John Carpenter has announced Cathedral, a new album out via Sacred Bones Records on August 7 that will be accompanied by his first-ever graphic novel, to be released on August 4 via Storm King Comics. Each song on the album corresponds with a chapter from the graphic novel, while the liner notes will help listeners and readers make their way through the story. “It was so cinematic and vivid, I thought, ‘I have to score this,’” Carpenter said about a dream that inspired the story. “It’s kind of our first heavy metal album.”
“The story informed everything,” added Daniel Davies, Carpenter’s godson, longtime musical collaborator, and a co-creator of the album alongside Carpenter’s son, Cody. “John would describe a scene and say, ‘We need a heavy riff here.’ We didn’t set out to make a metal record, but it evolved that way.”
Check out first single “Lord of the Underground” below, and pre-order Cathedral here.
