Slower, the doom metal supergroup collective anchored by vocalist Amy Barrysmith (Year Of The Cobra), guitarist Bob Balch (Fu Manchu) and drummer Esben Willems (Monolord), are newly streaming the track “Rage And Ruin” from their forthcoming debut album of the same name.
That opus will be out on November 01st through Heavy Psych Sounds and finds the group largely straying from their past activities of making doom versions of Slayer songs. This new album will however feature Slower‘s renditions of the aforementioned thrash metal legend’s “Chemical Warfare” and “Haunting The Chapel“.
Balch had the following to say of this track:
“‘Rage And Ruin‘ was the last song written for the album. After listening to what we had so far, I felt that we needed a song with a mellow intro and a different tuning to set it apart from the other jams. As a music theory dork, I also thought it would be a good idea to use a harmonic minor mode to give it a different vibe from the other songs.”
Barrysmith added:
“‘Rage And Ruin‘ was the last song we wrote together and quickly became the title track. As soon as Bob sent me his ideas and I heard that beautiful intro, I got so excited and inspired. It immediately became one of my favorites. I love how it is a slight departure from the other songs, but still fits in perfectly.”
[via Metal Sucks]
