The reservoir of new Swedish Metal bands seems to be just endless. Hot on the trails of High Roller recording artists Ambush, Air Raid, Lethal Steel, and so many others, there is Armory, a speed metal outfit from the lovely city of Gothenburg. Originally formed in the late summer of 2012 (out of the ashes of a band called Resurrector). After two demo tapes and the well-regarded debut album »World Peace … Cosmic War« (issued via High Roller Records in 2016) Armory are back with a brand new studio effort. Conceptionally »The Search« carries on where »World Peace … Cosmic War« has left off. Guitarist Gustav Sundin explains: “The the title of our first album »World Peace … Cosmic War« referred to our theory that if global peace would ever be attained, the human race would probably soon thereafter direct their aggressive impulses outwards into cosmos. The title of the new album is multi-layered (just like the first one) but mainly refers to what will happen when humanity more actively starts searching for other lifeforms and what consequences that will have. The title also refers to the search for truth in general, and the most important question that springs to mind is of course whether there's anyone else out there in the universe. And perhaps even more important – will we be able to handle the answer to that question, whatever it might be?” It seems as if science fiction is the main theme for Armory, a bit like classic John Cyriis period Agent Steel? True or false? ”We have songs on other subjects as well, but yes, science fiction and the mysteries of space in general is an eternal source of inspiration as well as a theme that seems to fit nicely with the music,” confirms Armory's lead guitarist. ”However, I would say that at least some of our lyrics could be described as futuristic rather than fictional. In those songs we try to get glimpses of what might come to be in a not so distant future. Sometimes these visions are of course inspired by science fiction literature, but by lots of other things as well, such as recent technological advances, philosophy, simply staring at the night sky or deep contemplation in general. And yes, amongst our many, many sources of musical inspiration, Agent Steel would probably be number one.”
