Malacoda launch ‘The Year Walk’ pre-order, announce lineup change

Canadian gothic and power metal group Malacoda have revealed a pre-order link for their upcoming EP titled ‘The Year Walk,’ which releases on December 3rd, 2021 — get the album here: LINK. You can also pre-save the band’s upcoming cover of Lizzy Borden’s “Me Against the World” at this location.

In more news, Malacoda have announced a shift in their lineup, frontman Lucas Di Mascio comments, “The past two years have been quite vexing. The pandemic has caused plans to change for everyone and is also giving people a lot of time to think about things. After many discussions about the band and where we all are personally, we came to a decision that it was for the best that Wes (guitars) should step down from his duties in Malacoda. We are in different places in our personal lives – but also as artists, which has made collaborating quite fruitless the past few years.”

Lucas continues, “It’s not all doom and gloom however, as I’ve been the recording guitarist on every Malacoda release since the beginning, bar a few songs or sections here and there. We’ll be able to continue as normal and I’m excited about the new focus we have on the future vision of the band. A big part of that is our new drummer- Kabir Ahmed! We’re excited to start writing new material with him behind the kit, but first we’ve got an EP to release!”

Regarding joining the band, Kabir Ahmed says, “What influenced me to join Malacoda is that the band always had a unique sound. They’ve never tried to be something that already exists. There is a holistic theme with their songwriting- free from the restrictions of one genre. Often music gets limited when it’s confined to a genre and I feel the directions which Malacoda’s writing processes are willing to visit an attractive thing for me as a musician.”



TRACKLIST:
1. The Year Walk
2. Beaten Path
3. Legacy
4. Damage Control

CREDITS:
Lucas Di Mascio : Vocals/Guitar/Keys
Zak Stulla : Bass
Stefan Skjoedt : Artwork
Jeramie Kling : Mix/Master

GUEST MUSICIANS:
Michael Farina : Drums on track 1 & 4
Andrew Suarez : Drums on track 2
Ryan Claxton : Drums on track 3
Gabriel Guardiola : Keyboard Solo on Track 2
Beth Wilson : Backup vocals on track 2
Wes MacDonald : Guitar solos

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