Darksynth artist Carpenter Brut have announced their new studio album today.

Leather Terror will be released on April 1 via Universal. The 12-track album is the second part of the Leather trilogy, which began with 2018’s Leather Teeth. The first single from the album “Imaginary Fire” features guest vocals from Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Killer Be Killed, The Black Queen). The accompanying music video was directed by Dehn Sora.

Puciato said this about collaborating with Carpenter Brut:

“I'm really proud of this one, happy to cross these musical paths. I love how the video turned out too. Lyrically the song is pretty to the point. Two people frustratingly trying to get rid of their fears and their made-up bullshit so they can move forward, together or separate, free of outcome.”

Puciato isn’t the only special guest on the new album. Gunship’s Alex Westaway, Converge’s Ben Koller, Tribulation’s Jonka, Ulver, Sylvaine’s Kathrine Shepard, and Persha will also appear on the release.

Carpenter Brut said this about their forthcoming album:

"After spending much of 2018 touring, I had decided to take a long break to compose the new album of the trilogy. The pandemic confirmed that my choice to stay home was the right one. I ended up taking over a year and a half to compose this album. I made a lot of decisions with the time I had that I wouldn't have had time to make if the pandemic hadn't happened. I wanted to make the whole thing as massive as possible. There is no guitar on this album. I did everything with synths. Even though I didn't know exactly how I wanted the album to sound at first, I knew I wanted it to be massive and violent.”

Pre-orders for Leather Terror are live right now.

Leather Terror tracklisting

1) Opening Title

2) Straight Outta Hell

3) The Widow Maker

4) Imaginary Fire

5) ... Good Night, Goodbye

6) Day Stalker

7) Night Prowler

8) Lipstick Masquerade

9) Color Me Blood

10) Stabat Mater

11) Paradisi Gloria

12) Leather Terror