GAYLORD RELEASE "CROWN OF JOY (A SUBLIME SUN THRIVING AMONGST DYING STARS)"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Best known for their divisive debut, 2018's "THE BLACK METAL SCENE NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED", the band have decided to continue their assault on black metal as a scene and genre this time by merging black metal with many genres of "non-kvlt" music.

Frontman RICHARD WEEKS explains: "With THE BLACK METAL SCENE NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED we used genre trappings to assault black metal with its own aural aesthetics. Raw guitars, sloppy riffs, gurgled vocals, and the bass turned way down. This time around we wanted to 'pervert' this 'sacred' music by pairing it alongside genres that most 'true' fans hate."

CROWN OF JOY (A SUBLIME SUN THRIVING AMONGST DYING STARS) has all the anger and ferocity of previous albums THE BLACK METAL SCENE NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED and WINGS OF THE JOYFUL but merges that fury with genres like trap, RnB, jazz, j-pop, hip-hop, and hyper pop to create a unique experience that old school black metal fans will absolutely abhor.

"I basically took two months off writing metal to write an FM synth-led old school video game soundtrack and ended up listening to a lot of genres I had only /kinda/ listened to before." WEEKS further explains. "I found myself listening to experimental rapper MARIO JUDAH, Ukrainian Eurovision electro-folk act Go_A, Vtuber rapper MORI CALLIOPE, and lots more crazy non-metal stuff. I felt inspired to try my hand at some of these genres... and thusly, CROWN OF JOY was born."

"Also for this album I wanted to channel my inner ARJEN LUCASSEN." WEEKS continues: "I've always been a fan of AYREON and STAR ONE and all of LUCASSEN's other projects for years. And I always try to use as many voices as I can muster when recording, but I can't do /everything/, so I recruited no less than 17 guests to appear on CROWN OF JOY. Mostly vocalists, but some lead guitarists, and narrators as well."

Guests:

Sally - Freelance R&B Vocalist

Alena Yashkina - Vocalist for Wicked Cat, Splitmind

Junayed Hossain Rayhan - Lead guitarist for Metal Fakir

thetrashyourmomthrewout - Freelance Voice Actress

Sevlier - Freelance Jazz Vocalist

Olga Nuit - Vocalist for Ara'Kus

Kieran Scott - Vocalist for Ashen Crown

Ember O'Woody - Freelance Metal Vocalist

Karl Willetts - Memoriam, Ex-Bolt Thrower

Aaron Marko - Frontman for The Swine

Rodrigo C Giacon - Lead guitarist for Sorrow In Vain

Nate Lewis - Bassist for Ante-Inferno, Bassist and Vocalist for Petrichor

Amara Wears - Vocalist for Aubzagl, Guitarist for Petrichor

Marc Hood - Vocalist for Cadaver Soiree

Baradiel - Freelance Metal Musician

Tracklist:

01) Lay Down

02) Ghost Me

03) Dread

04) Shit Scene, Shit Bands

05) White Night Gaslight

06) High and Mighty

07) Grey Rainbow

08) Coiled in Dust

09) Obfuscation of Intent

10) Ten Wing Angel

11) Nailed Deity

12) Again and Again

13) None / Nothing

14) Judgement and Justice

15) Slitting Their Throats

16) Kvlt After School Xbox Kommando

17) Sublime Sunshine

CROWN OF JOY (A SUBLIME SUN THRIVING AMONGST SUICIDAL STARS) is available on 30/09/2021 from GAYLORD's and BLACKENED DEATH's Bandcamp and streaming on Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Google, and just about everywhere else.

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