MISERY INDEX LAUNCHES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK “COMPLETE CONTROL” OFF UPCOMING ALBUM

(Baltimore, Maryland – April 28, 2022) – Two decades into their venerable careers, Baltimore death metal savants MISERY INDEX are back with their new record, Complete Control, set for release worldwide via Century Media Records on May 13^th, 2022. Today, MISERY INDEX is launching the next single and title track. Check out the music video for “Complete Control”, directed, filmed and edited by J.T. Ibanez, HERE.

“’Complete Control’ draws equally on our hardcore punk and old school death metal influences. The lyrics describe the awakening of a protagonist; one who becomes acutely aware of the totalizing power structures in everyday society that work not just from “above” – but from within as well,” states MISERY INDEX about the new track.

“Complete Control” follows the release of the band’s previous singles and music videos for “The Eaters and the Eaten” and “Infiltrators”.

Complete Control, the 7^th studio album and Century Media debut for MISERY INDEX, was mixed by Will Putney, mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street studios and features artwork by Matt Lombard. The album is a riff-driven assault that captures the tension of the modern condition and channels it into 9 songs of ripping end-times death metal. Spewing with Orwellian invective and razor-sharp songwriting, Complete Control is a much-needed hammer to the face; a wake-up call for the disaffected and dispossessed.

Complete Control tracklisting:

1. Administer the Dagger

2. The Eaters and the Eaten

3. Complete Control

4. Necessary Suffering

5. Rites of Cruelty

6. Conspiracy of None

7. Infiltrators

8. Reciprocal Repulsion

9. Now Defied!

Next to the jewelcase CD, LP and digital versions of the album, Complete Control will also be available as limited deluxe 2CD box set (see mock image below), containing the studio album as a jewelcase CD, an additional 5-track bonus EP entitled Strategies of Manipulation in a slimline case CD, a black tote bag with artwork print, a button set with 2 buttons and a double-sided mini poster.

Strategies of Manipulation Bonus EP tracklisting:

1. Strategies of Manipulation

2. Supposed to Rot (Entombed Cover)

3. Infiltrators (Instrumental Version)

4. The Eaters and the Eaten (Demo Version)

5. Complete Control (Demo Version)

The album’s LP format will come on 180g vinyl and include a 4page LP-booklet as well as a poster in the A2 format. The available variants and limitations are listed below:

Black LP – Unlimited

Transp. Red LP – 1100x copies via all US outlets & Season Of Mist

Clear-Black Marbled LP – 500x copies via CM Distro and Evil Greed (European Bandshop)

Silver LP – 300x copies via EMP

White LP – 300x copies via Bandshops (IndieMerch / North America & Evil Greed / Europe)

The album’s pre-order starts today and can be found HERE.

A new MISERY INDEX (bonus) track “Strategies of Manipulation” is available in an alternate mix version via the Decibel Magazine flexi series. Check out the single, HERE, and order the Decibel issue and flexi single, HERE.

MISERY INDEX “The Space Control” Tour:

w/ Origin, Wolf King

05.05.2022 Columbia, MO – The Blue Note (Misery Index & Origin only!)

06.05.2022 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge

07.05.2022 Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theater

08.05.2022 Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary

09.05.2022 Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground

10.05.2022 Ottawa, ON – The Brass Monkey

11.05.2022 Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques

12.05.2022 Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martinière

13.05.2022 Boston, MA – Sonia

14.05.2022 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus Bar

15.05.2022 Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz

16.05.2022 Greensboro, NC – The Blind Tiger

17.05.2022 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Hell)

18.05.2022 Tampa, FL – Brass Mug

20.05.2022 Houston, TX – Acadia

21.05.2022 Dallas, TX – Amplified

22.05.2022 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live

MISERY INDEX Festival Dates:

17.06.2022 – Oulu (Finland) – Metal Capital Festival

18.06.2022 – Fehrbellin (Germany) – Protzen Open Air

19.06.2022 – Clisson (France) – Hellfest

30.07.2022 – Steenwijk (The Netherlands) – Stonehenge Festival

31.07.2022 – Leer (Germany) – Zollhaus *

01.08.2022 – Dortmund (Germany) – Junkyard *

02.08.2022 – Wiesbaden (Germany) – Schlachthof *

03.08.2022 – München (Germany) – Backstage / Free & Easy *

07.08.2022 – St Maurice de Gourdans (France) – Sylak Open Air

T10.08.2022 – Jaroměř (Czech Republic) – Brutal Assault Festival

11.08.2022 – Berlin (Germany) – SO36 *

12.08.2022 – Obermehler (Germany) – Party.San Festival Open Air

14.08.2022 – Kortrijk (Belgium) – Alcatraz Metal Festival

16.08.2022 – Aarau (Switzerland) – Kiff *

18.08.2022 – Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze Open Air

Since the early 2000’s, MISERY INDEX have performed over 1400 concerts in 44 countries, sharing stages with the likes of Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Fear Factory, Dying Fetus, Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Nile, The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Decapitated and EyeHateGod and making them one of the most intense and merciless live-acts of our time. Look out for many more dates across the globe to be announced soon for MISERY INDEX.