of healing. This song is a dark canvas leaving my body to exact terrible things on a different plane, and coming back to myself in order to learn from it so that you donвЂ™t ever give in to that dark, carnal desire,вЂќ explains Jasta.ДЄlbum artwork by renowned heavy metal artist Eliran Kantor depicts a man chiseling away at the massive sculpture of a stone bust. Once you go down that dark, violent path, there is no turning back. вЂњItвЂ™s an eye for an eye, but that leaves everyone blind. вЂњA Stroke Of Red,вЂќ contrary to what it may seem at first, touches on the concept of having the choice to harm yourself or others. The song вЂњWings Of The Vulture'' is a metaphor for all the negative forces of nature, fate, and humanity that hope to prey upon us during some of our weakest moments waiting for the death of something meaningful. вЂњIt should be illegal to make a song this heavy,вЂќ describes bassist Chris Beattie. When someone is being pursued by their past, another person, or just defending their own territory, itвЂ™s only a matter of time and distance before they can explode into a savage, primal beast. On the other end of the philosophical spectrum, the first single вЂњInstinctive (Slaughterlust)вЂќ not only presents a fresh vocabulary word, but screams about the power that comes from our defense mechanisms when backed into a corner.

Tracks like вЂњCling To LifeвЂќ supply a play on words that usually mean to desperately cling to those last breaths, but here, these words display that in the wake of true loss and mourning, to cling to the idea of happiness and future can bring sincere relief. The music we love helps us bear the weightвЂќ proclaims vocalist Jamey Jasta. вЂњSeen or unseen, everyone is carrying a burden. It is these struggles that are translated throughout Weight Of The False Self. For many of us, the weight becomes so much that we struggle to get out from underneath, let alone move. Our experiences shape who we become and over time, gradually produce a heavy burden that we continue to lug along. вЂњWeight Of The False SelfвЂ™ is a perfect representation of HATEBREED in 2020, a fresh onslaught of soon to be classics with all the elements that led you here since day one,вЂќ explains guitarist Frank Novinec.ДЄ metaphorical weight is carried by almost every individual in regards to their emotional construct. Renowned for their ability to provide an intense and cathartic release for their fans, HATEBREED challenged their writing style through this album cycle in order to produce material that is exceptionally relatable in a contemporary world flooded with overstimulation, emotional dampening, and lack of social patience. It comes as no surprise that their eighth, full length album is the result of the usual sweat and blood that have cemented HATEBREEDвЂ™s unique niche in the world of music for over two decades. With unflinching tenacity, the impenetrable heavy metal hardcore factory that is HATEBREED has brought forth yet another iron cast, sonic weapon with Weight Of The False Self.

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