New York City hardcore legends Madball have revealed the cover artwork for their new album, 'Infiltrate the System', due this fall in the U.S. on Ferret Music (in Europe on I Scream, in South America on Liberation, in Australia on Resist). Check it out at
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Speaking from Planet Z studios in Massachusetts, where the band recorded the CD with producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Throwdown), Madball frontman Freddy Cricien recently said about the new material, "The album will lyrically keep some of the hardcore standards while branching out from any of their previous work. We are hoping to branch out conceptually with 'Infiltrate'. We do have a few songs written about themes that are familiar to our fans, such as life on the streets, but we also have some songs that delve more into social commentary. By no means are we a political band now, we're still giving you first hand accounts of our life but there is other topics we want to talk about such as self-empowerment which everyone can relate to. Kids from the hardcore scene are infiltrating the system everyday and making changes to old ways of thinking, we have fans whom grew up with our band and are in all walks of life including CEOs of companies, politicians, teachers and more."
Musically, Circien says that the songs will contain some surprises. "For the first time ever, we have songs that are over three minutes, a record for Madball," he said. "We are going to have Hoya (bass) and Mitts (guitar) sing as well, because I discovered that Mitts has an excellent voice. This record is also going to be a lot heavier, so if kids don't want to dance to this, I don't know what they will want to dance to!"
'Infiltrate the System' is the follow up to 2005's 'Legacy', a critically acclaimed album that received feature coverage in Revolver, Decibel, and Metal Maniacs.
