5 Finger Dying Punch simply formally introduced their upcoming new album Afterlife final week, and should you’re questioning concerning the inspiration for its title, it is based mostly on actual encounters that each Ivan Moody and Zoltan Bathory have had. The guitarist truly described what a near-death expertise appears like in an unique interview with Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez.

“The explanation we known as it Afterlife, Ivan and I share a few experiences that, usually are personal issues folks do not actually speak about, however we each had near-death experiences being on the opposite facet,” Bathory admitted. “In the event you get to speak to individuals who flatlined earlier than or died earlier than, clearly you are gonna have a number of questions.”

The guitarist elaborated that he and Moody usually have existential conversations and query the which means of life and what occurs after we die. These subjects have been particularly prevalent across the time that they have been making the album, so there is a centralized theme.

“Ivan usually writes very private lyrics anyway, should you learn his lyrics from [The Way of the Fist], he is an open e-book, it is his life and his experiences. So every little thing may be very private, nothing is fictional. We’re not speaking about mythology or historic occasions actually, it is all actual and precise occasions and precise emotions that he has,” Bathory added.

The rocker then described what it is prefer to see your life flash earlier than your eyes while you’re on the point of dying.

“In the event you take a look at it that method… that is a linear mind-set. So while you say one thing flashes in entrance of your eyes, your notion of that individual factor seems like one factor occurs after the opposite, as a result of that is how our thoughts thinks — the human thoughts thinks linearly, not less than in our on a regular basis aware mode… it is tied to a timeline,” he defined.

“So while you say, ‘My life flashed in entrance of my eyes,’ you think about virtually like a film. It is not like that. All of it occurs directly. So that you’re conscious of all of it directly, it is virtually like your thoughts explodes into these billion little aspects and also you’re abruptly conscious of all of the issues that occurred — every little thing on the similar time.”

Afterlife serves as FFDP’s ninth studio album and will probably be obtainable Aug. 19 by way of Higher Noise Music. Pre-order it right here now, and take a look at their 2022 tour dates within the meantime to see in the event that they’re taking part in in a metropolis close to you. To listen to extra particulars concerning the upcoming album, observe Loudwire Nights on Twitter to see when the total interview with Bathory is ready to air.

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