Progressive metal act The Safety Fire have announced their sophomore full-length, Mouth of Swords, is set to be released on September 2 via InsideOut Music. The album’s first single, “Red Hatchet,” will hit the internet June 12.

Follow the jump for a hilarious press release from the band which covers everything from pricing the record as if it’s gold to acknowledging its position as the best album of all time. Oh, and make sure to check out the official tracklist; it just might happen to include a feature from a certain Between The Buried And Me vocalist.

Sean McWeeney had this to say about the completion of the record: “Since our first album we’ve all concentrated more on having awesome haircuts and facial hair. Does that go some way to explaining why Mouth of Swords is shit hot? Some may suggest so. But all I know is I’m on it and that’s enough for most people. This album is pure gold, and will be priced accordingly.”

Dez had this to add about the release announcement and album recording: “I must have said “there is no topping Winger’s 1988 classic ‘Winger’ ” on a daily basis during the recording process. I’ve never been wrong about anything in my whole life, so it was a rather humbling experience to realise that what we were creating was in fact better than Winger’s 1988 classic, ‘Winger’. I felt like a bozo deluxe. After a while I came to accept that we had created the best album of all time, ever, in the history of known time. The burden of holding such musical gold was too much for us to handle and the band agreed to release it through InsideOut Music, on September 2nd. I’d like to think the music can speak for itself, but music can’t speak, so I’ll speak on its behalf. Hello. I hope you enjoy me.”

1. Mouth Of Swords
2. Glass Crush
3. Yellowism
4. Beware The Leopard (Jagwar) feat. Tommy Rogers
5. Red Hatchet
6. Wise Hands
7. The Ghosts That Wait For Spring
8. I Am Time, The Destroyer
9. Old Souls

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