"Echoes & Narcissists" Released: August 30, 2024[5]
Pillar of Fire is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Thy Will Be Done. It is the band's first album in 12 years.[6][7] It is also the band's first album to feature lead guitarist Chris Robinson and bassist Chris Cote.[8] The album was released via the band's own music label Eye.On Lion Recordings, with KMG Distribution handling the world-wide distribution.[9]
In early 2017, Thy Will Be Done shared via a YouTube video that guitarist Matt Marcel had joined the band.[10] They also announced a return to live performing, with a show at The Cove Music Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts,[10] and shared that drummer Jay Waterman had been medically cleared to perform again following his cardiac arrest in 2015.[10][11]
The band toured with regularity in the late 2010s, joining Sworn Enemy for their 15th anniversary tour of the album As Real as It Gets in mid-2018,[12] and a tour of North America with Sick of It All, All Hail the Yeti, and BillyBio in late 2018.[13] These dates marked the band's first major touring efforts in nearly four years (their last being with Byzantine and IKILLYA).[14]
On May 25, 2020, the band released its first new single in nearly three years, titled "Last Ghost to Kill."[2] Nearly four years, later, the band released another single, "Prelude to Apostasy" on April 26, 2024.[1] The band also released their entire back catalogue on streaming platforms on March 30 - all of it remastered by George Richter at Edestus Audio.[15]
On June 21, 2024, the band released the single "Encore Abomination."[3]
On July 4, the band released the single "Join or Die."[4][16] The song begins with a quote from H. L. Mencken's Prejudices First Series.[4]
On August 30, 2024, the band released the single "Echoes & Narcissists" and premiered a music video (directed by Chariot of the Black Moth) exclusively via Decibel.[5] Vocalist J. Costa explained that the song's title was a "nod to the myth of Echo and Narcissus"[17] and that the song "is coming from a perspective where one may see the rise in narcissism, vanity, and seemingly waining work ethic in contemporary society being largely attributed to the influence of social media and AI technologies."[17] It was the band's third music video since 2009's "Earth's Final Embrace."[18]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Thy Will Be Done, except where noted
Pillar of Fire track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Prelude to Apostasy"
3:10
2.
"Perils of Recursion"
2:31
3.
"Echoes & Narcissists"
3:08
4.
"A Fool to Fall"
3:06
5.
"The Initiates (Of the Flame)"
3:30
6.
"An Eternal Light"
4:43
7.
"Encore Abomination"
2:07
8.
"Truth Won't Hide"
2:37
9.
"Last Ghost to Kill"
2:32
10.
"Join or Die"
2:55
11.
"Eye, the Ascension"
3:51
Total length:
34:10
Personnel
Thy Will Be Done
J. Costa – vocals
Chris Robinson – lead guitar
Kurt Fraunfelter – rhythm guitar
Chris Cote – bass
Jay Waterman – drums
Production and recording
Kurt Fraunfelter – recording, mixing, production
Chris Robinson – mixing
J. Costa – executive production
George Richter - mastering
Recorded at Purple Reign Studios, Massachusetts
Mastered at Edestus Audio, Connecticut
Artwork and design
J. Costa – art direction, design, layout for Eye.On Lion Productions
