MORGOTH Reveal Ungod Album Artwork
January 29, 2015, 9 years ago
German death metal pioneers, Morgoth, have revealed the artwork for their brand new studio album. Ungod will be released on March 30th in Europe and April 7th in North America via Century Media Records.
The atmosphere of Ungod was perfectly captured by Greek cover designer Seth Siro Anton (Paradise Lost, Soilwork, Moonspell, etc.), who transformed it into an eerie piece of delusion and despair.
Morgoth comments on the collaboration: “We are very happy to have worked with Seth for the cover artwork of the album. We knew it wouldn’t be very easy to put the title Ungod into a design that is vivid, brutal and aesthetic at the same time. We had received a couple of good different suggestions for the artwork, but Seth’s simply was the one who pictured exactly what was already in our minds. It can roughly be described as God drowning in the void, killing its own creation and becoming the “Ungod” - The dawn of the Antichrist.”
The album will contain 11 tracks of dark and dismal death metal, combining the untamed ferocity of Morgoth’s infamous EPs with the atmospheric density of the band’s two legendary albums, Cursed and Odium.
Check out the album’s fourth song, “Black Enemy”, for a prime example of what’s to come:
Morgoth comments on the new album and the new track as follows: “After 18 years we can finally present a first glimpse at our new full length album, Ungod! We started with the songwriting in January 2013 and finished the recording process by the end of December 2014. It was an awesome experience to go through the sometimes very complex and challenging process of writing and recording an album again.
Our goal was to present some real Morgoth-style death metal, which closes the gap between Cursed and Odium. We hope that we have achieved this goal and our supporters and friends will like the final outcome.
The idea behind the song “Black Enemy” is that this evil force rests within all of us and all we can do is trying to keep that beast under control. The “Black Enemy” represents the dark and destroying part inside of us and the lyrics deal with someone who is not able to control it anymore, committing a murder in the end.”
Ungod was recorded, mixed and mastered in November and December 2014 by Jörn Michutta and Matthias Klinkmann at Sound Division Tonstudio in the band’s initial home-area of Sauerland / Germany, after having already successfully tested the studio for the God Is Evil EP.
Morgoth recently parted ways with longtime vocalist Marc Grewe, who was replaced by Karsten “Jagger” Jäger (also in Disbelief). Jagger has already proven being the perfect fit for Morgoth on his live debut in December and his performance on Ungod will further solidify the choice.
Morgoth live dates:
January
February
March
27 - Berlin, Germany - Cassiopeia *
28 - Würzburg, Germany - Cafe Cairo *
29 - Wermelskirchen, Germany - AJZ Bahndamm *
June
20 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting
21 - Clisson, France - Hellfest
26 - Protzen, Germany - Protzen Open Air
July
30-August 7 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air
August
13-15 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air
* Ungod release shows with Deserted Fear as main support
(Photo - Evelyn Steinweg)
