LIFESICK - Loved by None, Hated by All

All Fotos by Allan Kristiansen

Die Lyrics beschäftigen sich mit der Vergangenheit der Band, mit ihren Problemen, Ängsten, Süchten, depressiven Phasen, (Geistes-)Krankheiten, Suizidgedanken, Trauer und Tod. LIFESICK möchten durch ihre Musik offene Diskussionen über psychische Gesundheit anregen. Aufgenommen und produziert wurde LIFESICK 4.0, innerhalb von nur zehn Tagen, abermals mit Jacob Bredahl, der in seinem Dead Rat Studio zu Aarhus, auch aktiv in die Gestaltung der einzelnen Songs eingriff. Abgemischt von Taylor Young im The Pit Studio (Los Angeles, Kalifornien) und gemastert von Brad Boatright im Audiosiege Mastering Studio (Portland, Oregon), steuerte John Cxnnor die Soundarchitektur, sowie die finsteren Industrial Samples für die zehn neuen, insgesamt 34:01 Minuten rumpelnden Momentaufnahmen des Wahnsinns, im Gravitated Sound Studio/Kopenhagen bei. Bretthart und bouncy werden immer wieder squealy und slamig gezockte Breakdownsequenzen in den vielschichtigen und facettenreichen Stomp-In-Ya-F**ing-Face-Hardcore eingebunden. Das dänische Hardcore-Geschwader greift aber auch gerne auf Anleihen aus Death, Thrash und Punk zurück, hat auf "Loved by None, Hated by All" aber gerade in Sachen destruktivem Hardcoregeblaste nochmals deutlich an Intensität zugelegt! Das wird live dazu führen, dass LIFESICK die Bühnen weltweit zu Kleinholz verarbeiten werden.

(Janko)

English version:

Yes! Another LIFESICK longplayer from the Kingdom of Denmark is on its way. The brutal hardcore misanthropes from Fredericia have always had a huge impact on me because they have never disappointed me with their vital, deeply distorted explosive power. With “Loved by None, Hated by All”, our Scandinavian neighbors are now bringing heavyload No. 4 onto the market. Like the previous albums "6.0.1" (2016), "Swept in Black" (2018) and "Misanthropy" (2022), the latest work also exudes a level of brutality and hardness that has hardly been reached before. The tonal wave of aggression was ridden more intensely by the prophets of doom from album to album. Since their formation in 2015, LIFESICK have been making a killing racket and delivered plenty of painful memorabilia from the mosh pit.

The merciless masters of metal excess manage to efficiently infuse an ultra-nasty aggro attitude into both their instruments and Simon Shoshan's vocal performances. The Danish HM2 Buzzsaw armor in a brutal hardcore coating fits the five-headed wrecking ball like a sneaky uppercut right under the chin. Jeppe Riis Frausing's ratty bass eats deep into the skin, while Jeppe Løwe's bone-crusher crossplay ensures plenty of loose pile dwellings in the feeding board. In the meantime, the Schranz and shredder guitars of Nicolai Lindegaard and Nikolai Lund happily separate the beet from the meat. With a fervor born of pure desperation, Simon barks his anger at all the injustices of this world into the airwaves. “Loved by None, Hated by All”…

"Sometimes it feels like the more you give, the more they take,"comments the band on that pessimistic title. "Over the last couple of years, I've given my all, but we've been knocked down time after time. That's what inspired me to write this title, and it resonates with most of the songs on the album. It fits perfectly with Lifesick's theme, which is and always will be about the roughness of living in today's world. Lifesickexists as it does because of the world as it is."

The lyrics deal with the band's past, with their problems, fears, addictions, depressive phases, (mental) illnesses, suicidal thoughts, grief and death. LIFESICK want to encourage open discussions about mental health through their music. LIFESICK 4.0 was recorded and produced within just ten days, once again with Jacob Bredahl, who also actively intervened in the design of the individual songs in his Dead Rat Studio in Aarhus. Mixed by Taylor Young at The Pit Studio (Los Angeles, California) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Mastering Studio (Portland, Oregon), John Cxnnor controlled the sound architecture as well as the sinister industrial samples for the ten new, totaling 34:01 minutes rumbling snapshots of madness in the Gravitated Sound Studio/Copenhagen. Bretthart and bouncy, squealy and slammy breakdown sequences are repeatedly integrated into the multi-layered and multi-faceted Stomp-In-Ya-F**ing-Face-Hardcore. The Danish hardcore squad also likes to borrow from death, thrash and punk, but on "Loved by None, Hated by All" they have increased their intensity significantly when it comes to destructive hardcore blasting! This will result in LIFESICKs crushing of stages all over the world.

(Janko)