Inner Dimension is a song about realizing the dualities of light and dark, specifically about indulging in what may be considered a curse and turning it into a tool for your advantage as a unique and powerful individual.
Lenax is a solo black metal band based in the Nashville area. With collaborators ranging as far away as Spain, Greece, and Ukraine, they have been able to accelerate my project while also bringing in new creativity. I am currently crafting a full length album called ‘Infection’ due out in December of this year. The album has a conceptual theme of man’s primal urge for personal freedom told through metaphors ranging from war to cosmic horror.
After the release of three singles ‘Come As You Are’, ‘Everlong’ and ‘Like a Stone‘, Rusty (frontman of the metal band Klogr) is back with a new single and EP that collects tracks produced in the studio as well as live performances. This time, Rusty aims his focus on the song ‘Hurt’, sacred to many, written by Trent Reznor (NIN) and masterfully reinterpreted by Johnny Cash. In Rusty’s arrangement the two versions of the song coexist and merge, creating a mix between industrial and unplugged.
Speaking on ‘Hurt‘, Rusty declares ‘Confronting certain works of art makes you feel small but alive at the same time. It is one of the most important song for me that is contained on this EP’.
The rendition of ‘Hurt’ will be found on the EP ‘Genetic Code’, which will be the first full release of the project in partnership with Superbia Music Group. The work was produced by Rusty and Federico Ascari (who mixed and mastered all the tracks) and contains 5 tracks produced in the studio and 5 live performances. The songs produced in the studio were formed at the time of the COVID-19 lockdown period, while the live performance songs were captured during the the rehearsal for the live show. Bringing together all the pieces, the ultimate goal for the project is staging a journey through rock, grunge and industrial. Bringing a live show accompanied by visuals and light production, to give each song a specific characteristic and setting.
Rusty: ‘After years of traveling around Europe with my main project Klogr, I needed to do something that would bring me to experience music also close to home. I’ve always had a conflicting relationship with cover bands or tributes, I find they are excellent entertainment but ultimately, they’re not for me. I need to give my point of view, my version, question myself and confront songs that they made history… I can’t just play someone else’s part. This is the main reason that led us to arrange the songs in an unusual way while maintaining their nature. The EP is an introduction to the sound of the project and a view of original music to come’.
The Dead Krazukies release new single ‘Captain Crust’ on May 12 – the band from France shows new nuances in their music with a heavy hitting mid-tempo song.
Hossegor. A singalong choir, mid-tempo almost hard rock beats are not what is very typical for the melodic-skate punk band The Dead Krazukies. Nevertheless ‘Captain Crust’ is as heavy as can be and such a powerful melodic track that will leave every listener impressed by the broad spectrum of the band’s sound. In addition the scratchy yet extremely powerful voice of singer Maider makes The Dead Krazukies kind of the Powermetal of Punkrock.
‘Captain Crust’ will be released digitally on May 12 with a video coming a few days later!
About The Dead Krazukies: Think Pennywise, Rise Against and a bit of Anti-Flag and you’ve got The Dead Krazukies! Since 2010, the band from Hossegor brings out a concentrate of catchy melodic punk, raw energy and 90’s surf and skate culture.
In 2016, their first self-produced album, ‘The Northern Belle’ was a great success and directly established the group in the European skatepunk scene. After a lot of shows and festivals, they end up in 2019 opening for the Punk in Drublic Festival with legendary Bad Religion and NOFX on the French date of the event.
In November 2020, the band released ‘Icarus’ during the pandemic through SoundSpeed Records (USA), SBAM Records (Europe) and Punk&Disorderly (Canada). The album was a hit and became quickly sold-out.
Fueled by troubled times, the frustration of not touring and the musical path already initiated by Icarus, The Dead Krazukies is back with a brand new piece of raging tunes, ‘From the Underworld’ which release is due June 16 2023 through SBAM Records and Kicking Records.
The 10 songs, mixed by Christian Carvin and mastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room, oscillate between So-Cal Punk Rock and Old School Metal with no fear to explore new territories.
At the same time surprising and bold, From The Underworld won’t leave you indifferent. The Dead Krazukies intends to defend this album on stage and take everything in its wake.
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