WALLS OF JERICHO will release its new studio album, "System Error: Humanity," on November 13 via Napalm Records, the band has announced alongside the record's lead single, "The Ascent."
The Detroit metalcore outfit recorded the 15-track album with producer Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE at his GodCity Studio, a go-to room for extreme metal and hardcore bands chasing a raw, live-in-the-room sound. Frontwoman Candace Buckingham said the result is "a raw, unapologetic, and most aggressive record to date," explaining that the sessions were built around capturing the intensity of the band's live show rather than chasing studio perfection.
"System Error: Humanity" brings in guests from across the extreme music scene. Randy Blythe of LAMB OF GOD lends vocals to "Broken Mouths Can't Speak," Guy Kozowyk of THE RED CHORD appears on the title track "Humanity," and Patsy Puopolo and Matthew Ruby both feature on "A Brighter Fire."
The full tracklist runs "True Til' Death," "Beginning," "The Flame," "The Ascent," "Broken Mouths Can't Speak," "Untouchable," "Rise," "Agency," "Unchained," "The End Before," "Humanity," "Borrowed Ground," "Last Judgement," "A Brighter Fire" and "The Reckoning."
WALLS OF JERICHO formed in Detroit in 1998 and built its reputation on Buckingham's ferocious vocal delivery layered over a sound that fuses breakdown-heavy metalcore with hardcore and death metal influences. Across more than two decades, the band has toured extensively on the international metal and hardcore circuit and is regularly cited as a formative influence by younger metalcore acts, particularly for Buckingham's standing as one of the genre's most recognizable female frontpeople.
"System Error: Humanity" arrives as WALLS OF JERICHO's first new full-length in several years, with the band signaling that the wait produced its heaviest material to date. No supporting tour dates have been announced yet, though further details are expected as the November release date approaches.
"The Ascent" is available now via Napalm Records' digital platforms, giving fans an early look at the direction of the new record ahead of its full release this fall.