Judas | CD | Lord Of The Lost

Comes as a double CD in digisleeve.

LORD OF THE LOST return with their seventh studio album JUDAS and, as usual, act completely free from musical constraints and genre boundaries. With the sophisticated and detail-oriented release, which was conceived as a double album from the beginning, the five musicians solidify their outstanding position as exceptional artists and reach the next level with their most innovative and mature release to date, which refuses to fit into any category. The auditory experience begins with the atmospheric opener 'Priest,' which features a recurring leitmotif that creates a sonic symbiosis for the 24 songs in total, divided into two album parts: Damnation and Salvation. With the sacred 'For They Know Not What They Do,' it becomes clear that JUDAS is based on an organic production of the old school: a real choir accompanies singer Chris Harms, whose striking voice directly carries the gripping lyrics into the listener's consciousness more than ever. Songs like 'Your Star Has Led You Astray' or 'Born With a Broken Heart' effortlessly manage to maintain the balance between harsh vocals, raw fuzz guitars, and dark beauty that form the sonic foundation for LORD OF THE LOST. The latter focus on songs like 'Death Is Just a Kiss Away,' 'My Constellation,' and the closing track 'Work of Salvation' with real strings, concert grand piano, and an awe-inspiring organ recorded in a church. As an overarching theme, LORD OF THE LOST dedicate themselves to the field of tension between the multifaceted interpretations of the character of Judas Iscariot and the apocryphal writings of the Gospel of Judas – writings that consist primarily of conversations between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot and provide an alternative approach to the interpretation of religious history compared to the New Testament of the Bible. JUDAS is the successor to the Top 10 album Thornstar (2018, #6 GER) and once again breathes the innovative spirit of a musical collective that sets no limits to its very individual and distinctive art. LORD OF THE LOST has never been a band that clings to a specific genre in a one-dimensional way. Instead, over the years, they have repeatedly managed to surprise fans and critics with their unpredictability and non-conformity. With their new album JUDAS, they not only succeed in blurring the boundaries between good and evil thematically and integrating the so-called 'blessed betrayal' into a harmonious and unprecedented soundscape, but also prove their musical and lyrical development – truly an opus magnum!