Pylon

Pylon was produced in the UK and Prague by the band and Tom Dalgety, whose credits include the hugely successful Royal Blood album, and isn't designed to accompany a quiet night at home in front of the fire; Pylon is very much music as ritual - raw, uncompromising and precisely-targeted lyrically, with the artwork put together by regular band associate Mike Coles, the designer behind the very first Killing Joke album.

As for the album's title, says Youth, "It's simple… Stark brutal industrial suicide… This is the third in a triptych of albums, Absolute Dissent, MMXII and now Pylon… heavy and uncompromising, bleak dystopian lyrics, as well as some visionary celebration… lots of black pain emotion. To be honest, we remain genre blind so our music will always cover a vast spectrum of influences, from disco right through to heavy metal and beyond…"

While other bands of a certain vintage may struggle to hold their edge, Killing Joke are delivering the best and most relevant material of their career, with no mellowing or softening of the edges getting in the way - a line in the sand against mainstream music and corporate existence, with I Am The Virus ("an intense, angry, uncompromising shout into the abyss", according to Youth, and lead track from Pylon) providing a typically bitter taste of the 'delights' to come…