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Review & Full Album Stream: Polymerase, Dreams & Realities I & II

Posted in audiObelisk, Reviews on June 16th, 2023 by JJ Koczan

Polymerase - Dreams And Realities I

Quezon City, Philippines-based stoner rockers Polymerase will release their complete Dreams & Realities I & II collection on June 20 through Sliptrick Records. There’s a fair amount of parsing to be done in order to understand the construction of the 88-minute release, which combines the two eight-song outings, Dreams & Realities I, which was released earlier this year as a standalone EP, and the not-yet-unveiled Dreams & Realities II, a follow-up working under the same modus. If you’re doing the match and figuring out that for each half of the total Dreams & Realities to be circa-44 minutes and an EP doesn’t make sense, that’s where said modus comes into play, since the last four of the eight songs on each part are instrumental versions of the four songs preceding. So, Dreams & Realities I brings opener/longest track (immediate points) “Space Carousel” (7:09), “The Sage” (5:57), “Blade of the Demon God” (3:51) and “Evil Hand” (6:40), and then loops back to a sans-vocal/sans-Apollo-11-launch-sample “Space Carousel” (6:40), and so on. The same goes for Dreams & Realities II, with “Children of Terra” (5:43), “Dreams and Realities” (5:34), “Zodiac Queen” (5:35) and “Riding the Crystals of Heaven” (4:09) coupled with the same songs minus the vocal tracks.

It’s a fascinating experiment on the part of the band — guitarist/vocalist Vincent Jose, bassist Bobby Legaspi and drummer Ziggy Cerda (Fabio Allessandrini plays on “Evil Hand”) — and it is striking to realize just how much the listener is inclined to fill in when the vocals aren’t there to lead through verses and choruses. “Blade of the Demon God” loses its hook, though you can still almost hear it even when it’s not there, but a deep-mixed layer of lead guitar is revealed beneath the main riff, and “Dreams and Realities” seems to answer back by letting that same lead layer float overtop instead of being buried. The personalities of the songs are changed as “The Sage,” which seems to be communing with earlier Devin Townsend in its distorted clarity, gives up the harsher barks from Jose that highlight its metallic underpinnings to become an exploration of soloing later on. And while the opening of “Zodiac Queen” wobbles like Nirvana‘s “Come as You Are,” the harder crashes more prominent in the instrumental version of the chorus, the runs of double-kick drumming, and steady, sharp execution speak also to roots in harder metals on the part of the band.

Because each piece cycles through twice, one in listening will pick up and recognize parts in the instrumentals from their vocalized counterparts, whether it’s the snare runs behind the mellow guitar on “Evil Hand” before it reopens to the double-kick chorus or the weirdo blowout of “Riding the Crystals of Heaven,” which is trad metal and garage stoner in kind and feels somehow also inspired by New Wave in its vocal melody, but that instrumentally centers the relatively earthbound groove on which that melody would otherwise rest. The songs invariably end up in conversation with themselves, each one asking what the vocals add here, what guitar, bass and drums are doing there, and how one derives mood and perceives intention from that. Floating between Dreams & Realities II and I, one Polymerase - Dreams And Realities IIfinds “Children of Terra” an almost mournful, perhaps suitably apocalyptic procession that takes the distortion of “The Sage” and sets it to a riff that could just as easily be declarative black metal, but holds to rock in its rhythm and stretches out in the concluding solo, echoing a bit the mood of “Evil Hand” as it closes the first part’s A and B sides.

I’ll confess I don’t know the recording circumstance for the full collection. Dreams & Realities I was self-produced at Glasstone Studio and Prince of the Arrow Records, both in Quezon City, and Normand Yu at Glasstone handled mixing and mastering, but whether Dreams & Realities II was done at the same time, I can’t say. The two parts are fairly consistent in sound — you could easily put the four with-voice songs from each together and have a straightforward single-LP — but longer songs surround the relatively brief charge of “Blade of the Demon God,” where on Dreams & Realities II there’s some less disparity in track length as the songs are between four and five-plus minutes. But that also just be how they chose to organize the outcome of a single session as well, and considering how much thought obviously went into the presentation of the entirety of Dreams & Realities I & II, it wouldn’t be out of character for the ordering to be likewise purposeful. But one way or the other, from the warm fuzz of “Space Carousel” and classic-in-the-’90s-sense-feeling solo there to the last howling, galloping wash that’s the culmination as Polymerase indeed ride out the groove of “Riding the Crystals of Heaven,” the broader sense is one of exploring different ideas in heavy songwriting and figuring out how to manifest their influences through their own (figurative) voice. They’re getting there.

