Italian symphonic death metal masters, Fleshgod Apocalypse, released their new album King last week via Nuclear Blast. In this new video, the band explain why it’s their darkest album yet:  

The band members discuss the album’s concept:

In celebration of the release, the band premiered an official video for new track, “Cold As Perfection”.

The band commented on the track and video: "King should be considered an entire unique opera, even though every single song, with its related character, treats a specific and intense aspect of human condition or behaviour. We picked 'Cold As Perfection' for the first video because it faces one of the heaviest and most painful aspects of existence.

“The song is about aging and the sad consciousness of losing physical and mental integrity with the passing of time. While we waste our life in the continuous research of perfection, which we know will never be reached, we deliberately sacrifice the splendor of our existence that is composed by an infinite number of imperfect details. We lose ourselves, we lose the time that nature offered us for free and we offend those not lucky enough to have as much as we have. It's scary because it's not an invented story, it's reality and it's inexorable.

“For sure the theme is brutal and extreme, that's why it deserved an equally extreme video. We got censored but we don't care. We knew we were going to shake some consciences but it's what the band is set to do. This is who we are. We consider it's pretty pointless to resort to cheap fantasy or obsolete superstitions to make an argument. Reality is THE argument itself and often it's the most horrible one."

The video was directed by Francesco Paoli and Salvatore Perrone.

King artwork and tracklisting:

King tracklisting:

“Marche Royale”
“In Aeternum”
“Healing Through War”
“The Fool”
“Cold As Perfection”
“Mitra”
“Paramour (Die Leidenschaft bringt Leiden)”
“And The Vulture Beholds”
“Gravity”
“A Million Deaths”
“Syphilis”
“King”

Bonus Orchestral CD (digipak only)
“Marche Royale”
“In Aeternum”
“Healing Through War”
“The Fool”
“Cold As Perfection”
“Mitra”
“And The Vulture Beholds”
“Gravity”
“A Million Deaths”
“Syphilis”

“Gravity” lyric video:

“The Fool”:

King is available in the following formats:

- Digipak (incl. bonus orchestral CD)
- CD
- Digipak + TS bundle (various sizes)

Order King now at this location.

Tour dates:

February
10 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
11 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
12 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
13 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
14 - Toronto, ON - Mod Club
15 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's
16 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
17 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
19 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
20 - Bend, OR - Third Street Pub
21 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge
22 - W. Hollywood, CA - Whisky
23 - San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
24 - Phoenix, AZ - Joe's Grotto
25 - El Paso TX - Mesa Music Hall
26 - Ft. Worth, TX - Rail Club
27 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog

Tour dates with Ensiferum:

April
2 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Maasilo
3 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
4 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
5 - Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
6 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
7 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
8 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
9 - Vienna, Austria - Szene
10 - Budapest, Hungary - Barba Negra Club
12 - Bucharest, Romania - Arenele Romane
13 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Mixtape 5 Club
14 - Belgrade, Serbia - Dom Omladine
15 - Zagreb, Croatia - Vintage
16 - Burglengenfeld, Germany - VAZ Pfarrheim
17 - Solothurn, Switzerland - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl
18 - Milan, Italy - Fabrique
19 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
20 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
21 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Theater