Photo Credit: Ryan Philipps
Baltimore death metal savants MISERY INDEX continue to promote their newest album, Complete Control (which was released worldwide via Century Media Records earlier this year), by launching a new video for the album track "Rites of Cruelty" today.
The "Rites of Cruelty" clip was created by Chris Joao/Iron Elephant Studio and can be seen on KNAC.COM HERE.
MISERY INDEX bassist/vocalist Jason Netherton checked in with the following comment about the "Rites of Cruelty" clip: "This video is a sincere shout-out to all the MISERY INDEX fans who made the effort to come and rage with us this past summer on the various Complete Control tours - from festival stages to dive bars, we've hit them all, and this video is a tribute to the good times of summer past as we enter the darker months of autumn. We chose the track "Rites of Cruelty" as we feel it embodies all the pissed-off energy of our new album in one bombastic faceripper, from blast beats to tank-like breakdowns, it's become a staple of our live set, and hope you all dig it as well."
Upon release, MISERY INDEX's Complete Control entered the worldwide charts: Germany #23, Switzerland #35, plus the following charts in the USA - Current Hard Music Albums #7, Heatseekers Albums #119, Top New Artist Albums #12 and Current Album Sales #100.
Complete Control, the 7th studio album and Century Media debut for MISERY INDEX, was mixed by Will Putney, mastered by Jens Bogren/Fascination Street studios and features artwork by Matt Lombard. Complete Control is a riff-driven assault that captures the tension of the modern condition and channels it into 9 songs of ripping end-times death metal. Spewing with Orwellian invective and razor-sharp songwriting, Complete Control is a much-needed hammer to the face; a wake-up call for the disaffected and dispossessed.
Complete Control track-listing:
- "Administer the Dagger"
- "The Eaters and the Eaten"
- "Complete Control"
- "Necessary Suffering"
- "Rites of Cruelty"
- "Conspiracy of None"
- "Infiltrators"
- "Reciprocal Repulsion"
- "Now Defied!"
In addition to the jewelcase CD, LP and digital versions of the album, Complete Control is also available as a limited deluxe 2CD box-set, containing the studio album as a jewelcase CD, an additional 5-track bonus EP entitled Strategies of Manipulation in a slimline case CD, a black tote bag with artwork print, a button set with 2 buttons and a double-sided mini poster.
Strategies of Manipulation (bonus EP) track-listing:
- "Strategies of Manipulation"
- "Supposed to Rot" (ENTOMBED cover)
- "Infiltrators" (instrumental version)
- "The Eaters and the Eaten" (demo version)
- "Complete Control" (demo version)
The album's LP format comes on 180g vinyl and includes a 4-page LP-booklet as well as a poster in the A2 format. These are the available variants and limitations:
- Black LP - unlimited
- Transp. Red LP - via all US outlets & Season Of Mist (limited to 1100 copies)
- Clear-Black Marbled LP - via CM Distro and Evil Greed (European Bandshop) (limited to 500 copies)
- Silver LP - via EMP (limited to 300 copies)
- White LP - via Bandshops (IndieMerch / North America & Evil Greed / Europe) (limited to 300 copies)
Complete Control can be purchased here: https://miseryindex.lnk.to/complete-control
