Within The Ruins have announced a new album titled “Phenomena II.” The record will be available on August 23 and it will feature the following tracks:

01. “Castle In The Sky”
02. “Daywalker”
03. “Demon Killer”
04. “Level 12”
05. “Eater Of Worlds”
06. “The Last Son”
07. “Chaos Reigns”
08. “Death Mask”
09. “Corruption”
10. “A World On Fire”
11. “Enigma II”

Guitarist Joe Cocchi commented:

“When you listen to us, we hope you feel like you found some fresh metal. After doing anything for a long time, it’s easy to get stuck in your ways. So, we always try to present something you haven’t heard before—and you aren’t going to get anywhere else.

We had written a handful of songs, and we were searching for inspiration. We wanted to celebrate the tenth anniversary of ‘Phenomena,’ because it was a pinnacle point of our career. I wrote a demo that reminded [vocalist] Steve [Tinnon] of ‘Phenomena.’ So, it was his idea to create ‘Phenomena II.’ The styles really aligned in terms of the unique guitar effects and the themes where each track tells a story from a comic book character’s point-of-view.”

A video for the effort's first single, “Castle In The Sky,” can be seen below. Cocchi also commented on that:

“It has everything people want to hear from us out of the gate. There’s some old-school Within The Ruins in there. Lyrically, it’s based on The Punisher. He’s a war veteran who has his family taken away from him. The central struggle is, ‘Would he rather be alive or reunite with his family in the castle in the sky?’”