Motionless In White has announced Decades, the band’s seventh studio album, due July 17 via Roadrunner Records. Alongside the announcement, the band released a lyric video for lead single “Playing God,” which features a guest appearance by Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor. Additional guest spots on the album include Skylar Grey and Dark Divine‘s Anthony Martinez.
The quintet — vocalist Chris Motionless, guitarists Ricky Olson and Ryan Sitkowski, drummer Vinny Mauro, and bassist Justin Morrow — recorded Decades in upstate New York and Los Angeles with co-producers Drew Fulk and Justin “JD” deBlieck. The album draws on the band’s full stylistic range — metal, hardcore, goth, industrial, and electronic — while pushing into new territory.
On “Playing God,” Motionless said, “I can’t believe how aggressive Corey sounds. It’s an observational commentary on toxic Internet culture and the people who perpetuate it. The Internet has gotten worse and worse to the point where only negativity, hatred, and lies are at the forefront of everything you see. It’s very frustrating because I thought social media was supposed to be a mechanism to connect, but all it does is divide.”
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Reflecting on the band’s longevity and the new record’s identity, Motionless said, “We were never afraid to take risks. This band has not only lasted two decades, but we’ve also outlasted all of the obstacles we’ve faced. We’re still grinding. No matter how far we expand the universe that is Motionless In White, we’re going to preserve the heart, soul, and roots of where we came from. We are never going to abandon heartfelt, emotional, and heavy songs. We are never going to abandon what mattered to us the most when we started. We’re finding new ways to emphasize those stories with exciting sounds and looks, but the vision is the same. It’s always been this grand, dramatic, and theatrical entity. I’m proud we haven’t gotten comfortable.”
Motionless added: “Decades is definitely heavier than some of our past albums. Our current world breeds more aggressive energy, anger, and resistance.”
Decades tracklist:
- “Decades”
- “log_in//crash_out”
- “R.I.P.” (feat. Skylar Grey)
- “Fight Like Hell”
- “Playing God” (feat. Corey Taylor)
- “All That I’ve Ever Known”
- “Blood Rave” (feat. Anthony Martinez)
- “Love At First Bite”
- “Count Back From Zero”
- “Blood Pact”
- “Afraid Of The Dark”
- “Sunglasses At Night”
- “Hollywood” (bonus track)
- “Fight Like Hell” (feat. Outlier) (bonus track)
Motionless In White is currently on a North American arena run with Bring Me The Horizon. The band’s next headlining outing, “The Sweat And Blood Tour,” kicks off July 14 in Bridgeport, Conn., and runs through Aug. 15 in Sterling Heights, Mich., with support from Lorna Shore, Fit For A King, and Static Dress. The run — the band’s first U.S. headline tour in nearly three years — includes their first-ever headline performance at Red Rocks.
