LIFESICK "Loved By None, Hated By All" LP

Formed in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015, Lifesick create brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, Lifesick’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.

Lifesick's hometown of Fredericia in Denmark was founded in 1650 as a giant fortress, at a time when the country was being continually battered by war and defeated by empire after empire. Although the Danish Realm is now among the world's most peaceful and prosperous places to live, Lifesick are keen to alert us to the bitter conflict still raging in their hearts and minds. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023's Life And Other Lies EP brought the band's sobering death-metallic hardcore to Metal Blade, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All. "Sometimes it feels like the more you give, the more they take,"comments the band on that pessimistic title. "Over the last couple of years, I've given my all, but we've been knocked down time after time. That's what inspired me to write this title, and it resonates with most of the songs on the album. It fits perfectly with Lifesick's theme, which is and always will be about the roughness of living in today's world. Lifesick exists as it does because of the world as it is."

As with previous platters, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility ("He understands our sound and knows how we want to record," notes the band, "and he's just easy to work with, which is crucial during a 10-day recording session when pressure and different tempers can arise"). This time Jacob's role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. "He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective. It is definitely not the last time we will do it."