A Wilhelm Scream
A Wilhelm Scream
Death by Stereo, Doomsday, Phantom Racer
A Wilhelm Scream
New Bedford, Massachusetts’ trailblazers in A WILHELM SCREAM are back with their sixth full-length studio LP, “Cheap Heat”, out February 27th via Creator-Destructor Records.
Just over three years after their last LP, “Lose Your Delusion” (2022), the band have come out the gate swingin’ harder than ever with ten tracks of adrenaline fueled melodic hardcore / punk rock. Combining the dark nihilistic mood of the band’s classic 2005 album “Ruiner” with the technicality, ferocity, and sharp precision of 2007’s monumental “Career Suicide”, the new full-length record is a unique hybrid of the darker, more aggressive elements of the band’s sound.
Never bowing to trends, riding anyone’s waves, never breaking up and getting back together again, the Massachusetts five piece are back with ten fierce new tracks. Non-stop riffs, soaring hooks, an unrelenting and incomparable rhythm section, and more piss and vinegar than ever before. There’s no one quite like A Wilhelm Scream - An amalgamation of punk rock, metal, and hardcore, the band has always been an island of their own, since forever. The underdogs that can’t be killed. Unapologetic in their delivery, “Cheap Heat” reminds the music world that no one does it like the boys from New Beige.
“We gave out all our flowers and gratitude that we got left in this world on our last two records and it’s time to TURN HEEL for the good of the game.”
Death by Stereo is an aggressive metal/hardcore hybrid from Southern California, who took its name from a line in the 1987 vampire flick The Lost Boys. The band's lineup underwent numerous changes throughout its careeer, but the guys always persevered with a "never give up, never give in" mantra held close. After getting together in 1996 and releasing a demo and 7", Efrem Shulz (vocals), Paul Miner (bass), Jim Miner (guitar), Keith Barney (guitar) (who'd replaced original guitarist Ian Fowles), and Jarrod Alexander (drums) debuted in spring 1999 on Indecision Records with If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die. That fall, after a summer spent touring behind the record, Barney left to concentrate more time with his other bands, and , while Alexander departed to pursue music full-time at the Berklee School of Music. Drummer Tim Bender and former guitarist Dan Palmer signed on in their places, as the band watched their fan base quickly grow. Epitaph was watching too and soon signed them up. Death by Stereo's sophomore effort, Day of the Death, appeared in the spring of 2001; Bender exited Death by Stereo following subsequent tour dates and was replaced by Todd Hennig (, Seven Years War). Into the Valley of Death followed two years later. By 2005's Death for Life, their third album for Epitaph, the Death by Stereo lineup had shifted to include Shulz, Palmer, Henning, guitarist Tito, and bassist Tyler Rebbe. The band didn't slow down, and in March 2007, the live album Death Alive was issued through Reignition Records, recorded in Anaheim during their previous Into the Valley of Death tour. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi
DOOMSDAY is a crossover/thrash band that draws influence from the likes of Sepultura, Slayer, Iron Age, Metallica, and Power Trip, boasting a triple-guitar threat within their lineup. Formed in 2018, the band includes members from different parts of the Bay Area metal and hardcore scene. The band has previously released several singles which have been re-recorded for Depictions Of Chaos, as well as the 2022 promo tape Riff City which featured an Iron Age cover, and has shared the stage with bands like Gulch, Ripped To Shreds, Municipal Waste, Creeping Death, Omerta, Speed, Dead Heat, Spinebreaker, Earth Down, and more.
