Poison Ruin announce new album ‘Hymns from the Hills,’ share “Eidolon”

Philly deathrock revivalists Poison Ruin have announced their second album, Hymns from the Hills, due April 3 via Relapse (pre-order). The album was mixed by Jonah Falco (of Fucked Up and Career Suicide) and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood Incantation, etc), and the album announcement promises “a carefully sculpted mosaic of new textures, from flourishes of Killing Joke hacksaw primitivism and blast-beats worthy of the Relapse catalogue number to crisp analog synth lines and ambient serenades reminiscent of Scott Walker and The Durutti Column.”

The first taste is “Eidolon,” a dark, driving song that feels built to appeal to punks, goths, and metalheads alike. Vocalist/guitarist Mac Kennedy says, “Eidolon’ is about being stuck in a broken reality, a cog in a fate-machine doomed to play out the same cursed loop until it fully breaks down. The ones who had the power to affect change have abandoned the scene. Their phantoms loom down in quiet disapproval of the disaster that slowly plays out beneath– Grim reminders of what could have, but will not be.”

Here’s the song and its Ali Donohue-directed video:

Tracklist
01 – Intro
02 – Lily Of the Valley
03 – Hymn from the Hills
04 – Eidolon
05 – Howls From the Citadel
06 – Pilgrimage
07 – Guts (Lay Your Self Aside)
08 – Turn To Dust
09 – Puzzle Box
10 – Serpent’s Curse
11 – Sleeping Giant (Interlude)
12 – Crescent Sun
13 – The Standoff