US metalcore giants Like Moths To Flames have announced their upcoming EP Pure Like Porcelain will be released on Friday November 5. Today’s announcement comes alongside the reveal of its first single ‘The Preservation Of Hate’.

This is the track that arguably captures the full extent of Moths’ animated new spark found on this release. A brutal, thrashy, and quite simply – very metal – effort, it’s the “oddball” on the release, says Like Moths To Flames vocalist Chris Roetter.

“I think we just wanted to have fun with this one. A lot of time the focus for Moths is working cool chorus parts into the structure, so it’s a nice change of pace to have little singing on the track,” he adds. “It feels like a continuation of some of the more anger driven songs in catalogue and people who like the heavier side of the band will be pleased.”

Speaking of the full EP, Roetter explains that Pure Like Porcelain’s title is an ironic take on the impurity and imperfection of humans. The vocalist admits this was his first time writing more descriptive and detailed lyrics rather than clinging to generalised threads. On ‘Gnashing Teeth’ he describes a dysfunctional relationship with religion, and on ‘Views From Halfway Down’ he writes of struggling with a mindset he knows is bad for him – and broadly, how humans often live in cycles of pain, addicted to behaviours we know are bad for us.

Demonstrating the fervent new lifeblood to be found in the Moths camp, Pure like Porcelain is out November 5 via UNFD.