God Dethroned, one of the most respected Dutch extreme metal acts, will unleash their new studio album on September 6th, 2024, via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM).
The band has just released the final single, “The Hanged Man”, taking listeners down the last steps towards the sonic abyss of The Judas Paradox. The track immediately suffocates with crushing double-bass drumming and deep bass lines, yet it maintains a melodic sense through its scheming lead guitars. Judas Iscariot, the inspiration behind the album title, once again lurks in the lyrics, rounding off another striking song from the band’s hellish forge.
“The lyrics are based on the The Hanged Man tarot card. Lyrically the song is simple yet extremely catchy. The reason I decided to use tarot cards as a basis to write lyrics is because I like them and their meanings and it allowed me to write a different type of lyrics that I hadn’t used before. The tarot card of The Hanged Man is about sacrifice. Musically it’s a groovy death metal banger with a middle part that shows Dave Meester’s skills as a virtuoso on lead guitar. In this song particularly, you get the feeling that the death metal version of Dave Murray is present in his utmost glory,”
states frontman Henri “The Serpent King” Sattler.
Photo credit: Chantik Photography
