On 23 April 2020, the band released the single “In Birdsong” with a music video directed by Higgs. Their fifth album Re-Animator was announced on 13 May 2020 alongside the single “Arch Enemy”, with a music video directed by Higgs later released on 27 May 2020. On 18 June 2020, the band released a third single “Planets”, with a music video directed again by Higgs. On 28 July 2020, the band released the fourth single “Violent Sun”, again with a music video by Higgs. The music video saw use of the band’s damaged instruments from a recent fire that occurred in their studio lockup, with the description reading “We decided to use our destroyed instruments one last time before we threw them out, filming ourselves and each other. Violent Sun is about desperately holding on to the moment before it passes forever.” Re-Animator was released on 11 September 2020, alongside the music video for “Big Climb”. The album received commercial success by peaking at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. On 15 December 2020, a music video directed by Kit Monteith and Jonathan Higgs for the track “Black Hyena” was released.
Released single In Birdsong
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