Fliege's new single, "Man Is the Warmest Place to Hide," is streaming now via Decibel Magazine: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2022/10/13/track-premiere-fliege-man-is-the-warmest-place-to-hide/
The NYC band's new album, One Day They’ll Wonder What Happened Here, drops November 4th: https://dasfliege.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-theyll-wonder-what-happened-here
A monumental project, musically and conceptually, One Day They'll Wonder What Happened Here is a scene-by-scene retelling of John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing, starring Kurt Russell, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Prior Fliege releases have each focused on another film: David Cronenberg's The Fly, Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, and Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Fliege mastermind Coleman Bentley states: "John Carpenter is probably my favorite director and at some point I really wanted to explore one of his films through the Fliege prism."
One one level, One Day They'll Wonder What Happened Here is a couple of film buffs' meticulous tribute to one of their idols. On a deeper level, Bentley and his co-conspirator, vocalist Peter Rittweger, are using the format to explore their own existential questions. Bentley explains: "When COVID hit I revisited 'The Thing' and was immediately grabbed by the themes of infection, isolation, and paranoia that were swirling all around us in real life at the time. I saw an opportunity to write about an awesome sci-fi movie from one of my favorite directors and also about the brand new world taking shape around us."
Concepts aside, One Day They'll Wonder What Happened Here is a musical tour-de-force, authoritatively bringing an array of '80s flavors into a modern, extreme metal context. Decibel states: "Fliege’s new album is a genre-defying thing, skipping easy categorization in favor of extreme metal takes on ’80s glam, new wave and shred.” Stated influences run the gamut from The Police and Def Leppard to Blood Incantation.
More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2022/09/fliege-one-day-theyll-wonder-what.html
Photo of Fliege, by Chris Palermo
More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2022/09/fliege-one-day-theyll-wonder-what.html
Photo of Fliege, by Chris Palermo
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