MALPHAS - Red Shield Syndicate (Official Music Video)

“Red Shield Syndicate“ is the first single from Philadelphia’s MALPHAS forthcoming sophomore effort, ’Portal’ (out March 29th on M-Theory Audio). ‘Portal’ is the follow-up to debut ‘The 39th Spirit,’ released in 2018 on Poland’s Via Nocturna label. Each of the epic, melodic death metal quartet’s albums revolve around the demon Malphas, and his encounters with people in life and death. “’Portal’ takes place chronologically two hundred years prior to the events of ‘The 39th Spirit,’ explains Paul. “The album explores new themes like politics, economics, and historical events in fleshing out how the dystopian world in ‘The 39th Spirit’ comes to be. “’Red Shield Syndicate’ is an allegory for the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States. The initial villain in the story facilitates the conspiracy between the elite bankers and politicians to cartelize the financial system. The song culminates with an economic depression and political revolution; as an