In 2021, Polymerase offered the four-song EP Unostentatious (review here) and set themselves on the path that’s thus far brought them here. Their style is still in development and one can hear they’re searching to find that balance between heavy metal and heavy rock, but that’s part of what makes Dreams & Realities I & II exciting, since while they’re doing that they’re also showing a willingness to mess with the form of the material itself, which not every band is ready or brave enough to do. Imagine being a singer and saying, “Okay, now one without the vocals.” Easier when you’re also playing guitar, but still. That evident lack of ego will only serve them well as they continue their progression from here, whether that’s toward a proper full-length or another four-songer or something else, and the desire to put the songs first while also changing the intention behind individual pieces, being able to harness an atmospheric impression in a raw recording, conveying melody and craft with DIY spirit and the fervency of the converted. There are moments where the audio is rough, but it’s a deep passion driving the material and it comes through as duly unabashed. They advise getting stoned and listening. Addled or lucid, Dreams & Realities I & II is a righteous compiling of Polymerase‘s themes, aural and other, and a significant forward step on their hopefully ongoing journey.

The complete Dreams & Realities I & II can be streamed on the player below, followed by more PR wire background on the narrative taking place across the two EPs and more.

Enjoy:

Polymerase, Dreams & Realities I & II album premiere

Dreams And Realities is a two part album project by Philippine stoner rock group Polymerase. The band started recording in 2021 and the idea was to create a story of a traveler in space that was able to experience time differently thus the track Space Carousel. Other tracks such as Blade Of The Demon God, The Sage and Evil Hand are part of the journey where the traveler in space was able to reflect within himself and then becoming a sage using the negative and positive force of the universe through the blade of the demon god. Evil Hand is the representation of the dark emotions of the human nature, even though humanity will strive to be good there will be an ego that will pull him down into himself which will either be for his survival or for selfish reasons.

Part II is about the psychiatric aspect of the project. The beginning is the continuing journey reflecting the society thus the creation of Children Of Terra. It is the process of questioning what has become of humanity itself. It is like asking what have we been doing for the past years that would make our lives significant in all existence. Dreams And Realities is a track where a certain individual gets lost in his own dreams that opens up a new reality for him. The person gets lost in his own reality and he cannot perceive what is real in his waking life, thus becoming schizophrenic. The track, Zodiac Queen is the devotion of a person to someone in his darkest situation. It is where at the point of addiction for a certain person, even the relationship becomes too toxic that he still stays until eventually getting eaten by the darkness that he himself has given. The last track is about experimental drugs that enhances your psychic potential. It is all about traveling within yourself and finding a peace resembling heaven.

All tracks have instrumental counterpart so if one person smokes while listening he/she would be able to reflect more through the vibrations of the music.

Dreams And Realities I Tracklist:
01. Space Carousel
02. The Sage
03. Blade Of The Demon God
04. Evil Hand
05. Space Carousel (Instrumental)
06. The Sage (Instrumental)
07. Blade Of The Demon God (Instrumental)
08. Evil Hand (Instrumental)

Dreams And Realities II Tracklist:
01. Children Of Terra
02. Dreams And Realities
03. Zodiac Queen
04. Riding The Crystals Of Heaven
05. Children Of Terra (Instrumental)
06. Dreams And Realities (Instrumental)
07. Zodiac Queen (Instrumental)
08. Riding The Crystals Of Heaven (Instrumental)

Dreams And Realities [I & II] Released June 20th, 2023 via Sliptrick Records

Polymerase are:
Vincent Jose – Guitars/Vocals
Bobby Legaspi – Bass/Guitars
Eugene Castro – Drums
Allan Paul Galiga – Session Bassist

Fabio Allesandrini – Drums on “Evil Hand”

Polymerase, “Blade of the Demon God” official video

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Polymerase Sign to Sliptrick Records; Two-Part Dreams and Realities Album Coming Soon

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 26th, 2023 by JJ Koczan

Considering that Polymerase were seven years between getting together in 2014 and putting out their first EP, Unostentatious (review here), a two-part debut album featuring (at least) three different drummers, while not necessarily ostentatious, certainly smacks of ambition. The Philippines-based outfit were largely instrumental at the time, save for the sludgy barks in the rawer fourth-of-four “Green is the Color of Evil,” and the will toward spaciousness shown in a cut like “Lightbringer//Lightgiver,” with its echoing lead guitar singing out in its midsection surrounded by cliffsides of tonal plod, was already expanded upon as the band collaborated with Misstiq to expand “A Night with a Succubus” with synth and piano as a standalone single.

