A brand new
MADBALL track, entitled
"Infiltrate the System", has been posted on the band's
MySpace page. The song is the title cut of the New York City hardcore legends' upcoming album, due on August 21 in the U.S. on
Ferret Music (in Europe on
I Scream, in South America on
Liberation, in Australia on
Resist). Check out the cover artwork at
this location.
"Infiltrate the System" track listing:
01.
Justify02.
Infiltrate the System03.
Revolt04.
No Escape05.
Takeover06.
Renegades07.
Set Me Free08.
The Messenger09.
Liberty or Death10.
A Novelty11.
You're Gone12.
P.Y.I.T.F. Part 313.
Stand Up NYSpeaking from
Planet Z studios in Massachusetts, where the band recorded the CD with producer
Zeuss (
HATEBREED,
SHADOWS FALL,
THROWDOWN),
MADBALL frontman
Freddy Cricien recently said about the new material, "The album will lyrically keep some of the hardcore standards while branching out from any of their previous work. We are hoping to branch out conceptually with 'Infiltrate'. We do have a few songs written about themes that are familiar to our fans, such as life on the streets, but we also have some songs that delve more into social commentary. By no means are we a political band now, we're still giving you first hand accounts of our life but there is other topics we want to talk about such as self-empowerment which everyone can relate to. Kids from the hardcore scene are infiltrating the system everyday and making changes to old ways of thinking, we have fans whom grew up with our band and are in all walks of life including CEOs of companies, politicians, teachers and more."
Musically,
Circien says that the songs will contain some surprises. "For the first time ever, we have songs that are over three minutes, a record for
MADBALL," he said. "We are going to have
Hoya (bass) and
Mitts (guitar) sing as well, because I discovered that
Mitts has an excellent voice. This record is also going to be a lot heavier, so if kids don't want to dance to this, I don't know what they will want to dance to!"
"Infiltrate the System" is the follow up to 2005's
"Legacy", a critically acclaimed album that received feature coverage in
Revolver,
Decibel, and
Metal Maniacs.
Formed when
Cricien was in his early teens,
MADBALL has been one of the driving forces of hardcore in recent years delivering anthemic, touchstone albums such as
"Demonstrate My Style" (1996) and
"Set It Off" (1994).