Tombs already released their new EP Monarchy of Shadows earlier this year and they're not done yet. Tombs will release their new album Under Sullen Skies on November 20, and are streaming a new called "Barren" right now.
"The album's title came during all this and the sort of post-apocalyptic world we're living in," said vocalist and guitarist Mike Hill. "It encapsulates an overall feeling of gloom and depression which is pretty much how we've been living for most of this year.
"The title was the last piece to fall into place. I remember standing on the roof of the building I was living in at the time on a grey day and it was raining – actually, it wasn't even raining; it was a half-assed attempt at rain! – and depressing and I just thought, ‘What a sullen sky' and it just stuck with me."
Hill also commented on the song.
"'Barren' stands out as the song that's most collaborative," said Hill. "Justin wrote the bulk of the riffs on that one, that sort of NWOBHM/Scorpions ending part is something I came up with, Matt added a bunch of guitar harmonies over it and Drew's bass is laid thick underneath. That one is one of the biggest group efforts and one of the strongest songs on the record."
The song features a guest guitar solo from Ray Suhy (Six Feet Under, ex-Cannabis Corpse). Additionally, Monarchy of Shadows also features the following guests on the following tracks:
1. "Bone Furnace"
2. "Void Constellation" (feat. Andy Thomas of Black Crown Initiate)
3. "Barren" (feat. Ray Suhy of Six Feet Under)
4. "The Hunger" (feat. Dwid Hellion of Integrity)
5. "Secrets Of The Black Sun" (feat. Sera Timms of Ides of Gemini)
6. "Descensum"
7. "We Move Like Phantoms"
8. "Mordum" (feat. Todd Stern of Psycroptic)
9. "Lex Talionis"
10. "Angel Of Darkness" (feat. Paul Delaney of Black Anvil and Cat Cabral)
11. "Sombre Ruin"
12. "Plague Years"
Pre-orders are available here.
