Belgian post-rock / sludge outfit Amenra have announced the release of their highly anticipated ‘Mass VI’ the band’s fifth full length studio album.
“It took us a couple of years as always to find the right mindset to write an new album. Works of music whose creation was fuelled by pure necessity,” Colin van Eeckhout explains. “We needed to write, at this point. Finding inspiration in depression, sorrow and despair. Levy found himself in a dark place for some time, where he shut himself off from everyone to write new music. It was the first Mass album he helped writing, and his being is felt throughout the entire album. Lebon, our drummer, celebrated the birth of his newborn son. We were all saddened by Mathieu’s father’s cancer and are mourning the loss of Lebon’s beloved mother. And for me, personally, my firstborn son had a tumor removed from inside his head. It seriously shook my ground. Fate strikes and strokes. Where there is Love there is Pain.”
A blog post by Neurot also reveals some of the artwork, track listing and more information on the upcoming album – all of which can be viewed here.
Amenra have also announced a release show on 31st of october in Ancienne Belgique Brussels. They shall outshine themselves with their visual aesthetics and all other aspects of the live performance. There will also be an exhibition of photographs by Maarten Kinet (bass Amenra), and displays of other Amenra related artwork. They will be selling an exclusive EU version of the record at the release show.
‘Mass VI’ is set for release on the 20th October via Neurot Recordings.