Some new music could soon be coming down the pipe from the bayous of Louisiana, as the sludge/doom metal titans Eyehategod have apparently been working on their follow up to 2021’s A History Of Nomadic Behavior. This bit of exciting news comes from an interview with frontman Mike IX Williams in Australia’s Heavy.
During the chat (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), which you can check out in full in the video below, Williams was asked up front whether there was new music in the works or not. As the perpetual straight-shooter that he is, Williams confirmed there was, though it was slow going because of the band’s live commitments.
“We’ve just been touring a lot, but I know those guys are writing some new stuff. I think they’ve got a couple things put together, but nothing fully formed yet. It always takes us a long time in between albums to get the next one done. It took a long time between the last two albums, and it seems to always take that. But we’ll get something out eventually. We’re definitely writing.”
Looking at their discography, that last comment lines up, as the album before A History Of Nomadic Behavior was their self-titled, which came out in 2014. The album before that, Confederacy of Ruined Lives came out 14 years prior in 2000, so if anything fans should be excited that it’s still only three years since the last one and they’re already in the writing phase!
In the interview, it was suggested that since there was so much time between releases that explained why Eyehategod’s albums are so damn good. And while he definitely agreed that the quality benefitted from that much time in the studio, Williams said those lengthy periods in between each release was just how the band likes to get things done.
“Well, that’s part of it. That’s what I like to tell people. It’s, like, we’re not one of these bands that tours, then goes in the studio and writes it in the studio. We like to take our time and write and sit with it. That way, too, you get to sit with the songs for a while and you get to know them better. And if you start to not like it, you may change something when you go in the studio. So it’s good to sit with it like that.”