‘LAW OF THE (Waste) LAND‘ has made it out as the third single from Wolves At The Gate‘s forthcoming new album “Wasteland“. You can give that track a listen below, with the aforementioned album from the metalcore band headed for a May 30th release date.

Vocalist/guitarist Stephen Cobucci revealed the following of the inspiration for this new track:

“The song is a reflection on a world and humanity that has lost its grip on true justice. But this isn’t anything new. History tells endless stories of war, genocide, and injustice and a seemingly endless list of atrocities. There is something terribly broken in us by nature that exalts self-preservation. I’ve seen it firsthand in my own heart. I saw this confirmed to me by the words of an old Psalmist when he said, ‘None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.’ As much as I tried to fight the reality of that truth, an honest look at myself told the same story.

The song explores how we become both victims and enforcers of a merciless code. We cry out for justice but live by vengeance, doing what seems right in our own eyes while blaming the fallout on anything but ourselves. In the Wasteland, we crown ourselves as judge, jury, and executioner, all while crying out for peace we can’t create.

While confronting the chaos, we’ve normalized. We were hoping to ask a deeper question: What is left for the soul, when we abandon mercy and truth in pursuit of self-rule and self-preservation? Can mercy still come to the merciless?”

“Wasteland” track listing:

01 – INT(r)O
02 – (The Wasteland) PAIN
03 – PARASITE (video)
04 – SYNTHETIC SUN
05 – wandering
06 – LAW OF THE (Waste) LAND
07 – SMOKE (False Devils)
08 – withering
09 – DEATH CLOCK
10 – wasting
11 – MEMENTO MORI
12 – wanting
13 – UNREST

Pre-orders have been launched at watg.ffm.to/wasteland.

Video for LAW OF THE (Waste) LAND