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 track "Rites of Cruelty" today.
The "Rites of Cruelty" clip was created by Chris Joao / Iron Elephant Studio and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/V0_hjtAW6Fo
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 is returning to Europe this weekend for a short run of festival dates as follows:
Misery Index - live in Europe:
Nov. 3, 2022 - Malmö (Sweden) - Plan B / https://www.facebook.com/events/1119875885622846
Nov. 4, 2022 - Aalborg (Denmark) - Aalborg Metal Festival / https://aalborgmetalfestival.dk/
Nov. 5, 2022 - Manchester (UK) - Damnation Festival /
https://www.damnationfestival.co.uk/
Look out for further international live activity from Misery Index in 2023 - to be announced soon...
Upon release, Misery Index's Complete Control entered the worldwide charts: Germany #23, Switzerland #35, plus the following charts in the USA - Current Hard Music Albums #7, Heatseekers Albums #119, Top New Artist Albums #12 and Current Album Sales #100.
The previously released singles and video clips for Complete Control can be seen below:
--"The Eaters and the Eaten":
--"Infiltrators":
--"Complete Control":
--"Necessary Suffering" (drum play-through by Adam Jarvis):
--"The Eaters and the Eaten" (drum play-through by Adam Jarvis):
--"Administer The Dagger" (guitar play-through edit by Mark Kloeppel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v2anPCm_FQ
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:
Complete Control track-listing
1. Administer the Dagger
2. The Eaters and the Eaten
3. Complete Control
4. Necessary Suffering
5. Rites of Cruelty
6. Conspiracy of None
7. Infiltrators
8. Reciprocal Repulsion
9. Now Defied!
In addition to the jewelcase CD, LP and digital versions of the album, Complete Control is also available as a limited deluxe 2CD box-set, containing the studio album as a 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 track-listing for the bonus EP is as follows:
Strategies of Manipulation (bonus EP) track-listing
1. Strategies of Manipulation
2. Supposed to Rot (Entombed cover)
3. Infiltrators (instrumental version)
4. The Eaters and the Eaten (demo version)
5. Complete Control (demo version)
The album's LP format comes on 180g vinyl and includes a 4-page LP-booklet as well as a poster in the A2 format. These are the available variants and limitations:
--Black LP - unlimited
--Transp. Red LP - via all US outlets & Season Of Mist (limited to 1100 copies)
--Clear-Black Marbled LP - via CM Distro and Evil Greed (European Bandshop) (limited to 500 copies)
--Silver LP - via EMP (limited to 300 copies)
--White LP - via Bandshops (IndieMerch / North America & Evil Greed / Europe) (limited to 300 copies)
Complete Control can be purchased here: https://miseryindex.lnk.to/complete-control
Since the early 2000's, Misery Index has 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 and EyeHateGod - 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:
(From left to right in the 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
Misery Index online:
https://www.instagram.com/miseryindex.official/
https://www.facebook.com/MiseryIndex
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