HYDROGYN's 'Judgement' To Be Released In October

Ashland, Kentucky based hard-rock/metal group HYDROGYN, which now consists of Julie Westlake (vocals),Jeff Westlake (guitar),Jeff Young (guitar; ex-MEGADETH),Joe Migz (drums),and James Lomenzo (bass; ex-MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, WHITE LION),will release its new album, "Judgement", in early October. An advance pressing of 1,000 copies — which will be different from the retail version issued in October — is now available for pre-order at Hydrogyn.com.

For more information, watch a three-minute video update from Julie Westlake below.

"Judgement" was produced by Jeff Westlake and Jeff Young, except the song "Right Thing Now", which was produced by Michael Wagener and Jeff Westlake. It was mixed by Jeff Westlake, except "Right Thing Now", which was mixed by Michael Wagener, Jeff Westlake and Julie Westlake.

"Judgement" track listing:

01. Medicate
02. Big Star (feat. Doug Pinnick)
03. Self Destruct
04. Alone
05. Rusted Love
06. Gold Dust Woman
07. New Messiah
08. Drowning
09. Right Thing Now
10. Lost Reality

Check out the cover artwork below.

Doug Pinnick of KING'S X contributed bass and vocals to the song "Big Star", which is described by Young as "more straight-ahead — maybe if you think of uptempo AC/DC or THE CULT's 'Electric' (1987)-era stuff meets KING'S X. That's the general vibe of 'Big Star' — which is actually a vocal duet. Mr. Doug comes in on selected trade-off lines with Julie, especially in the chorus and the bridge and over the end."

Regarding how Doug Pinnick come to contribute bass and vocals to a HYDROGYN tune, Young said, "We're all huge fans of KING'S X, particularly Jeff Westlake and myself," Young explained. "And we're all friends with Michael Wagener, who produced the last two KING'S X albums (2005's 'Ogre Tones' and 2008's 'XV'). Michael connected us with Doug and he was definitely down for it. We sent him the basic track right away, and he loved 'Big Star'. Initially, we only asked him to contribute vocals, but the more I thought about it... Remember, James Lomenzo is playing on every track on 'Judgment'. I went back to James and said, 'We should probably have Doug play bass on this, which will make the whole thing a little bit of a bigger guest spot.' Also a major KING'S X fan, J-Lo was all about that. I asked Doug, and he was totally down for contributing the bass part. He laid his part down and it just sits in the track so well. His groove is amazing and it just really helped to lift 'Big Star' to exactly where it needs to be."