DOWNFALL OF GAIA today unleashes their latest single, Existence Of Awe. The pummeling new psalm comes by way of the band’s sixth studio album, Silhouettes Of Disgust, scheduled to drop on March 17via Metal Blade Records.
Wanting to keep things short, simple, and a bit more confrontational, the record does not feature the eight- to ten-minute epics of the band’s more recent releases and is indeed punchier, with a lot of classic d-beat drumming driving the action, as on the surging Unredeemable and opener/latest single, Existence Of Awe.
Elaborates vocalist/guitarist Dominik Goncalves dos Reis, “Existence Of Awe is a song about those inner demons and ghostly companions that many in this day and age are at the mercy of and have to fight against in whatever form. A condition that one often carries around unnoticed on the outside, which is not immediately visible to many, and that one must somehow learn to live with…”
