Credit: Kane Hibberd
Australian metal masters Parkway Drive unleash a new song and video for “Prey”. The track is from the band’s sixth studio album, Reverence, out May 4 on Epitaph.
In the vital and volatile “Prey”, Parkway Drive channel their furious energy into thrashing rhythms and ferocious vocal work while delivering deeply infectious melodies. “Prey” is a gang-vocal-driven anthem that unfolds in both punishing riffs and intricate guitar lines.
Reverence is the band’s most sonically adventurous album and the most personal from the Byron Bay group. With its barrage of heart-shredding anthems, the album was closely informed by a series of tragedies the band had endured over the past few years, including the untimely loss of two loved ones. “We took stock of what we had and realized what actually mattered. What we went through was horrendous,” says frontman Winston McCall.
“I hope Reverence is the kind of album that redefines what people expect of us, in the sense that you can now expect the unexpected. This time around we’ve taken more risks, and I don’t think we’ve ever sounded more interesting,” says McCall.
Produced by longtime Parkway Drive sound engineer George Hadjichristou, Reverence arrives as the follow-up to 2015’s IRE—Parkway Drive’s most hugely successful album to date and a major force in boosting their ever-growing worldwide following. In addition to broadening the band’s sonic palette, Reverence offers up some of Parkway Drive’s most devastating songs yet.
TRACKLIST FOR REVERENCE:
1. Wishing Wells
2. Prey
3. Absolute Power
4. Cemetery Bloom
5. The Void
6. I Hope You Rot
7. Shadow Boxing
8. In Blood
9. Chronos
10. The Colour Of Leaving
PARKWAY DRIVE TOUR DATES:
4/26 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
4/27 Jacksonville, FL – Welcome To Rockville
4/28 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Heaven)
4/29 Memphis, TN – New Daisy
5/1 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
5/2 Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
5/3 Norfolk, VA – NorVa
5/4 Charlotte, NC – Carolina Rebellion
5/5 Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore
5/6 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
5/8 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
5/9 Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
5/10 Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
5/11 Peoria, IL – Monarch Music Hall
5/12 Somerset, WI – Northern Invasion
For more information on Parkway Drive, visit:
http://www.parkwaydriverock.com/
https://www.facebook.com/parkwaydrive
Vandala Magazine 