INVIDIA, the new band featuring former and current members of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, IN THIS MOMENT and SKINLAB, will release its debut album, "As The Sun Sleeps", on March 31 via SPV. The disc's title track can now be streamed below. Stated INVIDIA guitarist Brian Jackson: "I'm really happy we decided to release 'As The Sun Sleeps'. This track is honestly one of my personal favorites and it's the absolute opposite of what we just released with our last single, 'Feed The Fire', which is more of a heavy rock, radio-friendly song. It shows that the record has to offer a very diverse range and can be on the heavier side of things. 'As The Sun Sleeps' is really guitar-riff-oriented with pounding drums and heavy breakdowns. I think the metalheads will be pleasantly surprised once they hear this track." Fans may recognize vocalist Travis Johnson as the bassist from in IN THIS MOMENT as well as bassist Matt Snell as ex-member of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. Guitarists Brian Jackson and and Marcos Medina have worked together in SKINLAB. Since forming at the start of 2016, INVIDIA has had one purpose — to create good rock music with no rules and an open mind, leading them to immerse in everything from "radio rock" to "Bay Area thrash" and all that lies in between. INVIDIA has allowed each of the members of the band to produce music in their purest form. "As The Sun Sleeps" track listing: 01. Now Or Never 02. Making My Amends 03. Feed The Fire 04. Rotten 05. Marching Dead 06. Smell The Kill 07. Til Death 08. Step Up 09. Truth In The Sky 10. The Other Side 11. As The Sun Sleeps "As The Sun Sleeps" was produced and co-written by Logan Mader (ONCE HUMAN, MACHINE HEAD). "I loved working on this album!" he said. "INVIDIA's sound has huge balls while maintaining a great sense of mass appeal with big hooks and heavy grooves. The guys are dead serious about making it all happen and very self-sufficient. Producing records like this makes my job fun and inspiring." Regarding the vibe and feel of "As The Sun Sleeps", Mader said: "I would call it hard rock/metal with big balls. It's got big choruses. It's got big hooks. It also has a serious 'metal energy,' which is where we all come from in our musical backgrounds. There are some songs that fit the American active rock radio format. There are some songs with a modern-industrial-type feel mixed with a kind of a pop sensibility and big chorus. The other end of the spectrum is more of a groove metal which draws a little bit from that classic PANTERA vibe. It gives it that sort of heavy testosterone metal feel." In an interview with Rich Inzinna and Paula Noto from "The S.I.R.E.N." radio show on iRadioUSA.com, Travis stated about how INVIDIA was formed: "This all came together super fast and super flawless. I guess stars kind of aligned, really. I put something up online and Brian hit me up. He said, 'Dude, I'd be totally down t do some work together,' and that kind of thing. And I was, like, 'You know what? I totally miss singing. And I'm totally down for that.'" He continued: "The funny thing is, everybody that's involved in this project as of now has worked together at different times except for me and Brian. So it's almost funny. It was like this circle that was just missing a piece for it all to connect. So once me and Brian got together, the whole circle came together, and within six weeks, this whole record's done, completely recorded, everybody's in place. And it's almost super ironic the way it all came together." Travis, who still plays bass in IN THIS MOMENT, added: "We're all super excited about this project. I'm stoked to be singing again. I love playing bass, obviously, but I've been a singer for a long fucking time. I just took a huge break, so it's good to be able to kind of get back into it and kind of have my cake and eat it too, and be on both sides." INVIDIA is: * Matt Snell (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH) - Bass * Travis Johnson (IN THIS MOMENT) - Vocals * Brian Jackson (SKINLAB) - Guitar * Darren Badorine - Drums * Marcos Medina (SKINLAB) - Guitar Photo credit: Fred Morledge / PhotoFM.com
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