El Supremo Sign to Argonauta Records; New Album Next Year

Never too late to bring that fuzz, as Fargo, North Dakota instrumentalists El Supremo proved with 2019’s Clarity Through Distortion (review here), an 11-years-later follow-up to the band’s 2008 demo. That record, which saw Chad Heille — also formerly of Egypt — expand from a solo-project to a full outfit including fellow Egyptian Neal Stein on guitar, will get a sophomore answer sometime next year as the four-piece incarnation of El Supremo have now signed to Argonauta Records.

I promise you I didn’t know this was happening when I closed out last week with the Wo Fat and Egypt split. Just a bit of happenstance timing, I guess. Still, the news is welcome, even if we would seem to be a ways off from a release date or album details. The PR wire has the impending as their third LP, where I was thinking of it as the second, but one way or the other, it’s new tunes and that’ll be just fine, thanks.

Here’s the signing announcement:

El Supremo

Fargo Fuzz Rockers El Supremo Sign With Argonauta Records! New album coming in early 2022!

Fargo, ND, based instrumental rockers EL SUPREMO have inked a worldwide deal with Argonauta Records, who will release the band’s third album in early 2022.

EL SUPREMO was originally formed as a one-man project with Chad Heille playing all the instruments and handling recording/production. A self-titled full-length demo was released in 2008, with Tom Canning and Neal Stein contributing guitar solos. Their most recent album, Clarity Through Distortion, was released in 2019 and features Chad Heille on drums and bass, Neal Stein on guitar and Chris Gould on organ/keys. Influenced by classic and stoner rock, blues and old-school metal, the band‘s vibrant sound ranges from psychedelic and melodic to heavy and doomy.

Chad and Neal went on to play in the band Egypt from 2012 to 2018. During that time, they released three full-length records, a split LP, made numerous compilation appearances, reissued their first demo and toured 16 different countries playing several notable festivals. After Egypt split, they decided to revive the EL SUPREMO name and now backed by Cameron Dewald on bass, they are currently working on their new album for a 2022 release through Argonauta Records.

Says the band: “El Supremo is stoked to be teaming up with Argonauta Records. The last year was a bit of a trial but, we are primed and ready to deliver our best record yet!”

EL SUPREMO is:
Chad Heille – Drums
Neal Stein – Guitar
Cameron Dewald – Bass
Chris Gould – Organ/Keys

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www.elsupremo.bandcamp.com
www.argonautarecords.com
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El Supremo, Clarity Through Distortion (2019)

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