UK metallers Jonestown have revealed their new single The People’s Temple, their first new material since acclaimed debut LP Aokigahara and the first to be heard from upcoming album DYATLOV.
Premiered via Metal Hammer, you can now watch the video below!:
Of the track, the band say:
‘The People’s Temple is about how religion and politics seem to only separate people from one another, destroying all common ground and humanity. We’re all guilty of it in some way, believing we are somehow superior because of our opinions. Ironically though, it seems our fighting and disagreement somehow unites us in our own blind stupidity. The majority of us are metaphorically running hand in hand and jumping straight into oblivion.
‘We’re really excited to release what is our first new music since Aokigahara – as daunting as the task was to meet, or even surpass, it, we feel the new music has evolved and we’re extremely proud of it.’
The band will head for a short run of shows in the UK with support from This Is Turin.
Dates:
14 June – Birmingham – Subside
15 June – Lancaster – The Bobbin
17 June – London – The Black Heart
Jonestown formed in 2014 in Brighton, on the south coast of the UK.
Winning the Metal To The Masses 2014 South East division helped propel the band into the studio and self-finance their debut Aokigahara, which was released via Siege Music.
The release of Aokigahara resulted in a swathe of media attention, with Metal Hammer magazine touting them as the band to ‘transcend the swarm of killer UK debuts’, describing the album as ‘Gojira and Meshuggah brawling in a dinosaur paddock’ and ‘ballsy, catchy metal that will have fans of everyone from Tesseract to Slipknot grinning ear-to ear and hurtling to the nearest pit’.