BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS UNLEASH “CAFUNÉ” SINGLE!
- Jason Hesley
- Sep 19, 2025
- 1 min read
New Zealand-based progressive death metal artisans BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS are pleased to unleash their latest single, “Cafuné.” The track comes by way of the band’s fiery new concept album, The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me, set for release on October 10th via Prosthetic Records.
Notes vocalist Stace Fifield, “The record traces the psychological unraveling of a person consumed by unrequited love. As their fixation deepens, affection mutates into obsession, delusion, and violence. The final revelation of the person’s identity reframes the story as a gendered descent into madness — culminating in a brutal, fatal union under the guise of love. This revelation is given as a twist to the listener/reader to further accentuate the poetic effort of the lyrics and story.”
He further elaborates on today’s single, "Cafuné is a poetic ode to new love, expressed through confrontational progressive death metal. That clash between intimacy and extremity is deliberate — it introduces an album that begins with tenderness but spirals into fixation, violence, and ruin. ‘Cafuné’ is the lit fuse before the bomb, the first glimpse of a story that holds more weight, more danger, and more complexity than it seems. Are you listening?"
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