Gruesome return with Silent Echoes, a ferocious death metal onslaught, fuelled by progressive, razor sharp musicianship, out this Friday, June 6, via Relapse Records. Silent Echoes marks the band’s first new full-length recording in seven years.
The band recently sat down with Scott Burns and Jarrett Prichard to discuss the making of their forthcoming full-length. Interview conducted by David Gehlke at New Constellation Studios in Orlando, FL, where Gruesome bunkered down in for the recording of Silent Echoes.
Part 2 is now available, and you can watch two segments below:
Making Silent Echoes (Part 1):
Making Silent Echoes (Part 2):
Gruesome recently shared the official video for Silent Echoes’ opening track “Condemned Identity”, with Matt Harvey commenting, “‘Condemned Identity’ was a no-brainer as the leadoff track for the record as it comes out of the gate at full-strength, putting all of our cards on the table. I mean, yeah it’s more articulate and musical than what we’ve done before, but it’s still very much death metal, which I’m very happy about. Even though we’re incorporating more sophisticated stuff, we can still rip your face off.”
Celebrating over a decade as the finest purveyors of old-school death metal inspired by the legendary Chuck Schuldiner and the many iterations of Death, the new album sees Gruesome transition away from the no-frills riff-fests heard on their Savage Land and Twisted Prayers LPs, and shift towards a more musically advanced, nuanced form of extremity. Silent Echoes is the quartet’s true “put up or shut-up” moment for one simple reason: It was written and recorded in the spirit of Death’s 1991 progressive death metal masterpiece, Human.
The prolonged gestation period between Gruesome albums was the combination of several factors, yet none more significant than the untimely and unexpected passing of Cynic and Human-era Death drummer Sean Reinert in 2020. Reinert, the best friend and mentor of Gruesome drummer Gus Rios and was originally slated to produce the album. Instead, Rios, along with vocalist/guitarist Matt Harvey, lead guitarist Daniel Gonzalez and bassist Robin Mazen, turned Silent Echoes into a tribute to Reinert, whose influence and presence on Silent Echoes is everywhere.
Silent Echoes is Gruesome’s transmutation into the complex, jazz-influenced fields ploughed on Human. As Harvey states, “there’s less winking at the audience on this one,” which is true: The overtly intentional homages found on the band’s previous two albums have been replaced with fluid, agile drum work from Rios, as well as spiraling, multi-faceted guitar riffing from Harvey and Gonzalez, the latter responsible for the album’s prog-infused leads.
Jarrett Pritchard once again handled the production of Silent Echoes. A veteran of two previous Gruesome studio albums (and dozens of other respected extreme metal acts), Pritchard’s engineering and technical expertise played a crucial role in enabling Silent Echoes to recapture the feel of early 1990s death metal recorded at Tampa’s famed Morrisound Recording. Not only did Pritchard lean on the advice of Death producer Scott Burns, but Rios also used the same snare drum that Reinert did on Cynic’s Focus.
At a time when the thirst for all things Chuck Schuldiner remains unquenchable, leave it to four accomplished, true, well-intentioned death metal veterans to help continue the man’s legacy.
Pre-order Silent Echoes on LP/CD/CS/Digital via Relapse.com here. Digital downloads / streaming here.
Silent Echoes tracklisting:
“Condemned Identity”
“A Darkened Window”
“Frailty ”
“Shards”
“Silent Echoes”
“Voice Within The Void (Astral Ocean)”
“Fragments Of Psyche”
“Reason Denied”
“Silent Echoes”:
“A Darkened Window” video:
Gruesome Is:
Daniel Gonzalez- Guitar
Matt Harvey – Guitar/Vocals
Robin Mazen – Bass
Gus Rios – Drums
(Photo – Ervin Novak)
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The band recently sat down with Scott Burns and Jarrett Prichard to discuss the making of their forthcoming full-length. Interview conducted by David Gehlke at New Constellation Studios in Orlando, FL, where Gruesome bunkered down in for the recording of Silent Echoes.
Part 2 is now available, and you can watch two segments below:
Making Silent Echoes (Part 1):
Making Silent Echoes (Part 2):
Gruesome recently shared the official video for Silent Echoes’ opening track “Condemned Identity”, with Matt Harvey commenting, “‘Condemned Identity’ was a no-brainer as the leadoff track for the record as it comes out of the gate at full-strength, putting all of our cards on the table. I mean, yeah it’s more articulate and musical than what we’ve done before, but it’s still very much death metal, which I’m very happy about. Even though we’re incorporating more sophisticated stuff, we can still rip your face off.”
Celebrating over a decade as the finest purveyors of old-school death metal inspired by the legendary Chuck Schuldiner and the many iterations of Death, the new album sees Gruesome transition away from the no-frills riff-fests heard on their Savage Land and Twisted Prayers LPs, and shift towards a more musically advanced, nuanced form of extremity. Silent Echoes is the quartet’s true “put up or shut-up” moment for one simple reason: It was written and recorded in the spirit of Death’s 1991 progressive death metal masterpiece, Human.
The prolonged gestation period between Gruesome albums was the combination of several factors, yet none more significant than the untimely and unexpected passing of Cynic and Human-era Death drummer Sean Reinert in 2020. Reinert, the best friend and mentor of Gruesome drummer Gus Rios and was originally slated to produce the album. Instead, Rios, along with vocalist/guitarist Matt Harvey, lead guitarist Daniel Gonzalez and bassist Robin Mazen, turned Silent Echoes into a tribute to Reinert, whose influence and presence on Silent Echoes is everywhere.
Silent Echoes is Gruesome’s transmutation into the complex, jazz-influenced fields ploughed on Human. As Harvey states, “there’s less winking at the audience on this one,” which is true: The overtly intentional homages found on the band’s previous two albums have been replaced with fluid, agile drum work from Rios, as well as spiraling, multi-faceted guitar riffing from Harvey and Gonzalez, the latter responsible for the album’s prog-infused leads.
Jarrett Pritchard once again handled the production of Silent Echoes. A veteran of two previous Gruesome studio albums (and dozens of other respected extreme metal acts), Pritchard’s engineering and technical expertise played a crucial role in enabling Silent Echoes to recapture the feel of early 1990s death metal recorded at Tampa’s famed Morrisound Recording. Not only did Pritchard lean on the advice of Death producer Scott Burns, but Rios also used the same snare drum that Reinert did on Cynic’s Focus.
At a time when the thirst for all things Chuck Schuldiner remains unquenchable, leave it to four accomplished, true, well-intentioned death metal veterans to help continue the man’s legacy.
Pre-order Silent Echoes on LP/CD/CS/Digital via Relapse.com here. Digital downloads / streaming here.
Silent Echoes tracklisting:
“Condemned Identity”
“A Darkened Window”
“Frailty ”
“Shards”
“Silent Echoes”
“Voice Within The Void (Astral Ocean)”
“Fragments Of Psyche”
“Reason Denied”
“Silent Echoes”:
“A Darkened Window” video:
Gruesome Is:
Daniel Gonzalez- Guitar
Matt Harvey – Guitar/Vocals
Robin Mazen – Bass
Gus Rios – Drums
(Photo – Ervin Novak)
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