Paleface Swiss – drop new single “Hatred” while they announce third album ”Cursed”

Switzerland’s titans of brutality, Paleface Swiss, are back with a vengeance! Today, the band unveils their brutal new single, “HATRED”, alongside the official announcement of their highly anticipated third full-length album, ‘Cursed’, set to drop January 3rd, 2025.

HATRED“, the album’s ferocious lead single, delivers everything fans have come to love from Paleface Swiss: relentlessly visceral intensity, Zelli’s instantly recognisable, rapid fire rap-style vocals, Yannick Lehmann‘s insane thrash-inspired solos and ten-tonne heavy nu-metal-esque riffs and the pummelling rhythmic backbone of Tommy Lee‘s basslines and Cassiano “Cassi'” Toma‘s drumming, providing lightening fast blast beats and brutal beatdowns. 

Speaking on the track, Marc “Zelli” Zellweger shares, “When you’re a kid growing up, you’re happy and you think everything is cool, but nowadays, every time you open your phone, it’s just a flood of negativity. We’re bombarded with so much bad news every day that finding anything positive feels nearly impossible. ‘Hatred’ is us venting our frustration about the things we can’t change. It may not be as deep as the other tracks on the album, but it’s for everyone who’s fed up with the constant negativity in the world. For the music video, we wanted to keep it simple and raw—a no-nonsense, old-school performance video with us going as hard as we can in a room. There are, however, a few easter eggs hidden in there that will make more sense as we release more videos from this album.”

Hatred” also begins with album intro track, “Un Pobre Niño Murió“, a reimagining of a song the band heard for the first time when they decamped to Tenerife, where their close friend and tour manager, Ron Steven Deris, lives, to write their new record.

Elaborating on the story, “Zelli” continues, “We went to Ron’s place in Tenerife, and every morning and every evening we had breakfast and dinner together. We always listened to vinyl while eating, and one evening he pulled out a Canary Islands folklore vinyl with very old songs—like all of the artists on these songs had been dead for many years—and this song came on with just one woman singing by herself. It’s supposed to be a children’s lullaby, but it was actually scary. The lyrics are the complete opposite of a lullaby.”

Streaming the track HERE

Cursed’ is a masterclass in modern brutality and encapsulates two years of creative exploration and raw personal experiences for the Paleface Swiss members. The band retreated to the seclusion of the Canary Islands to craft this sonic juggernaut. Collaborating with Ron Steven Deris at Misueno Studios and with long-time collaborator Florent Salfati (Landmvrks) helping to add the finishing touches, their work culminated in an album that marries the band’s signature heaviness with intricate conceptual storytelling. 

Zelli goes on to share, “This time we wanted to keep it simple and follow the lead of the big guys, taking the necessary time for it. However, it was still an exhausting process. I’m overjoyed with the result and can’t wait to unleash our first concept album upon the world.”

The album features nine tracks, each paired with a specific flower on the album artwork that represents a different struggle, forming a bouquet of beauty and darkness that mirrors the band’s tumultuous experiences.

Album Tracklist
1. Un Pobre Niño Murió
2. Hatred
3. …and with hope you’ll be damned
4. Don’t You Ever Stop
5. Enough
6. Youth Decay
7. My Blood On Your Hands
8. Love Burns
9. River of Sorrows

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Zelli elaborates,“This record is for sure our most personal one so far. We’ve always written about topics like mental health, but we’ve usually written about people who are really close to us. On this record there wasn’t really much space for stories from other people. Between the time when we released “Fear & Dagger “and writing this record, there were periods when this is how we all felt. I’d say 80% of these two years were filled with so much happiness and joy, which I’m really thankful for, but the few dark days that we had ARE this record.”

 Tickets are available HERE.

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