TOMBS have unleashed a music video for their new song titled “The Hunger.” The track comes off the band’s upcoming full-length, Under Sullen Skies, which arrives on November 20. The new clip was created by Jaclyn Sheer and made its online debut via Dread Central.
“Like most metalheads, Halloween is our favorite time of year; it’s cold, dark and the veil is thin,” frontman Mike Hill comments. “Behold ‘The Hunger,’ an homage to vampires, blood and morose decay.”
Mike Hill is not a man interested in appeasing his existing audience or modifying the music he makes in the hope of luring in a broader one. Anyone doubting this needs only to look to the recorded output Tombs has dropped over the past decade, which while ultimately remaining rooted in the blackened, post-metallic sound vomited up on 2007’s self-titled EP has constantly diversified and evolved. With The Grand Annihilation, Tombs‘ fourth full-length and Metal Blade debut, this tradition is maintained, and in many ways it is the most epic, ambitious, emotionally and tonally varied of the band’s career, which is very much borne out in the subject matter. “The title comes from the idea of destroying the current world to open the door for the new world,” Hill states. “The Hindus tap into this cyclical nature of the universe. The idea of Kali Ma, destroying the universe to create a new reality is a key theme both in a more universal sense and also on a personal level of destroying your own personal worlds to create a new chapter.“
Following up the band’s last full-length, 2014’s Savage Gold, Hill had his work cut out for him, acknowledging that it was “the closest we came to realizing what I thought the band should sound like.” Showcasing a more brutal, extreme side of the band, it hit home hard – and the touring cycles that followed saw them being embraced by ever bigger crowds. Longtime fans will be aware that many musicians have come and gone from Tombs‘ ranks over the course of the band’s existence, most recently augmented by drummer Charlie Schmid (Vaura/Karyn Crisis’ Gospel Of The Witches) and guitarist Evan Void (Hivelords/Ominous Black), who joined in 2014. However, while some bands might stumble with their lineup being in a state of constant flux, this has never been an issue for Tombs, and with good reason.
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