Trouble to Release The Distortion Field on July 16
Hey, doom works slow. It’s been more than four years since Chicago doom legends Trouble first started tossing around word of their first album in the post-Eric Wagner era. Back then, the record was called The Dark Riff and Trouble was fronted by former Warrior Soul vocalist Kory Clarke. Neither of those panned out, it seems, and founding guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell have (re)joined forces with singer Kyle Thomas, who previously worked with the band between 1997 and 2000, to release The Distortion Field through FRW Records on July 16, 2013.
Another full-length of Trouble riffs is nothing to complain about, and anyone who heard Alabama Thunderpussy‘s 2007 swan song, Open Fire, let alone Exhorder or Floodgate, knows Thomas is no slouch vocally. It’s hard to imagine Trouble without Wagner‘s Beatles-loving melodies up front (and I saw them with Clarke), but one hopes that in the years since Trouble‘s last record, Simple Mind Condition (originally out in 2007, then again I think in 2009 or 2010; it was complicated), Franklin and Wartell have used some of that time to meld their approach with that of their new lineup.
That’d be the ideal, anyway. We’ll find out soon enough. Here’s the info off the PR wire:
Chicago Metal Legends TROUBLE Return!
New Album The Distortion Field out via FRW Records
July 16th in North America | July 26th in Europe
Chicago metal legends TROUBLE return with their first album since ‘Simple Mind Condition’, released in 2007. The album entitled ‘The Distortion Field’ features 13 tracks and will be released by FRW Records in North America on July 16th 2013 and in Europe on July 26th, 2013.
‘The Distortion Field’ makes history in the TROUBLE camp through the band’s acquisition of a new lead vocalist, Kyle Thomas of Exhorder and Floodgate fame.
Commenting on new vocalist Thomas, TROUBLE founder and guitarist Rick Wartell says, “Kyle is one of the most impressive singers I’ve ever heard, and by far the most extraordinary singer I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. He’s got incredible range, incredible power, and an incredible knowledge of TROUBLE, as he’s been a fan for 20-something years. We’ve known him forever, and he innately understands what TROUBLE is about. He’s like the perfect guy to come in and do this job. It’s awesome.”
Veteran Music Producer Bill Metoyer is once again lending his expertise, having previously worked with the band on ‘The Skull’ and ‘Trouble’, both Metal Blade releases.
“Musically, I think this album is a true TROUBLE record.”, states Wartell. “In the early days, we used to just write what we felt and didn’t really care about what anyone said. We just wrote heavy riffs and played our music our way. But outside influences can kind of get a hold of you and start telling you what to do. When we were writing this album, the thinking was, we don’t care what anybody thinks. We’re going to write what we write. So this is basically a return to our roots, while combining some reflections of our band’s long history as well. With the two different music writers, Bruce and myself, we have a slight variation in our writing; Bruce has more of a ’70s groove to his writing, and I’m more the old school doomy metal thing. And when you put it together, you get TROUBLE.”
The band consists of Kyle Thomas – vocals, Rick Wartell – guitar, Bruce Franklin – guitars, and Mark “Marko” Lira – drums.
More details including song titles and album artwork are expected to be revealed in the coming weeks.
The band has planned a string of festival dates and will tour the album in both Europe and North America.
Visit the band’s website www.newtrouble.com for updates.
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The last few weeks have been amazing. It’s great to have eventually 3 heavy metal doom albums, Cathedral “The Last Spire” and Sabbath’s “13” both are quite good, in regards to Black Sabbath, and whether they could live up to their past glories, which i think was going through everyone’s mind, the trade mark heavy riffing of Tony Iommi’s will always be there, and Ozzy is Ozzy. You can’t expect too much from him at the age of 64, as far as i am concerned they have nothing left to prove. Production is amazing, sound quality is excellent. It would not surprise me if a number of people will pick out the bad points,and suggest that could have been better, in the end to even get them in the studio is a bonus and the end result is brilliant. As you can see its already a huge seller across the world. A Welcome return.
The last few weeks have been amazing. It’s great to have eventually 3 heavy metal doom albums, Cathedral “The Last Spire” and Sabbath’s “13” both are quite good, in regards to Black Sabbath, and whether they could live up to their past glories, which i think was going through everyone’s mind, the trade mark heavy riffing of Tony Iommi’s will always be there, and Ozzy is Ozzy. You can’t expect too much from him at the age of 64, as far as i am concerned they have nothing left to prove. Production is amazing, sound quality is excellent. It would not surprise me if a number of people will pick out the bad points,and suggest that could have been better, in the end to even get them in the studio is a bonus and the end result is brilliant. As you can see its already a huge seller across the world. A Welcome return. Forgot to mention the upcoming “Distortion Field” by Trouble, looking forward to it.