All of that is to say I have no idea where Polymerase might be headed with Dreams and Realities I & II, the impending two-part long-player to be released through Sliptrick Records sometime in 2023, but the quick turnaround from the EP is encouraging, and if they’re continuing to feel their way through vaporous heavy psych and stonerly methods, so be it. Given what they’ve already put out, some variety seems only reasonable to expect as Polymerase solidify their lineup and approach.

From the PR wire:

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Sliptrick Records Welcome Philippine Stoner Rock Group POLYMERASE

Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records: Polymerase (PH) Stoner Rock | Heavy Psych | Space Rock | Experimental Rock

Polymerase started in 2014 with brothers, Vincent and VN in Quezon City but unfortunately because of a hard drive malfunction their original recorded songs were lost in the abyss. It wasn’t until 2021 that they were able to record their debut EP, Unostentatious, which was released via bandcamp. The EP received a good recognition in the international stoner community. The line at this time was Vincent on Guitars, VN on Vox and Francis on Drums.

The group then started work on tracks for their new 2-part album Dreams and Realities I and II with part 2 recorded earlier this year. All the guitar parts and vocals were done by Vincent with bass parts by Bobby. Drum tracks were recorded separately by different drummers. They were: Fabio Allesandrini of the trash metal act Annihilator, Krzystof Klingbein who does sessions for Vader, and James Koerl, a graduate from Berklee College of Music.

Later in 2022, Polymerase signed a deal to release Dreams and Realities I and II via Sliptrick Records later this year.

Polymerase are:
Vincent Jose – Guitars/Vocals
Bobby Legaspi – Bass/Guitars
Eugene Castro – Drums
Allan Paul Galiga – Session Bassist

https://www.facebook.com/polymerasepilipinas
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Gtyy32USE5ITrpUhT16ng
https://polymerase.bandcamp.com/

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Polymerase, Unostentatious (2021)

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The Mammuthus Sign to Sliptrick Records; New Album Due Next Year

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 18th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

When perusing the interwebs to chase down useful information and/or audio on The Mammuthus, one will want to keep an eye out. There’s an Argentinian thrash band by the same name, and — closer stylistically — a fuzz rock outfit from New Zealand who released a debut earlier this year. This The Mammuthus — and the ‘The’ is a distinguishing factor, if not to search engines — are from Trollhättan, in Sweden, and have a debut out called Forever Tree that they’ll follow-up with a new full-length in 2021 on Sliptrick Records.

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Sliptrick reissued the first record as well, since it doesn’t seem to be streaming anywhere at this point. There are a couple tracks on the band’s YouTube though, and they’re older, but you still get some semblance of where the band might be coming from in a clean, oldschool approach to catchy, heavy doom rock. Positioned now as more psychedelic, I have to wonder how that might manifest in the new material, but again, I’m just going by what I hear below. You can check it out for yourself, of course.

The PR wire sent the following along:

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Sliptrick Records Welcome Swedish Psychedelics THE MAMMUTHUS

Out of the depths of the long Swedish winters, The Mammuthus first saw the light of day back in 2014. Five dudes with a common taste in stoner rock music and good melodies, gathered and started growing beards, tusks and creativity together in a dark but welcoming place that would be known as the The Mammuthus cave.

The sound of the group soon sounded over the hills and fields of Trollhättan and after two EP’s, Khatanga and The Herd Is Gathering, the band teamed up with producer Gustav Ydenius and recorded their first full-length album Forever Tree in 2019, live in the studio.

Musically, the trademark of The Mammuthus is an extremely and impressively seamless blend of styles; doom moments, hard rock sections and blues elements wash over the listener in an even flow. It is riff-based and heavy, yet melodic and soulful. The Mammuthus has been sweating in their furs during the last months, recorded a bunch of new songs, and are now ready to rumble the earth once more with the worldwide release of their forthcoming sophomore album due out in 2021 via Sliptrick Records.

