Today, the blistering and beautiful new chapter for Lorna Shore arrives via the release of the group’s new album, Pain Remains, out now via Century Media Records / Sony Music Australia.
Pain Remains is the product of the same struggle and deluge of personal and creative hells that has marked Lorna Shore’s entire career. “This was the hardest record in our career that we’ve ever had to write,” says guitarist Adam De Micco. “We were no longer in the underdog position. Because of the EP and ‘…Hellfire’, we knew we had to top ourselves. It was a different kind of pressure. For me. the mental struggle was being seen in a new light – we had to make sure that we weren’t going to be seen as some flickering flame.”
When the band decamped to Michigan’s Random Awesome Studios with producer Josh Schroeder in 2021, Lorna Shore was on a creative and personal high that carried them through five weeks of hard work and intense creativity. “The biggest challenge for me was me being my own adversary,” Adam admits. “Overcoming my own self-doubt and feelings of self-worth.”
Pain Remains is the sound of a band that has honed their sound and identity. From the opening choral chants and orchestration (composed by guitarist Andrew O’Connor) of Welcome Back, O’ Sleeping Dreamer straight into a labyrinth of musical twists, turns, technicalities and raw emotion at the core of tracks like Sun//Eater or Soulless Existence, Lorna Shore has woven together a sprawling document of ambition, soul and ability that few can match. It also is the sound of Lorna Shore breaking out of any sort of categorization and stepping into their own as a great extreme metal band. With Pain Remains, Lorna Shore has truly arrived. “That’s been the idea and the vision for the band for years,” states Adam. “We’ve never wanted to be limited or meet someone’s expectations of what we’re supposed to be.”
PAIN REMAINS OUT NOW
