Last month, Dave Lombardo revealed that he had just recorded songs for an upcoming Philm EP, set to be released in about nine months. It turns out, you won’t actually have to wait that long to hear new material from them, because we’re now learning that the band’s sophomore full-length ‘Fire From the Evening Sun’ will be released Sept. 16 via UDR Music.
Lombardo says that the follow-up to 2012?s ‘Harmonic’ finds them going in a different musical direction: “‘Harmonic’ is still an amazing work to me. It’s improvisational and raw. It was my first time producing an album and I am very proud of it. The new album is a completely different animal. It is again produced by me, but mastered and mixed by a couple of musical giants … Tyler Bates and Robert Carranza.”
Lombardo continues, “I believe this album has a daring, callous temperament about it that really sums up our mindset right now. No improvising, no fluff. It’s heavy and in your face from start to finish. You may think you know what Philm is, but you don’t. If you haven’t seen us live, you have no idea. We thrive on being out of our comfort zones and want fans to take that ride.”