“Controller” is the title track from the new Crucial Velocity album featuring King Diamond drummer Matt Thompson, guitar legend Michael Harris and Shaolin Death Squad vocalist Androo O’Hearn.
Crucial Velocity’s Nate Bauer expounds, “‘Controller’ deals with technology and the grip that it has on all of us. We rely on it. We feed on it. We are entertained by it. We get our news from it. And over time, the cell phone has become the ‘Controller’. We have become slaves to technology, but who is controlling who?”
Watch the “Controller” music video below:
Crucial Velocity started as a collaboration between songwriter/guitarist/bassist Nate Bauer and veteran mixing/mastering engineer Gary Long, owner of Nomad Recording Studio, in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. This morphed into the need for talented musicians to carry out Nate’s vision of melding the dark atmosphere and complexity of Opeth, Black Sabbath and Voivod into shorter, more accessible songs with the hooks and vocal harmonies of Queen, Alice In Chains and Ghost. Once Matt Thompson, Androo O’Hearn, and Michael Harris came aboard, (plus a guest appearance by Buddy Sledge), the band released the self-titled 2023 debut album which has been featured and favorably reviewed at multiple press outlets and the music has been featured on independent radio stations across Europe, South America and Mexico.
Crucial Velocity released their sophomore album, Controller, on January 10. The theme of “control” runs through much of the album. Political unrest with cult like figures. Online mind control. Religious control. Brainwashing men to kill thousands in the holocaust…
“Brainstorm”, the powerful and haunting lead single released in November 2024, was created by Crucial Velocity’s Nate Bauer through empathetic perspective-taking inspired by his child with autism.
Crucial Velocity followed up with second single, “Hollow”, in December. Nate Bauer explains “‘Hollow’ was written after a conversation with a friend about ideology. Ideology, in my opinion, is the root of all evil. Ideology pushes politics and religion into dangerous cult like territory. Ideology promotes thoughtless thought in that you basically surrender yourself to whatever the ideology is without feeling the need to really think about what it is you are following. People placing complete trust in the ideology and the leaders who promote them. We have seen this happen over centuries with the rise of very evil leaders or civilizations. And yet, here we are in 2024 and supposedly intelligent people are still being caught up in dangerous ideological movements. We need to get back to pragmatic thought. Deep thoughtful thought. Androo O’Hearn captured the anger in the lyrics with his death metal growls while still maintaining the melodic approach that defines the Crucial Velocity sound.”
Get the new album here.
Tracklisting:
“Hollow”
“Brainstorm”
“Vicious Breed”
“Chosen One”
“Welcome Death”
“Controller”
“Revelation”
“Blessed”
“Lifeless”
“Reflection”
“Hollow” video:
“Brainstorm” video:
Crucial Velocity are:
Matt Thompson (King Diamond) – Drums
Androo O’Hearn (Shaolin Death Squad) – Vocals, Keys
Michael Harris (Chastain Harris, Darkology, solo artist) – Lead Guitar
Nate Bauer – Guitar, Bass, Keys, Songwriter
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Crucial Velocity’s Nate Bauer expounds, “‘Controller’ deals with technology and the grip that it has on all of us. We rely on it. We feed on it. We are entertained by it. We get our news from it. And over time, the cell phone has become the ‘Controller’. We have become slaves to technology, but who is controlling who?”
Watch the “Controller” music video below:
Crucial Velocity started as a collaboration between songwriter/guitarist/bassist Nate Bauer and veteran mixing/mastering engineer Gary Long, owner of Nomad Recording Studio, in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. This morphed into the need for talented musicians to carry out Nate’s vision of melding the dark atmosphere and complexity of Opeth, Black Sabbath and Voivod into shorter, more accessible songs with the hooks and vocal harmonies of Queen, Alice In Chains and Ghost. Once Matt Thompson, Androo O’Hearn, and Michael Harris came aboard, (plus a guest appearance by Buddy Sledge), the band released the self-titled 2023 debut album which has been featured and favorably reviewed at multiple press outlets and the music has been featured on independent radio stations across Europe, South America and Mexico.
Crucial Velocity released their sophomore album, Controller, on January 10. The theme of “control” runs through much of the album. Political unrest with cult like figures. Online mind control. Religious control. Brainwashing men to kill thousands in the holocaust…
“Brainstorm”, the powerful and haunting lead single released in November 2024, was created by Crucial Velocity’s Nate Bauer through empathetic perspective-taking inspired by his child with autism.
Crucial Velocity followed up with second single, “Hollow”, in December. Nate Bauer explains “‘Hollow’ was written after a conversation with a friend about ideology. Ideology, in my opinion, is the root of all evil. Ideology pushes politics and religion into dangerous cult like territory. Ideology promotes thoughtless thought in that you basically surrender yourself to whatever the ideology is without feeling the need to really think about what it is you are following. People placing complete trust in the ideology and the leaders who promote them. We have seen this happen over centuries with the rise of very evil leaders or civilizations. And yet, here we are in 2024 and supposedly intelligent people are still being caught up in dangerous ideological movements. We need to get back to pragmatic thought. Deep thoughtful thought. Androo O’Hearn captured the anger in the lyrics with his death metal growls while still maintaining the melodic approach that defines the Crucial Velocity sound.”
Get the new album here.
Tracklisting:
“Hollow”
“Brainstorm”
“Vicious Breed”
“Chosen One”
“Welcome Death”
“Controller”
“Revelation”
“Blessed”
“Lifeless”
“Reflection”
“Hollow” video:
“Brainstorm” video:
Crucial Velocity are:
Matt Thompson (King Diamond) – Drums
Androo O’Hearn (Shaolin Death Squad) – Vocals, Keys
Michael Harris (Chastain Harris, Darkology, solo artist) – Lead Guitar
Nate Bauer – Guitar, Bass, Keys, Songwriter
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