Arch Enemy has dropped another brutal new single and video! They have released “House of Mirrors” – the second new song in a month following “Deceiver, Deceiver.” The songs come from the bands’ forthcoming new album, due out in 2022 on Metal Blade Records. Watch the clip for “House of Mirrors” right now!
https://archenemy.lnk.to/HouseOfMirrors-Single
Guitarist Michael Amott comments: “Musically, this is an idea that has been bouncing around in my head for a while, and finally it got finished. It all started with the guitar motif that kicks off the track, which naturally leads to the galloping 80’s-metal feel of the verses. As is always the case with us, we had quite a few different arrangements and demos of this song until it was, dare I say, fckn perfect!”
Front-woman Alissa White-Gluz adds: “‘House of Mirrors’ is a song that twists its way into the human psyche. I wrote the lyrics during a dark time of strict, dystopian lockdown, and I think people will be able to relate to that feeling of being totally alone – but never truly alone – when you are surrounded only by past and future versions of yourself as company.”
► Lyrics ◄
“House Of Mirrors”
See the choice, it lies before you
A simple flick of the wrist
Blank doors keep the world at bay
Or do they keep the outside in?
What geometry lies beyond?
A familiar façade, keys in locks
Unhinge the future
Shut out the past
Winners and losers
Fiction and fact
Renegade are reflections made across a sharpened blade
In a house of mirrors you’re never alone
Welcome home!
To open is to invite the unknown
In to flood your once square home
The walls silently watch you
Are you watching them back?
Windows to the souls surround you
What escapes when those panes crack?
Unhinge the future
Shut out the past
Winners and losers
Fiction and fact
Renegade are reflections made across a sharpened blade
In a house of mirrors you’re never alone
Welcome home!
Suspicious simulacra distort your flesh and bone
In a house of mirrors you’re never alone
You’ll run
You’ll hide
Or try to
But we all
Reside
Inside you
Renegade are reflections made across a sharpened blade
In a house of mirrors you’re never alone
Welcome home!
Suspicious simulacra distort your flesh and bone
In a house of mirrors you’re never alone
Welcome home!
Arch Enemy is:
Alissa White-Gluz – Vocals
Michael Amott – Guitars
Jeff Loomis – Guitars
Sharlee D’Angelo – Bass
Daniel Erlandsson – Drums
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