Californian thrashers Warbringer‘s third single from their new album “Wrath And Ruin” has just hit the net. That song, “Through A Glass, Darkly“. The group’s vocalist John Kevill shared the following of the track:
“Here’s the third single from Wrath and Ruin, the epic ‘Through a Glass, Darkly.’ We chose this one as a single to showcase the range and breadth of this album, offering something totally different from the first two singles here. This one has an epic and dark, mystical quality to it, as well as a real fist-raising energy. The song is about an eternally reincarnating warrior, who recounts his struggles and pains across the battlefields of time. This is based on a poem by the WW2 general George Patton, and apparently the man truly believed himself to be the reincarnation of this eternal warrior.
To me, this idea had a lot of power and resonance, and works as a powerful metaphor for the ongoing human struggle we all face. I also thought his poem had some really great lines, some of which are incorporated here. The track, penned by Carlos Cruz [Warbringer drummer,] was an attempt to get the epic feel we had on songs like ‘Defiance of Fate’ and ‘When the Guns Fell Silent’ into a shorter runtime package, a ‘pocket epic’ if you will. I particularly love the soulful solo by Adam Carroll [Warbringer guitarist/vocalist] here, and I think the end passage is one of the finest vocal moments on the record. Here’s a song to look at the sky to and stoically contemplate time and legacy… we hope you all enjoy ‘Through a Glass, Darkly’ and the rest of Wrath and Ruin.”
Juan Rodriguez directed and edited the below music video that accompanies this track. You can catch the band live at the following upcoming shows:
With Allegaeon, Skeletal Remains & Summoning The Lich:
03/18 San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
03/19 Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit Live
03/20 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
03/21 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street Collective
03/22 Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater
03/23 Austin, TX – Come and Take it Live
03/24 Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
03/26 Orlando, FL – Conduit
03/27 Jacksonville, NC – Hooligan’s
03/28 Bensalem, PA – Broken Goblet
03/29 Brooklyn, NY – Woodshop
03/30 Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
03/31 Toronto, ON – The Garrison
04/01 Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary
04/02 Chicago, IL – Reggies
04/03 Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
04/04 Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theater
04/05 Denver, CO – HQ
04/06 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
04/08 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
04/09 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
04/10 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
04/11 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
04/12 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
With Decapitated, Cryptopsy & Carnation:
05/01 Kopervik, NOR – Karmøygeddon Metal Festival (Decapitated only)
05/03 London, UK – Incineration Festival
05/04 Exeter, UK – Phoenix
05/05 Cardiff, UK – The Globe
05/06 Newcastle, UK – Anarchy Brewery
05/07 Glasgow, UK – Slay
05/08 Manchester, UK – Academy 2
05/09 Birmingham, UK – XOYO
05/10 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
05/11 Norwich, UK – The Waterfront
05/13 Lille, FRA – The Black Lab
05/14 Enschede, NET – Metropool
05/15 Munich, GER – Backstage
05/16 Aarau, SWI – Kiff
05/17 Lindau, GER – Vaudeville
05/18 Vienna, AUT – Szene
05/19 Budapest, HUN – Durer Kert
05/20 Prague, CZE – Fuchs2
05/21 Schweinfurt, GER – Stattbahnhof
05/22 Dresden, GER – Blauer Salon
05/23 Krakow, POL – Hype Park
05/24 Warsaw, POL- Proxima
05/26 Berlin, GER – Hole44
05/27 Aarhus, DEN – Voxhall
05/28 Hamburg, GE R- Logo
05/29 Vechta, GER – Gulfhaus
05/30 Dortmund, GER – Junkyard
05/31 Sint-Niklaas, BEL – Casino
06/01 Paris, FRA – La Machine
06/03 Frankfurt, GER – Das Bett
06/04 Karlsruhe, GER – Substage
06/05 Milan, ITA – Legend Club
06/06 Bologna, ITA – Locomotiv
06/07 Lyon, FRA – Lions Metal Fest
06/08 Maastricht, NET – South Of Heaven (Decapitated only)
With Kreator & Rotting Christ:
07/20 Heidelberg, GER – Halle02 (feat. Warbringer & Rotting Christ)
07/21 Obdertraubling, GER – Airport-Eventhall (feat. Warbringer & Rotting Christ)
07/22 Memmingen, GER – Kaminwerk (feat. Warbringer & Rotting Christ)
07/23 Tolmin, SLO – Tolminator Festival
07/31 Rasnov, ROM – Rockstadt Festival
08/02 Vagos, POR – Vagos Metal Fest
08/06 Jaromer, CZE – Brutal Assault Festival
08/07 Kortijk, BEL – Alcatraz Fest
08/09 Derbyshire, UK – Bloodstock Festival
08/15 Dinkelsbuhl, GER – Summer Breeze Festival
08/16 Kudrefin, SWI – Rock The Lakes Festival
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- Source: NEWHD MEDIA