The Mammuthus are:
Joachim Åkerman – Vocals
Mikael “Lyris” Karlsson – Guitar
Simon Wärnén – Drums
Rolf Norling – Bass
Kalle Edh – Guitar

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The Mammuthus, “Cockroach Inn”

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Stoner Kings Sign to Sliptrick Records

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 12th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

Let’s go ahead and assume that maybe Kelsinki’s Stoner Kings, in deciding to name their new record Alpha Male, weren’t thinking of the whole internet-alt-right ‘beta male’ thing. They’re a pretty dudely band, either way. They’ve just signed to Sliptrick Records after issuing Alpha Male back in May — it includes a pretty groovy cover of Kyuss‘ “Green Machine,” which is a bold enough choice to speak alone for the level of testosterone with which the band is clearly working. Sliptrick will do a version of the album that’s listed as “coming soon” — fair enough — and Stoner Kings offer plenty of burl to justify the pickup.

And if you remember Stoner Kings from back in the early days of internet riffy proliferation, you’re correct. They were around then and took a break before coming back a couple years ago, as the PR wire explains:

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Sliptrick Records Welcome Finnish Slackers STONER KINGS

Stoner Kings is the brainchild of band frontman, vocalist and songwriter, Michael ”StarBuck” Majalahti, who is the self-proclaimed, most accomplished professional wrestler in history from Northern Europe. The band was formed in 2000, after Michael came back from a disenfranchising experience of a disheartening UK wrestling tour, looking to focus his efforts elsewhere. Michael had moved from his homeland of Canada to Finland in the summer of 1996, when he started writing music and picked up playing guitar to pass the time. Many of the songs that ended up on Stoner Kings’ debut Brimstone Blues were created around this era, between 1996-2000.

The band strove forward and under an augmented line-up released a second album in early 2006 after finishing recordings in late 2005. This sophomore effort would come to be known as Fuck The World, which served as a backlash to all of the spite issued forth by the critics of the band, who just couldn’t get over their name. Between late 2006 and early 2007, Stoner Kings went through some tumultuous line-up changes. Everyone, save StarBuck, exited the band to be replaced by new players.

By the autumn of 2008 and after 3 singles, this latest line-up of Stoner Kings had dissolved and Michael decided to hang up the gloves indefinitely. It took eight years for the itch to make a comeback and became so undeniable that Michael contacted his old drummer J-J and talked to him about regrouping under a new line-up. Rude Rothsten from the 2007-2008 incarnation of Stoner Kings joined on bass once again and the new guitarist would be a young musician named Joonas Vepsä.

Stoner Kings’s comeback gig was in November 2016 in Helsinki at On The Rocks. From that moment forward, the band set out to both gig regularly and at the same time work on new songs. The group hit the studio one year later in the autumn of 2017 to compile a set of songs for their third album. This process would take one year, as they recorded the yet-to-be-released album that came to be called Alpha Male between the autumn of 2017 and the autumn of 2018, a process that was performed in three separate recording and mixing blocks. Now ready to see the light of day, Alpha Male will be released via Sliptrick Records soon!

Stoner Kings are:
Michael “StarBuck” Majalahti – Vocals
J-J Kontoniemi – Drums
Rude Rothstén – Bass
Joonas Vepsä – Guitar

https://www.facebook.com/stonerkingsband
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https://stonerkings.bandcamp.com/
https://sliptrickrecords.com/stoner-kings/

Stoner Kings, Alpha Male (2019)

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When the Deadbolt Breaks Premiere “Centering Through Isolation” Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on October 24th, 2018 by JJ Koczan

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In the great annals of the underrated, there has to be a special place reserved for When the Deadbolt Breaks. True, the Connecticut-based doomers haven’t exactly toured the pants off the Eastern Seaboard, but even so, the simple fact that they’ll so willingly move from grueling, lurching riffs into what’s essentially grindcore before dropping to a minimalism crawl of guitar and maybe some drum thud is astounding in itself, let alone the smoothness with which they execute those turns and the mangled grace with which they build back up afterward. I’ve been listening to this band for over a decade, and I still can’t think of anyone else who conjures the same kind of atmospheric malevolence, live or on record. Yeah, they’re kind of underproduced, but this is doom — everybody’s underproduced! This site is underproduced. Seriously. I’ve had the same theme since 2009! The point I’m making is that for a band whose first album dropped in 2006 and whose guitarist, vocalist and principal songwriter Aaron Lewis (also a noted fetish photographer) has seen lineups come and go — currently working with Mike Parkyn and Randy Dumas as he has for a couple years — they don’t even have a proper bio on their Thee Facebooks page.

