The new SCREEM WRITERS GUILD era has begun!
We’ve barely survived the awesomeness of LORDIVERSITY and LORDIVERSITOUR 2022 era overload of excitement and the band is already treating us with a huge reveal and an info dump of what’s to come. The new Lordi era has officially begun today! We got the first look of the brand new era monster-squad as the cover art, the full track list and the first single off the upcoming album SCREEM WRITERS GUILD was finally revealed to us today. The album will be out on March 31st 2023, just two weeks before the band embarks as special guests on Sabaton’s The Tour To End All Tours all across Europe. You can pre-order the digipak CD version of SCREEM WRITERS GUILD right now from the Napalm Records store and the limited edition vinyl deluxe boxset from the Atomic Fire Records store.
The album cover and the track list are:
Lordi - Screem Writers Guild (Atomic Fire Records, 2023)
1. Dead Again Jayne
2. SCG XVIII: Nosferuiz Horror Show
3. Unliving Picture Show
4. Inhumanoid
5. Thing In The Cage
6. Vampyro Fang Club
7. The Bride
8. Lucyfer Prime Evil
9. Scarecrow
10. Lycantropical Island
11. In The Castle Of Dracoolove
12. The SCG Awards
13. Heavengeance
14. End Credits
As we speculated here on MDH a few months ago, the theme of the album draws very much inspiration from the Universal Monsters and other classic Hollywood horror films and the band’s overall look is definitely the biggest departure from a previous one it has ever been! We see Mr. Lordi bearing a resemblance to Boris Karloff’s portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster, Hella rocking the Bride of Frankenstein looks that kill, Mana being inspired by Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula with the bowtie and the medallion, Hiisi becoming truly a Creature from the Black Lagoon and Kone getting into hairy situations as a classic werewolf. Did you find other references and easter eggs in the cover art and the track list?
UPDATE January 27th 15:00: Lordi’s propmaster Jessycho posted on Instagram early this morning and hinted that this look we see on the album cover may not be exactly what the finished costumes will end up looking like.
Not only something for the eyes if not something for the ears too! The first single off the album is called Lucyfer Prime Evil and it’s digitally out right now! Accompanied with a brand new animated lyric video you can view right down below. The song is classic ’80s inspired horror Lordi with amazing guitar tracks that really show off what Kone brings to the table! We are living very exciting times and the monstermania is once again growing into new heights.