THE DEFILED Unveil Daggers Album Art; 'Unspoken' Video Teaser Posted
May 24, 2013, 11 years ago
British metallers THE DEFILED recently signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment, who will release their second album, Daggers, on August 2nd. The artwork was designed and executed by Scott Chalmers, the band's long time photographer.
Keyboardist The AvD explains the concept: “Daggers were made for only one thing - killing or betraying your fellow man. And one stab is almost always never enough… The flowers symbolize goodwill with the prospect of a co-operative future. The dagger behind the back symbolizes the ulterior motives, the insincerity and the impending disappointment that surrounds us all. This theme runs through all the tracks on the album. The concept was born out of a scene we wanted in our new video for 'Unspoken'. We wanted the two main characters shaking hands with daggers behind their backs. We were originally going to call the track 'Daggers' but then opted to go for 'Unspoken'. The song is about the politics of life and it seemed more fitting. We also didn't want to limit the word "Daggers" to only one song on the album, as it is the overall feeling we wanted for the full project.”
The band has uploaded a short teaser for the forthcoming 'Unspoken' video. The official video clip is to be released on June 3rd.
To whet the appetites of fans, the first song from the album, 'Sleeper', was released via iTunes on March 17th. A lyric video for the track can be seen below:
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