WEDNESDAY 13‘s new album »Condolences« is out today via Nuclear Blast. The Duke of Spook also dropped the video for the title track, which features a faux funeral — his own. You can check that video out below!
“We weren’t trying to do a really long, Iron Maiden-type of song — it just came out that way,” Wednesday 13 said, offering some insight into the song. “It wasn’t forced and I think it’s awesome! It’s one of the first songs I wrote for the record. The title ‘Condolences’ came from when David Bowie passed away; I kept seeing ‘Condolences, sorry for your loss.’ I realised how powerful that word was, so I picked my guitar up and started writing the riff for it; I had the chorus instantly.”
He furthered, “We shortened the song for the video — we cut two minutes off of it. But it’s still a really, really dark song. And I think we captured that vibe in the video. It’s definitely the strangest thing I’ve ever done – I filmed my fake funeral. I had all my friends there, putting flowers on a casket; it was really weird! I had a wreath that said, ‘In Memory of Wednesday 13.’ I’m the priest in it, doing my eulogy, and I’m also inside the casket, like I’m being buried alive. When we filmed the video, the director, Matt Zane, said, ‘This reminds me of Twisted Sister – ‘Burn In Hell’ or ‘Captain Howdy.’ And I was like, ‘Holy shit, it does! I didn’t even realise it.”
This is what the press had to say about WEDNESDAY 13’s brand new album that is released today:
“Massive, dark, disturbing and introspective, »Condolences« sees WEDNESDAY 13 turning into a whole different animal. Forget about Freddy Krueger and Beetlejuice, this is Charles Manson knocking at your door.”
MYROCK (F)
“»Condolences« is WEDNESDAY 13’s strongest album since ‘Transylvania 90210’, equipped with far more solos to sink your fangs into and a tremendous emotional U-turn – this will be a tough one to match. (10/10)
ROCKSINS (UK)
“»Condolences« is everything you want on a WEDNESDAY 13 album. The frontman himself sounding as gritty and on point as ever and with a stellar production value that steps it up a few notches over the last album, there’s no doubt that this album is as hooky and dark as anything they have done before.”
THE ROCKPIT (AUS)
»Condolences« was produced, mixed and mastered by Chris “Zeuss” Harris (HATEBREED, ROB ZOMBIE). Artwork was created by Travis Smith (OPETH, KATATONIA, NEVERMORE).
You can order the »Condolences« album in an array of different digital and physical formats, including a limited run coloured vinyl version at: http://nblast.de/W13Condolences