Having recently signed to Prosthetic Records, Maryland-based death metallers YATRA have today announced their new album – the band’s fourth and their first with Prosthetic – Born into Chaos, due for release on June 10. The album sees the power trio evolve from their doom-sludge origins and unfold into brutish death with scorched black edges. Alongside Born into Chaos’ announcement, YATRA have shared the lead single, Terminate by the Sword, and its accompanying music video. Directed by Thomas Hughes, Terminate by the Sword‘s visual sees YATRA pay homage to the horror films they hold dear.

Born into Chaos is available to pre-order here.

Speaking on the album announcement, Dana Helmuth (guitar / vocals) comments: “Born into Chaos is just old-school death metal with some blackened sludge thrown in, that’s our roots, and we went back into it. There are no slow songs anymore and no fuzz. The drumming is all different now—with double bass and blast beats. So, we are really a different band completely. We almost changed our name because we are such a different band now than our first album.”

Of Terminate by the Sword, Helmuth adds: “Terminate has an epic, heavily syncopated riff and rhythm to start and then a cool thrash part and a fun bridge, this one has a sick video (again) by Ritual Video in Wales. Kind of a take on classic trashy murder-horror films we like.”

Written during the pandemic, Born into Chaos combines the uncertainty of the times and the desire to push forward at all costs. The group often jammed, while Helmuth constantly wrote, always looking to up his game. Riffs were hammered out via voice recorder and exchanged with drummer Lafferty and bassist Geisbert to keep the collaboration between members alive and productive. All eight songs were birthed frenzied and combative. Clearly, YATRA weren’t ready to capitulate or sacrifice re-discovered instinct.