Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Detroit metalcore veterans Walls of Jericho have released the official music video for their new single “The Flame”, ahead of the November 13 arrival of their album “System Error: Humanity”.
The record marks the band’s first full-length studio release in a decade and will arrive through Napalm Records. Produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, it features 15 tracks and guest contributions from musicians including Randy Blythe of Lamb Of God and Guy Kozowyk of The Red Chord.
Vocalist Candace Kucsulain has explained that the new song addresses how language and social expectations can shape people’s identities, particularly through stereotypes and traditional gender roles.
Rather than encouraging division, the band says the song aims to prompt conversation and understanding. Musically, “The Flame” combines the band’s familiar hardcore intensity with thrash-influenced riffs and heavy breakdowns.
Walls Of Jericho are currently touring Europe and the UK in support of the new record, with dates including Berlin, Magdeburg, Stuttgart, Montbéliard and Paris. The new video provides another preview of the group’s long-awaited return.
Order Your Copy of “System Error: Humanity” HERE.
Clobbering listeners out of the gate with “True Til’ Death”, the band affirms the triumph of their comeback with rabid aggression: iconic frontwoman Candace Buckingham immediately commands listeners with her gargantuan growls. The discordant violence of tracks like “The Ascent” and “Untouchable”, tap into something truly primal and kick you back a reading level with their claustrophobic chord work, while more thrash driven tracks like “The Flame” and “Agency”, take off at 100 miles per hour, plowing through a plethora of protein packed riffage and solos. Lyrically the band is stoking the flames of discontent, with tracks like “Agency”, “Borrowed Ground”, and “Last Judgement”, delivering empowering messages of reclamation, self-determination, and human rights, encouraging listeners to fight for a better world. The record also features a premier slew of guests including Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe on “Broken Mouths Can’t Speak”, his beckoning howl joining Candace on a ferocious duel attack; and Guy Kozowyk of The Red Chord on “Humanity”, propelling the groove laden pit starter into cataclysmic levels of chaos. After some more delicious violence, and a transcendent slow burn in the form of “A Brighter Fire”, “The Reckoning” finishes things off with an epic, catastrophic energy that is bookended with one of the album’s most punishing breakdowns, bound to send some unlucky concertgoers to the dentist.
Legendary producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou (NAILS, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Code Orange, and Every Time I Die) is behind the boards, capturing the band’s ferocious live energy while maintaining a pristine presentation. Powerful, fierce, and stirring, Walls of Jericho re-emerge with righteous purpose and brutal dedication, humanity may be the source of the system error, but we are the system, and we are the solution.
Upcoming shows:
*With Waves Like Walls
Walls of Jericho is:
Candace Buckingham – Vocals
Aaron Ruby – Bass
Dustin Robert – Drums
Bobby VaLeu – Guitar
Kyle Gailey – Guitar
Chris Towning – Guitar
