Envy Atheist's Cornea

new album by legendary Japanese band ENVY

Envy are one of the loudest bands on the planet as far as heavy music goes. So awe-inspiring is their sheer volume that everyone from Mogwai to Deafheaven to Touché Amoré has been influenced by the Japanese act's melodic yet crushing brand of screamo. For that reason we couldn't be more thrilled to premiere "Blue Moonlight," the opening track from Atheist's Cornea, the band's first full-length in five years.

Don't let the song's delicate introduction fool you. It immediately explodes into a shimmering, syncopated rocker that sounds so volatile that it might collapse on itself at any moment. Instead, it reaches toward the stratosphere via intensely strummed guitars and shifting rhythms that give it a sense of orchestral grandeur. We may have no idea what vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa is saying but there's a level of urgency in his shrieks that transcend language.

1. Blue Moonlight
2. Ignorant Rain at the End of the World
3. Shining Finger
4. Ticking Time and String
5. Footsteps in the Distance
6. An Insignificant Poem
7. Two Isolated Souls
8. Your Heart and My Hand