HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY (Post Black Metal – Austria 🇦🇹 ) – Release Music Video For “With Autumn I’ll Surrender” – New Album, “Scorched Earth,” Out January 24, 2025 Via AOP Records #HarakiriForTheSky #postblackmetal #heavymetal

Despair, loss, love, and existential struggles have always been the foundation of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY’s distinctive sound. Since their formation in 2011, multi-instrumentalist M.S. and vocalist J.J. have gained recognition for pushing musical boundaries with their emotionally charged blend of atmospheric extreme metal and melodic post-rock, grunge and modern hardcore, carving out a genre of their own. Taking four years to craft their next epic chapter after 2021’s “Maere” (which peaked at #4 on the official German charts), HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY will now release their new tour-de-force, “Scorched Earth“, on January 24^th through AOP Records.

The album is a snapshot of the world we are living  in, a world that’s tragically broken. Our society is divided to its core and peace seems further away than ever in the last decades. It still seems like one crisis follows another, and this feeling of impending doom is captured on “Scorched Earth.”

Right in time for the depressive season, the band has unveiled their first single “With Autumn I’ll Surrender” together with a new music video directed by Andreas J. Borsodi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ROuY9lpW4

“With ‘With Autumn I’ll Surrender’ we’re finally releasing the first single of our upcoming album ‘Scorched Earth,‘” the band comments.

“For this purpose, we chose a song that combines the HFTS typical Post Black Metal energy with riffs that hail from the glorious times of the Grunge and Indie Rock era. A first hint where this album and its songs are leading us…”

Graced with a cover artwork by Brvno Gonzalez, the album was mixed and mastered at Kohlekeller Studio and contains 61 minutes of new post metal anthems (72 mins if you go for the special edition).

The pre-order for “Scorched Earth” has started today and you can get the album here: https://shop.aoprecords.de/

“Scorched Earth” Track List:

1. Heal Me (feat. Tim Yatras / Austere)
2. Keep Me Longing
3. Without You I’m Just A Sad Song
4. No Graves But The Sea
5. With Autumn I’ll Surrender
6. I Was Just Another Promise You Couldn’t Keep
7. Too Late For Goodbyes (feat. Serena Cherry / Svalbarduk)

Bonus tracks available on special Editions:
Street Spirit (Fade Out) (feat. P.G. of GROZA) – Radiohead Cover
Elysian Fields (feat. Daniel Lang / Backwards Charm)
HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY will return to North America in 2025 for their “Shining Over North America Tour” with SWALLOW THE SUN. Tickets are on sale now at https://linktr.ee/shiningnorthamericatour

HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY Tour Dates: Feb 20 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary Feb 21 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground Feb 22 – Montreal, QC – Fouf’s Feb 23 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall Feb 24 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theater Feb 25 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage Feb 26 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819 Feb 27 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl Feb 28 – Orlando, FL – Conduit Mar 1 – Pensacola, FL – Handlebar Mar 2 – Houston, TX – Bronze Peacock @ House of Blues Mar 3 – Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live Mar 4 – Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad Mar 5 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Mar 6 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick Mar 7 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex Mar 8 – San Francisco, CA – Neck of the Woods Mar 9 – Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom Mar 10 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon Mar 12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall Mar 13 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater Mar 14 – Omaha, NE – Reverb Mar 15 – Chicago, IL – Reggies HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY are: M.S. – guitar, bass, songwriting J.J. – vocals, lyrics More info on HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY: Facebook | Instagram | Link Tree