Well, I’m gonna fix that.

I don’t know if Deadbolt will use it or not, but it’s here and at least I can say I tried. Lewis, with whom I’ve been in touch a long, long time, and I have not talked about this prior, but it’s something I’m doing and if he wants it, fine, and if not, fine. Not gonna hurt my feelings either way.

The original point of this post was 13-minute album opener and longest track (immediate points) “Centering Through Isolation,” the legit-disturbing video for which you can see premiering below. It’s made in honor of the vinyl release of their ellipse-laden latest album, Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned…, through Desert Records. A CD version is also available through Sliptrick Records. Okay, here we go with the bio:

For more than a decade, When the Deadbolt Breaks have carved a niche for themselves within the interplay of extreme genres. They are no less at home in grind than they are in pummeling sludge or ambient soundscaping, casting forth triumphant riffs or proffering murder-dirge nods at a volume level that can only be considered violent. Led by guitarist/vocalist Aaron Lewis, their four to-date full-lengths read as a chronicle of threat that even unto the Connecticut-based outfit’s moniker tells of some lurking danger in the dark. Whether spanning a massive sprawl on 2016’s 2CD, Drifting Towards the Edge of the Earth, or casting a grim psychedelia on album number four, Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned…, When the Deadbolt Breaks are immediately recognizable in style and malice, and they continue to push forward into a filth and emotional disaffection of their own making.

Joined on Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned… by bassist/backing vocalist Mike Parkyn and drummer Randall Dumas, Lewis brings the three-piece through a cacophony of wretched cinematography. In the dug-in growls of “Sky Will Fall” or the victorious push of “Bloodborn,” Deadbolt make their home in a bleak, murky space that is as much atmosphere as it is impact. In the stretches of “Floyd’s Machine” or the deranged epilogue of closer “Color the Sun,” they expand on the scope set out at the beginning of the record on “Centering Through Isolation,” and the question isn’t so much how are you going to listen, but whether or not your turntable is going to survive the vibrating low end when you do.

As the latest installment of When the Deadbolt Breaks’ ongoing narrative, Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned… takes them to new depths and new heights, but by no means does it sound like they’re finished or relying on past laurels. Instead, expect them to keep growing and changing, because like that threat somewhere out in the woods at night, their shape is only ever what serves to terrify most at the moment.

Or something like that. Enjoy the video:

When the Deadbolt Breaks, “Centering Through Isolation” official video premiere

Aaron Lewis on “Centering Through Isolation”:

The song was inspired by some old school horror flicks I was watching. It’s pretty much a song about horror. A story about being chased down, not knowing what’s gonna come next, being trapped in the woods in the middle of the night with somebody stalking you. That’s why the pulsing bass is there. Like the old-school movies, where somebody’s trapped in the woods, it’s too dark to see, but as the viewer, all you hear is that pulsing bass and you can just sense their panic. writing the video part it was easy. The ideas seem to fit perfectly together with the song and the actors were spot on. It’s the third video that I’ve written and directed. But this is the first time that I did most of the cinematography as well as editing myself. Charlie Sad-Eyes filmed all of the live shots, and I filmed the story part of it.

When the Deadbolt Breaks live:
Nov 17 33 Golden New London CT
Dec 1 The Rough Draft Hamden CT

When The Deadbolt Breaks are:
Aaron Lewis – Guitars/Vocals | Mike Parkyn – Bass/Backing vocals | Randall Dumas – Drums

When the Deadbolt Breaks, Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned… (2018)

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When the Deadbolt Breaks Sign to Desert Records for Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned… LP Release

Posted in Whathaveyou on September 20th, 2018 by JJ Koczan

After hooking up with Sliptrick Records earlier this year in order to issue their latest album, the well-ellipsed Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned…, on ye olde compact(e) disc, Connecticut-based dark-psych doomers When the Deadbolt Breaks have inked a deal with Desert Records to press the outing to vinyl. It’s the first LP release in a 14-year tenure for When the Deadbolt Breaks, so by no means a minor occasion to consider. Founding guitarist/vocalist Aaron Lewis — who also toured this past Spring playing bass for Earthride — mentions the CD as being imminent, and I don’t have an exact release date for the vinyl, which I expect will also drop one of the five 10-plus-minute tracks that comprise the record (though anything’s possible in this horrifying age of wonders), but Desert Records says it’ll be the soundtrack to your winter, so I’ll assume it’s not that far off.

