New York City progressive death metal collective and recent Relapse signees, PYRRHON (pronounced peer-on), emerge from the urban decay with a nightmarish offering of physically and psychologically mauling extreme metal. Titled The Mother Of Virtues, the band's sophomore full-length is a mind-bending fusion of clanging death metal, surreal psychedelia, dark jazz rhythms and delirious storytelling. Recorded with Ryan Jones (TODAY IS THE DAY, MUTILATION RITES) and mastered by Colin Marston (GORGUTS, KRALLICE), the nine tracks comprising The Mother Of Virtues takes its listener on a harrowing journey into the darkest corners of musical severity. Recommended for demented souls who worship at the altars of Gorguts, ULCERATE, CRYPTOPSY, PORTAL, DEATHSPELL OMEGA, Today Is The Day and the like.

Elaborates vocalist Doug Moore: "We focused on capturing an organic, spontaneous sound on this album. Consequently, we tracked most of the album live; most of its quieter moments and solo breaks are partially or entirely improvised. We like to let the chips fall where they may."

New track ‘Balkanized’ below:

The Mother Of Virtues tracklisting:

‘The Oracle Of Nassau’

‘White Flag’

‘Sleeper Agent’

‘Balkanized’

‘Eternity In A Breath’

‘Implant Fever’

‘Invisible Injury’

‘The Parasite In Winter’

‘The Mother Of Virtues’

In related news, Pyrrhon will bring their odes of crudeness to the streets next month on a near-two-week run of live assaults. Slated to embark on March 7th in Richmond, Virginia, the journey includes a pair of appearances at this year's edition of SXSW in Austin and will come to a close in Brooklyn, New York on March 28th. The band will be joined by hometown avant brutalizers, PSALM ZERO.

Dates include:

March

7 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
8 – Nashville, TN – The Spring Water
9 – New Orleans, LA – TBA

11-12 – Austin, TX – SXSW

15 – Carbondale, IL – Skihouse
16 – St. Louis, MO – Fubar
18 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
19 – Berkley, MI – Berkley Front
20 – Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose
28 – Brooklyn, NY – Trans Pecos

The follow up to 2011's An Excellent Servant But A Terrible Master, The Mother Of Virtues will be unleashed on CD, LP and digitally in North America via Relapse Records on April 1st, Germany/Finland/Benelux on March 28th and UK/World on March 31st. Preorder are being taken at Relapse.com.