Recent Prosthetic Records signees Maryland deathcore group THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA will be releasing their forthcoming sophomore album, I’m Done With Self-Care, It’s Time For Others Harm, on May 23. Intended as a examination on the duality of the self and human existence, I’m Done With Self-Care, It’s Time For Others Harm is a conceptual horror-inspired excavation of the bipolarity of self-betterment and healing with mankind’s more malevolent inclinations towards turmoil, anxiety and vengeance.
Formed as the brainchild of primary songwriter Andy Reynold, THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA draw their influence from the Myspace-era deathcore scene, with the era’s key players legacies felt throughout the album. From opener GGO’s introductory ominous rise and fall of harsh noise giving way to triple threat guitar work that intertwines melodeath leadwork with rhythmic pummel, to I never believed in magic till my dog turned into a snake’s tale of malicious revenge set to breakneck blastbeats and belligerently heavy breakdowns, THUS SPOKE ZARATHRUSTA pay reverence to all that came before them whilst leaving their own confident and contemporary take on the genre.
Throughout I’m Done With Self-Care, It’s Time For Others Harm’s runtime the inclusion of three guitars adds a ferociously dynamic and punishing quality to their compositions, layering complexities with savage bludgeon. Lyrically complimenting the musicality on show, THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA concept is presented as a fragmented world that offers no easy answers. With the album cover adorning main character, Henry Ford, serving as the sadistic antagonist slipping further into a distorted reality of satanism, existential dread, psychological decline and jealousy.
Recording production for I’m Done With Self-Care, It’s Time For Others Harm was handled exclusively by the band before being placed in the trusty hands of Mychal Soto (Peeling Flesh) for mixing and mastering duties. Visually complimenting I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time For Others Harm’s horror-movie inspirations and aesthetic, THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA recruited Morta Sustain for the album sleeve. Celebrating the arrival of I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time For Others Harm, the group will be embarking on an extensive 35 date North American release tour.
