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AKERCOCKE REVEAL NEW VIDEO FOR “INSENTIENCE” FROM NEW ALBUM RENAISSANCE IN EXTREMIS - Band gearing up for festival season with London’s Desertfest this weekend Order your copy here: http://found.ee/RENAISSANCE_IN_EXTREMIS Order your copy of the deluxe 3CD book here http://smarturl.it/Akercocke3CDBook Akercocke, the celebrated masters of dark & twisted British extreme metal made their triumphant return in 2017 with their long awaited new new studio album Renaissance in Extremis and have released a new video for the track ‘Insentience’ from the acclaimed release. Jason Mendonca explains the songs creation, development and the personal lyrical content “‘Insentience’ was a weird addition to RiE. Most of the material for the album, Paul and I had written long, long ago. The music for ‘Insentience’ came to me while I was asleep. I woke up during the night on a number of occasions with riffs in my head. I then murmured the riffs into my cell phone (so as not to wake my neighbours) and went back to sleep. Hence the working title of the song was “Murmur”. When I transcribed these riffs from the phone to the guitar, I realised that they worked together and ‘Insentience’ was born. I guess the song wrote itself really. The lyrical content is particularly personal. The lyrics obliquely reference my past, the power of the amygdala, and the potential to return from the bleakest of places. It’s a song of hope really.” Also available from Renaissance In Extremis the official promo video – One Chapter Ends For Another To Begin Akercocke are revving up the Bedfont Death machine in preparation for some exciting festival performances. “We are providing something of a diversion from the usual fare at Desert Fest this weekend. AK fans should prepare themselves for a journey through old and new. We’ve prepared some harrowing delights from days of yore that haven’t had an airing for many years. Expect violence. Expect the AK power-blast. Expect seagulls.” “Later this year we will be returning to the awesome Graspop and Hellfest events to punish our European cousins once more. Additionally, we are all excited to have been invited to play the auspicious Brutal Assault festival in Czech.” Jason Mendonca Catch Akercocke here: 05/05/18 – UK, London, Desertfest – Electric Ballroom @ 16:00 (http://www.desertfest.co.uk/line-up ) 22/06/18 – BE, Dessel, Graspop Metal Meeting – Marquee Stage @ 13:15 ( https://www.graspop.be ) 23/06/18 – FR – Clisson – Hellfest – Altar Stage (https://www.hellfest.fr ) 8-11/08/18 – CZ, Fortress Josefov, Brutal Assault Festival (http://brutalassault.cz/en ) Akercocke’s long-awaited return with their recently released studio album Renaissance In Extremis has garnered praise with media and fans alike ‘decadent, complex, utterly spellbinding extreme metal' 5/5 Kerrang Magazine "A heartening reassertion of Akercocke's singular craftsmanship with a decade of personal growth worn into the grooves” Metal Hammer Magazine “Wholly remarkable” 4/5 Record Collector “thrash riffs blend into more proggy, dissonant death metal flourishes and shredding solos, which in turn give way to post-punk-influenced, clean arpeggios.” Decibel Magazine (US) ‘Renaissance in Extremis’ is totally inspired, the fans will be thrilled! “ Metallian Magazine (FR) An absolute must have" Metal Hammer Magazine (Germany) “Masterpiece” Loudandproud.it “Akercocke is back at its best. – Rock Hard Magazine (FR) Follow Akercocke: https://www.akercockeofficial.com https://www.facebook.com/akercockeofficial https://twitter.com/AkercockeBand https://www.instagram.com/akercockeband http://peaceville.com/bands/akercocke/