“For ✻attles« I wrote a lot of the material at home first but for this one, Anders and I really wanted to just get in a room together and see where it would take us,” Gelotte explains, adding that Benson would frequently drop by and act as a filter for their creativity. Unlike previous recordings, this time around Fridén and Gelotte holed up in Los Angeles for three weeks prior to the production of »I, The Mask« and came up with a bulk of the songs during those sessions.

“We just ask ourselves if we will love playing this stuff live… and as long as we feel that, nothing can really touch us.” “We are always open to new ideas and don’t let anything limit us,” guitarist Björn Gelotte adds. “I think it’s very difficult for IN FLAMES to be something we’re not and that dichotomy of melody and aggression will always be at the core of our identity,” vocalist Anders Fridén explains from a tour stop opening for DEEP PURPLE in Mexico. This is evident on their 13 th full-length »I, The Mask« , which sees them reuniting with multi Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson ( MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, MOTÖRHEAD), who also produced 2016’s ✻attles« , in order to further redefine their sound. Since helping create Sweden’s legendary “Gothenburg Sound” three decades ago to their current status as melodic metal monoliths, the act have constantly eschewed trends in order to forge their own musical path. Combining an onslaught of hardcore and metalcore-tinged ferocity alongside moments of haunting melodies and stunning atmospherics, Heartsick are set to elevate themselves to the next level in 2019 with their stirring sophomore album, ‘Sleep Cycles’ which deserves to see the quartet become firmly established as one of America’s hottest unsigned acts.Having already shared stages with internationally-acclaimed bands such as Hatebreed, Every Time I Die, Fear Factory and All That Remains, Heartsick bring their own powerhouse live show to whomever and wherever will have them, with professionalism and an attention to detail that very few manage to emulate in today’s modern metal scene.Īt this point, IN FLAMES are less of a band than they are a musical institution in the heavy music world. by storm, Heartsick are a band of brothers, consisting of Alfonso Civile on vocals, Jerred Pruneau on guitar, Waylon Fox on bass and Justin Robinson on drums, the Lansing, Michigan metal machine epitomizes passion, hard work and dedication, as proven on their Billboard-charting self-titled debut- released in 2015. When speaking about the bands newest single release,Lucas Esterline, the bands vocalist states, “We wrote’Smoke ‘Em If You Got‘Em’during the midst of the pandemic.The song is a take on the smoking guns ofAmerican politics, big pharma, the oil industries and big corporations, as well as thecollective feeling of defeat experienced by a majority of Americans at thetime.”Their new single”Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em”was tracked and mixedbyJakob Mooneyand mastered byMazen MurratatKatara Studios.Įmerging out of the Midwest and finally ready to take the whole of the U.S.

AEIRIs an Alternative Rock band from Columbus, Ohio, formed from bandmembers of The Turbos, CoyaHill and Personal Public.With the world facinguncertainty regarding the global outbreak, the newly formed group did not sit idlyby, but instead got straight to work.During the major lock-downs across theworld, the band wrote 40+ songs.They narrowed it down to 8 of their favorites foran upcoming release in the Spring of 2022.The album delivers songs of angst,awareness and feelings of despair, along with rhythmic and melodic intent, notablehooks and powerful vocals.

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