Mediaskare Records have announced an August 2nd release date for Bury Your Dead's new album Mosh 'n' Roll.Returning to the mic for the first time since 2007, Mat Bruso leads the band (guitarist Brendan "Slim" MacDonald, and drummer Mark Castillo) through eleven tracks of hardcore and metal.
"In the years I spent away from Bury Your Dead, I spent a lot of time thinking of all the things I could say on tour or on a record that I can't get away with saying in the real world," explains Bruso. "I would listen to the old stuff and think, "I can't believe that I used to yell this and kids would yell it right back." Doesn't work like that in the real world. I never thought I was the kind of guy who needed to write poetry or lyrics to get by; I just enjoyed doing it. But, I found myself scribbling things down and repeating lines to an imaginary song in my head all day at work, "You're not getting older, you're just getting old," over and over again. I jumped at the chance to get some of these lyrics off my chest, doing guest vocals for Four Year Strong and The Ghost Inside. So when Bury Your Dead asked me if I wanted to do another record, well, f**k yes. "
"This record has some of the heaviest songs Bury Your Dead has ever written, and lyrically it is my favorite," adds Bruso. "Marks feet do all the things we have come to expect them to, and Slim chugs so much, I don't even think his guitar is making notes half the time. The whole thing is written to be played live. It speeds up for two-step parts live and slows the f**k down for some incredibly violent breakdowns. I say some of my favorite things ever. It continues the themes of family and forgiveness, but abandons whinny tour lyrics and is just the most bitter and angry stuff we could muster. I am still Edge, but some of the lyrics she proposed were about drinking and I feel like they worked as metaphor for sh*tty destructive decisions we all make, and it gets me so pumped just thinking about playing them live."
Mosh 'n' Roll Track Listing:
1. Slaughterhouse-Five
2. Nothing Is Lost Save Honor
3. Bluebeard
4. The Sirens of Titan
5. Deadeye Dick
6. Timequake
7. Sun Moon Star
8. Slapstick
9. Mother Night
10. Jailbird
11. Mosh 'n' Roll
Bury Your Dead Tour Dates:
June 29 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody's
June 30 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
July 1 – Dayton, OH – The Attic
July 2 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
July 3 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4
July 5 – Valparaiso, IN – Pepe's Outdoor Entertainment Grounds
July 6 – Cedar Falls, IA – The Wheelhouse
July 7 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
July 8 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
July 9 – Lewisville, TX – Dad's Venue
July 10 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
July 11 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
July 12 – El Paso, TX – Club 101
July 13 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock
July 14 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
July 15 – San Diego, CA – Soma
July 16 – Lancaster, CA – Pioneer Event Center
July 17 – Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse
July 18 – Sparks, NV – The Alley
July 19 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Metro
July 21 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
July 22 – Boise, ID – The Venue
July 23 – Ogden, UT – The Basement
July 24 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
July 25 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Underground
July 27 – Huntington, WV – Big Sandy Supercenter
July 28 – Augusta, GA – Sector 7G
July 29 – Charleston, SC – The Oasis
July 30 – Douglasville, GA – The 7 Venue
July 31 – West Springfield, VA – Jaxx
Aug 1 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
Aug 5 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlacthof
Aug 6 – Leisnig, Germany – Sucks n Summer Fest
Aug 7 – Essen, Germany – Brotherhood Fest
Aug 8 – Hamburg, Germany – Hafenklang
Aug 9 – Berlin, Germany – Magnet
Aug 10 – Bezirk Landstrasse, Austria – Viper Room
Aug 11 – Augsburg, Germany – Kantine
Aug 12 – Comacchio, Italy – Voodoo Club
Aug 13 – Stuttgart, Germany – JuHa West
Aug 14 – Ieper, Belgium – Ieperfest
Aug 15 – Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
Aug 16 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 3
Aug 17 – Glasgow, UK – Ivory Blacks
Aug 18 – London, UK – Underworld
Aug 19 – Trier, Germany – Ex-Haus
Aug 20 – Kassel, Germany – Hot Spot
Aug 21 – Dublin, Ireland - TBA
