GRIEF OF WAR: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
July 7, 2009"Worship", the new album from Tokyo thrash disciples GRIEF OF WAR, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page.
"Worship" is being released today (Tuesday, July 7) via Prosthetic Records.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Crack Of Doom
02. Disorder
03. Captured Soul Eternity
04. New Kind Of Wicked
05. Revolt
06. Built My Brain
07. Worship
08. Into The Void (feat. Shane Gibson of KORN)
09. Midnight Sun
10. Lost
Check out the cover artwork below.
GRIEF OF WAR, who call their kamikaze brand of thrash "samurai crunch," first made an international splash with their 2005 debut, "A Mounting Crisis...As Their Fury Got Released" (reissued worldwide by Prosthetic in early 2008). "Worship" should garner the Japanese quartet even more acclaim, thanks in part to a sharp production that was mastered by Ted Jensen of New York's legendary Sterling Sound, who has previously put the final touches on works by acts ranging from KISS to KREATOR.
"Worship" features a contribution by one other notable individual: KORN lead guitarist Shane Gibson, who performs a blistering solo on the song "Into The Void". So how did a member of one of the biggest metal bands in the world — nu, true or otherwise — end up jamming with a comparatively obscure, retro-minded group from The Land of the Rising Sun? Vocalist/bassist/lyricist Manabu Hirose, who also recorded, engineered, produced and mixed "Worship", explains it was quite easy: "Since Ken (Sato, GRIEF OF WAR's lead guitarist) likes shredding guitarists, and he knew Shane would come to Japan while we were recording, he made contact with Shane and asked him to play on the album. We sent him the demo of 'Into The Void', he liked the song and we welcomed him to the studio when he visited Japan."
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