Vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva (ANGTORIA/ex-CRADLE OF FILTH) has issued the following update on her new album, The Corruption Of Mercy:

"For anyone that buys on iTunes or loads the CD into iTunes, the CD is correct but the track listing is switched (inverted) on 'Pretty With Effects' and 'Zombie'. This will change at some point and be corrected, but not sure when."

The correct tracklist for The Corruption Of Mercy is as follows:

'No Paragon Of Virtue'

'The World Won't Hold Your Hand'

'A Matter Of Convenience'

'Silence Please'

'Zombie'

'Pretty With Effects'

'What Lies Before You'

'Sirens'

'The Eyes That Lie'

'The Corruption Of Mercy'

Check out Sarah's new official website here for updates. Her official Facebook page can be found here.

Following is an excerpt from a new interview with Sarah:

Asked if she and her bandmates went darker and heavier than (Angtoria's) God Has A Plan For Us All and (previous solo album) A Sign Of Sublime on purpose, Sarah chalks up the sound on The Corruption Of Mercy to not over-thinking the music.

“Two of the tracks I wrote about eight years ago and believe it or not, they were very old Darkthrone / Satyricon sounding to begin with, not that anyone would ever tell now. When I listened to them, I knew that would all change during the writing process. We never plan for things, I never plan. I tried to plan with the last album and it went tits up because there were too many people involved. This time, we just wrote over a period of time and sat back and watched it progress. We just took chances. We all have to take chances and I still say, don't plan stuff because it never ends up the way you want it to.”
“Oh, and no, no Cradle Of Filth, Angtoria, Therion or anything was an influence on the new album. We did know, however, that this album had to be on par with God Has A Plan For Us All. We just tried to push A Sign Of Sublime to the back as far as possible.”

The lyrics on The Corruption Of Mercy echo the music’s dark mood, in stark contrast to Sarah’s rather upbeat view of life at the moment. Between having a solid band with a strong chemistry and preparing, at press time, to get married, she doesn’t come off as fed up or pissed off.

“(Laughs) I’m really happy, but I focus on situations and people. I know many, many good people but they’re crap for writing songs about. I did ‘That’s What The Wise Lady Said’ (Angtoria) for my godmother because she deserved something like that, but writing that kind of song was hard, almost felt gay for me. I did explore banshees and sirens on this album, which is unlike me, so for the best part it’s people, life and situations that have affected me. Actually, my ex just found out that some of the tracks I wrote on the last album are about him. I wrote them when I was angry, as you do (laughs). Now I kind of feel bad because I know he has a good heart. Thankfully he found it funny and said he wrote one for me, too, called ‘Black Metal Deva’ (laughs). I’m dreading it, and sadly, I can't kick his arse ‘cos he’s in Oz.”

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