Artist: HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE
Album: DEAD REVOLUTION (CD)

Release date: 2016
EAN/UPS: 039841547221
Media type: CD

On July 22nd, West Coast progressive heavy metallers Hammers of Misfortune will release their sixth full-length, Dead Revolution, worldwide via Metal Blade Records. Hammers of Misfortune enlisted Nick Dumitriu (Vhol, Ritual Chamber) to produce this record, utilizing a vintage Trident board and minimizing digital processing. The result is a warm, sharp sound that harkens back to productions like John Leckie's treatment of Pink Floyd's Meddle or David Hitchcock's master work in Camel's Mirage.

Recorded at Light Rail Studios in San Francisco, CA, Dead Revolution is more varied than its predecessor (2011's acclaimed 17th Street), by using different tones, and delving into heavier, darker territory. With tracks like the stupendous "The Precipice", the raging "Flying Alone", and the riff-organ fest that is "Dead Revolution", Hammers Of Misfortune have found a way to indulge their progressive and psychedelic tendencies while remaining decidedly metal. That's not to say Dead Revolution is without its slowburners: "Here Comes the Sky" pivots off a Pink Floyd axis (think "A Pillow in the Wind") - with its soft strums, careful vocal interplay, and delicate percussion - before jettisoning into traditional heavy metal motifs.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

01. The Velvet Inquisition
02. Dead Revolution
03. Sea of Heroes
04. The Precipice (Waiting for the Crash...)
05. Here Comes the Sky
06. Flying Alone
07. Days of '49