New England extreme thrash band GRAVITON have released their self-titled album through Skepsis Recordings. To mark the release, the five-piece have shared an official music video for "Pillars Of Life", the third track on the record.
Graviton is the band's first record for a label. GRAVITON have been playing the New England circuit since 2015, and the new album follows three earlier releases. The band build on a classic thrash foundation but push it toward death metal speed and technicality; the label lists TESTAMENT, EXODUS, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and GOJIRA as reference points. The band stress that this is no nostalgia exercise or attempt to recreate the glory days of American thrash, calling the album the most focused work of a decade spent grinding it out on regional stages.
The first single, "Dissent Into Madness", which closes the album, also has an official video.
Ray Marte, drummer Apollo Medaglia and guitarist Justin Licht engineered and produced the album, and Marte mastered it. Drums and re-amping were tracked at Westfall Recording Company in Farmingdale, New York, in August and November 2024; guitars, bass and vocals were recorded the same year at the band's own space. Ryan T. Hancock painted the cover.
The lineup is Taylor Scott (vocals), Cam Tidman and Justin Licht (guitars), Yoav Ruiz-Feingold (bass) and Apollo Medaglia (drums, synthesizers). All five share the writing credits.
Graviton is available on CD, cassette and vinyl (Empire Gold and Crimson variants) from Skepsis Recordings, as a digital download on Bandcamp, and on the streaming services.
Graviton tracklist:
- Empire Of Pain
- The Oppressor
- Pillars Of Life
- NGC 1277 Pt. II - GRAVITON
- Vengeance
- Crimson Sand
- Celestial Mass
- Dissent Into Madness
Order & Stream "Graviton": skepsisrecordings.com · Bandcamp