Pro Patria announce all new album ‘Piercing Through the Armour’
Photo by Karim Hamid
(Photo’s by Patrice Hoerner, Luc Luyten and Karim Hamid) After the split with their record label Insane Records, Pro Patria will now self-release their upcoming sixth full CD âPiercing Through the Armourâ later this summer. Whereas their 2021 album âGodlessâ was bone-hard, the new album will be more experimental, offering a variety of ways to explore new boundaries to the bandâs classic EBM style. No official release date is known as of yet for âPiercing Through the Armourâ, but the album should be finished by late August or September and made available via the band’s Bandcamp page.
A track taken from their latest album “Godless”, called “Razorblade”, could be heard on our most recent free charity compilation “Face The beat: Session 7”.
Peter: “Although the hard beats certainly wonât be missing, the approach becomes more personal, even intimate at times, through which we try to establish a stronger link with the listener.”
Videos for two tracks of the new album have already been released on YouTube: âStory of a Boyâ and âGet Out of the Lightâ. The former may come as a surprise to many Pro Patria fans as itâs completely different from their previous work.
Peter: “It highlights our desire to look beyond the narrow boundaries of traditional EBM and to express ourselves more artistically, such as with our acoustic album “Naked EBM”. The song was specifically created to convey a strong message about male victims of domestic violence who deserve more attention. In âGet Out of the Lightâ, on the other hand, fans will recognize a more typical Pro Patria track with its explosive and catchy chorus.”
About Pro Patria
Pro Patria was founded in 1988 and after a number of successful demos (we still have those in the Side-Line archives and they were brilliant) they published their first album âQuod Erat Demonstrandumâ in 1997.
The bankruptcy of their record label and personal reasons forced them to withdraw from the scene shortly afterwards, but in 2017 they returned at the Familientreffen festival and since then theyâve published 4 full albums and theyâve performed at various festivals, most notably the W-Festival in 2018 and Dark Balloon in 2019.
Chief editor of Side-Line â which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify whatâs actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, Iâm all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraineâs ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil.
Since youâre here âŠ
⊠we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading Side-Line Magazine than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news organisations, we havenât put up a paywall â we want to keep our journalism as open as we can - and we refuse to add annoying advertising. So you can see why we need to ask for your help.
Side-Lineâs independent journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we want to push the artists we like and who are equally fighting to survive.
If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. For as little as 5 US$, you can support Side-Line Magazine â and it only takes a minute. Thank you.
The donations are safely powered by Paypal.
