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Metalcore outfit Norma Jean indicated a new album was coming on September 9th months ago, but no other details were known — until today. The new record, Polar Similar, is slated to be released 9.9.16 on Solid State Records with pre-orders available on MerchDirect & MerchNow.

Polar Similar is the band's seventh album and, like 2013's Wrongdoers, it plays with melody, atmosphere and instrumentation. The first single, "1,000,000 Watts," grooves and lashes out wildly like a caged animal, but more than ever Norma Jean colors the chaos with brooding hues. Stomping riffs alternate with angular and delayed guitar melodies in a grey haze, as Cory Brandan builds his moody croons into raging screams. The denouement is a swirl of noise and guitars, but the band suddenly drops out as a piano evokes the creepy twinkling of '90s Nine Inch Nails tracks. It's a brief yet effective close to a track that offers a strong example of where Polar Similar operates.

After releasing two behemoth albums, Meridional in 2010, and Wrongdoers in 2013, The Almighty Norma Jean has returned home to Solid State Records. The band will be on tour throughout the fall celebrating the 10th anniversary of "O God, The Aftermath" with supporting acts '68, Spencer Chamberlain's new band Sleepwave, and The Ongoing Concept. New music will be coming in 2016!

The Norma Jean is:
Chris Day - Guitar
Cory Brandan - Vocals
Jeff Hickey - Guitar
Clayton "Goose" Holyoak - Drums
John Finnegan - Bass