Since 2005’s Lifesblood for the Downtrodden, Crowbar fans have been patiently awaiting frontman Kirk Windstein to revisit his down-tuned, sludgy roots. Spreading his time between pet-projects Down and Kingdom of Sorrow, the New Orleans native is finally putting the finishing touches on Sever the Wicked Hand, the band’s 9th studio album, due out in February. Fans can rejoice, as “The Cemetery Angels,” a new track from the effort, is now available for streaming.
Windstein commented:
“The song has all the elements that Crowbar are about: speed, then a killer, hooky pre-chorus, a hooky chorus and then a stupidly heavy and sludgy slow ending. It’s personal to me, because in New Orleans, the area is known for architecture in the cemeteries. Since the city is below sea level, the tombs are above ground and elaborate, and they say that cemetery angels watch over the tombs. I feel like angels are watching me as far as everything I’ve done. I’m not dead yet and have been sober for four months, and I have this whole new outlook on life and a brand new spin on everything. . . The opening line is ‘You gave me wings and took the sky away,’ which is a line from an [Alcoholics Anonymous] book. I am not a ‘program person,’ but that is precisely what alcohol did for me. It gave me wings and then took the sky away. Alcohol can make you feel good, but you are lost. So the lyrics are a spin on that.”
A preorder for the album is now available through iTunes, along with audio samples.
Sever The Wicked Hand Track Listing:
- Isolation (Desperation)
- Sever The Wicked Hand
- Liquid Sky And Cold Black Earth
- Let Me Mourn
- The Cemetery Angels
- As I Become One
- A Farewell to Misery
- Protectors Of The Shrine
- I Only Deal In Truth
- Echo An Eternity
- Cleanse Me, Heal Me
- Symbiosis
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