Good news in bleak sounds, whenever it arrives. The album is also streaming in full at the bottom of this post. If you’re up for a little twist of your psyche, have at it:

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When the Deadbolt Breaks – Desert Records

Desert Records would like to welcome When The Deadbolt Breaks to the family. This album brings you Psychedelic at its most beautiful, with Doom at its most darkest and crushing. Angels are Weeping will be your soundtrack for the coming winter.

Says the band, “We are very excited to sign with Desert Records for the vinyl release of our new album, “Angels are weeping… God has abandoned…”. We feel that this is going to be a great partnership and look forward to what the future will bring.

“The album is currently available digitally (and CD as soon as customs releases them to us) through our bandcamp, and is scheduled to be released on CD and digital worldwide via SlipTrick Records this month.

“We have wanted to do a vinyl release for some time, and feel that this is the perfect release to do that with. Thanks to Desert Records, it will happen.”

When The Deadbolt Breaks are:
Aaron Lewis – Guitars/Vocals | Mike Parkyn – Bass/Backing vocals | Randall Dumas – Drums

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https://whenthedeadboltbreaks.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Deadbolt6669
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https://www.facebook.com/sliptrickrecords/

When the Deadbolt Breaks, Angels are Weeping… God Has Abandoned… (2018)

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When the Deadbolt Breaks Sign to Sliptrick Records; New Album Announced

Posted in Whathaveyou on April 27th, 2018 by JJ Koczan

Connecticut’s leading purveyors of lurching sonic malevolence When the Deadbolt Breaks have announced a deal to release their next album through Sliptrick Records sometime in 2018. The long-player has been given the ellipsis-inclusive title Angels are Weeping… God has Abandoned… and finds founding guitarist/vocalist/fetish photographer Aaron Lewis joined by bassist/backing vocalist Mike Parkyn and drummer Randall Dumas. The band’s last full-length was early 2015’s double-album Drifting Towards the Edge of the Earth (discussed here), which had been years in the making, and I’d assume the situation with Angels are Weeping… God has Abandoned…. Good nightmares take time.

I’ve been a Deadbolt fan for a long time and always think of them as being persistently underrated for their drone, atmosphere, tonal weight and intensity. Will this be the record that finally gets them their due recognition? I guess we’ll find out when we get there.

Sliptrick Records announced the signing thusly via the PR wire:

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Sliptrick Welcome Psychedelic Doom Rockers WHEN THE DEADBOLT BREAKS

Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records this week are US group When The Deadbolt Breaks. Of special note, the band played The New England Stoner & Doom Festival this weekend which is an absolute must for fans of the genre.

Established in the winter of 2004, When The Deadbolt Breaks is a psychedelic doom band from the backwoods of eastern Connecticut. The music they produce invokes the feeling of fearful suspense brought on by an intense horror film… begging the question, what happens when the deadbolt breaks?? Aaron Lewis, Mike Parkyn, and Randall Dumas create a psychedelic, down-tuned, fuzzed-out wall of doom-laden riffs that transport the listener to another space.

14 years and 5 albums later, When The Deadbolt Breaks is set to release their 6th record on Sliptrick Records later in 2018.

Angels Are Weeping… God Has Abandoned… | Released TBA, 2018 on Sliptrick Records

When The Deadbolt Breaks are:
Aaron Lewis – Guitars/Vocals | Mike Parkyn – Bass/Backing vocals | Randall Dumas – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/WhentheDeadboltBreaks/
https://whenthedeadboltbreaks.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Deadbolt6669
https://sliptrickrecords.com/when-the-deadbolt-breaks/
https://www.facebook.com/sliptrickrecords/
https://twitter.com/sliptrickrds
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When the Deadbolt Breaks, Until it all Collides (2016)

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