MISERY INDEX – LAUNCH NEW VIDEO FOR “RITES OF CRUELTY”; RETURN TO EUROPEAN STAGES!
Baltimore Death Metal savants MISERY INDEX continue to promote their newest album “Complete Control”, which was released worldwide via Century Media Records earlier this year, by launching a new video for the album-song “Rites of Cruelty” today.
The “Rites of Cruelty” clip was created by Chris Joao / Iron Elephant Studio and can be seen HERE.
MISERY INDEX bassist/vocalist Jason Netherton checked in with the following comment about the “Rites of Cruelty” clip: “This video is a sincere shout-out to all the MISERY INDEX fans who made the effort to come and rage with us this past summer on the various “Complete Control” tours – from festival stages to dive bars, we’ve hit them all, and this video is a tribute to the good times of summer past as we enter the darker months of autumn. We chose the track ‘Rites of Cruelty’ as we feel it embodies all the pissed-off energy of our new album in one bombastic faceripper, from blast beats to tank-like breakdowns, it’s become a staple of our live set, and hope you all dig it as well.”
Furthermore, MISERY INDEX are returning to Europe this weekend for a short run of festival dates as follows:
MISERY INDEX – Live in Europe:
TH 03.11.2022 Malmö (Sweden) – Plan B
FR 04.11.2022 Aalborg (Denmark) – Aalborg Metal Festival
SA 05.11.2022 Manchester (UK) – Damnation Festival
Look out for further international live activity by MISERY INDEX in 2023 to be announced soon…
Upon release, MISERY INDEX’s “Complete Control” managed to enter the official album sales charts upon release in Germany on # 23, in Switzerland on # 35 as well as in the USA as follows: Current Hard Music Albums: # 7, Heatseekers Albums: # 119, Top New Artist Albums: # 12 and Current Album Sales: # 100.
Other released singles and promotional video clips for the “Complete Control” album can be seen here:
“The Eaters and the Eaten”
“Infiltrators”
“Complete Control”
“Necessary Suffering” (Drum Playthrough by Adam Jarvis)
“The Eaters and the Eaten” (Drum Playthrough by Adam Jarvis)
“Administer The Dagger” (Guitar Playthrough Edit by Mark Kloeppel)
“Complete Control”, the 7th studio album and Century Media debut for MISERY INDEX, was mixed by Will Putney, mastered by Jens Bogren / Fascination Street studios and features artwork by Matt Lombard. “Complete Control” is a riff-driven assault that captures the tension of the modern condition and channels it into 9 songs of ripping end-times Death Metal. Spewing with Orwellian invective and razor-sharp songwriting, “Complete Control” is a much-needed hammer to the face; a wake-up call for the disaffected and dispossessed. This is the album’s standard track-listing:
MISERY INDEX – “Complete Control” (33:53) Album:
1. Administer the Dagger (04:52)
2. The Eaters and the Eaten (03:40)
3. Complete Control (03:31)
4. Necessary Suffering (03:39)
5. Rites of Cruelty (04:28)
6. Conspiracy of None (04:48)
7. Infiltrators (02:08)
8. Reciprocal Repulsion (04:35)
9. Now Defied! (02:05)
Next to the Jewelcase CD, LP and Digital versions of the album, “Complete Control” is also available as limited Deluxe 2CD Box Set, containing the studio album as Jewelcase CD, an additional 5-Track Bonus EP entitled “Strategies of Manipulation” in a Slimline Case CD, a black Tote Bag with artwork print, a Button Set with 2 buttons and a double-sided Mini Poster. The exact track-listing for the Bonus EP is as follows:
MISERY INDEX – “Strategies of Manipulation” (13:52) Bonus EP:
1. Strategies of Manipulation (02:04)
2. Supposed to Rot (02:05) (Entombed Cover)
3. Infiltrators (Instrumental Version) (02:25)
4. The Eaters and the Eaten (Demo Version) (03:41)
5. Complete Control (Demo Version) (03:33)
The album’s LP format comes on 180g vinyl and include a 4page LP-Booklet as well as a Poster in the A2 format. These are the available variants and limitations:
Black LP – Unlimited
Transp. Red LP – 1100x copies via all US outlets & Season Of Mist
Clear-Black Marbled LP – 500x copies via CM Distro and Evil Greed (European Bandshop)
Silver LP – 300x copies via EMP
White LP – 300x copies via Bandshops (IndieMerch / North America & Evil Greed / Europe)
The album can be ordered HERE!
Since the early 2000’s, MISERY INDEX have performed over 1400 concerts in 44 countries, sharing stages with the likes of Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Fear Factory, Dying Fetus, Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Nile, The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Decapitated or EyeHateGod and making them one of the most intense and merciless live-acts of our time. Look out for many more dates across the globe to be announced soon for MISERY INDEX…
MISERY INDEX – Line-Up:
(photo above by Ryan Philipps)
Darin Morris – Lead Guitar
Adam Jarvis – Drums
Mark Kloeppel – Guitar and Vocals
Jason Netherton – Bass and Vocals
MISERY INDEX – Selected Discography:
Retaliate – 2003
Dissent EP – 2004
Discordia – 2006
Traitors – 2008
Pulling Out the Nails (Compilation) – 2009
Heirs to Thievery – 2010
Live in Munich – 2013
The Killing Gods – 2014
Rituals of Power – 2019
Coffin Up the Nails (Compilation) – 2021
Complete Control – 2022
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