Pillar of Fire (album)

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Pillar of Fire
Thy Will Be Done - Pillar of Fire.png
Studio album by
Thy Will Be Done
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2024
Genre Metalcore, groove metal
Length34:10
Label
  • Eye.On Lion
  • KMG Distribution [1]
Thy Will Be Done chronology
Temple
(2012)		Pillar of Fire
(2024)
Singles from Pillar of Fire
  1. "Last Ghost to Kill"
    Released: May 25, 2020 [2]
  2. "Prelude to Apostasy"
    Released: April 26, 2024 [1]
  3. "Encore Abomination"
    Released: June 21, 2024 [3]
  4. "Join, or Die"
    Released: July 4, 2024 [4]
  5. "Echos & Narcissists"
    Released: August 30, 2024 [5]

Pillar of Fire is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Thy Will Be Done. It is the band's first album in 12 years. [6] [7] It is also the band's first album to feature lead guitarist Chris Robinson and bassist Chris Cote. [8] The album was released via the band's own music label Eye.On Lion Recordings, with KMG Distribution handling the world-wide distribution. [9]

Contents

The album debuted as the #1 Most Added Album to Heavy Radio via the North American College and Community Radio Chart.

Background

In early 2017, Thy Will Be Done shared via a YouTube video that guitarist Matt Marcel had joined the band. [10] They also announced a return to live performing, with a show at The Cove Music Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, [10] and shared that drummer Jay Waterman had been medically cleared to perform again following his cardiac arrest in 2015. [10] [11]

The band toured with regularity in the late 2010s, joining Sworn Enemy for their 15th anniversary tour of the album As Real as It Gets in mid-2018, [12] and a tour of North America with Sick of It All, All Hail the Yeti, and BillyBio in late 2018. [13] These dates marked the band's first major touring efforts in nearly four years (their last being with Byzantine and IKILLYA). [14]

On May 25, 2020, the band released its first new single in nearly three years, titled "Last Ghost to Kill." [2] Nearly four years, later, the band released another single, "Prelude to Apostasy" on April 26, 2024. [1] The band also released their entire back catalogue on streaming platforms on March 30 - all of it remastered by George Richter at Edestus Audio. [15]

On June 21, 2024, the band released the single "Encore Abomination." [3]

On July 8, the band released the single "Join or Die." [4] The song begins with a quote from H. L. Mencken's Prejudices First Series. [4]

On August 30, 2024, the band released the single "Echos & Narcissists" and premiered a music video (directed by Chariot of the Black Moth) exclusively via Decibel. [5] Vocalist Jay Costa explained that the song's title was a "nod to the myth of Echo and Narcissus" [16] and that the song "is coming from a perspective where one may see the rise in narcissism, vanity, and seemingly waining work ethic in contemporary society being largely attributed to the influence of social media and AI technologies." [16] It was the band's third music video since 2009's "Earth's Final Embrace." [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thy Will Be Done, except where noted

Pillar of Fire track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Prelude to Apostasy"3:10
2."Perils of Recursion"2:31
3."Echos & Narcissists"3:08
4."A Fool to Fall"3:06
5."The Initiates (Of the Flame)"3:30
6."An Eternal Light"4:43
7."Encore Abomination"2:07
8."Truth Won't Hide"2:37
9."Last Ghost to Kill"2:32
10."Join or Die"2:55
11."Eye, the Ascension"3:51
Total length:34:10

Personnel

Thy Will Be Done

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