The Skull (L to R: Brian Dixon, Ron Holzner, Eric Wagner,
Rob Wrong, Lothar Keller)
photo: Ken Cope
The Skull,
featuring vocalist Eric Wagner and bassist Ron Holzner, formerly of metal
legends Trouble, will release its highly anticipated sophomore album, The
Endless Road Turns Dark, on September 7 via Tee Pee Records. The LP was
recorded in Chicago
with engineer Sanford Parker (Yob, Tombs) and builds on the foundation laid by
The Skull's debut album, 2014's For Those Which Are Asleep. In advance of the
new album's release, The Skull debuts the new song, "As The Sun Draws
Near", which Wagner says is, "about finally seeing daylight."
Hear "As The Sun Draws Near" at this location (via Metal Injection).
The Skull, which
also features longtime Cathedral drummer Brian Dixon, guitarist Lothar Keller
(Sacred Dawn), and guitarist Rob Wrong (Witch Mountain),
creates classic Sabbathian doom with a psych-tinged metal vision. The respected
group's impending album, The Endless Road Turns Dark, benefits greatly from the
pedigree and experience of the band’s members and pushes authentic, old-school
metal to heavier and more foreboding places, fueled by burly riffing, metallic
groove and a crushing punch.
The Skull has also
released a lyric video for the new album's title track. The song made its world
premiere via Decibel, who exclaim, "Doom devotees will not be
disappointed." Stream "The Endless Road Turns Dark" at this location.
A wicked exercise
in heavy metal majesty, The Endless Road Turns Dark plays like a natural extension
of the musicians exemplary work during their 20-plus years with Trouble and
cements The Skull as modern day doom metal royalty.
Track listing:
3.) Breathing
Underwater
4.) The Longing
5.) From Myself
Depart
7.) All That
Remains (Is True)
8.) Thy Will Be
Done
Pre-order The
Endless Road Turns Dark at this location.
Find The Skull
online at TheSkullUSA.com and follow the band on Facebook.
"These are
dudes who live and breathe rock and roll and the more you invest into their
sound the more you get out of it. The Skull is taking doom metal by storm and
are about to conquer the globe" - METAL INJECTION
"You know
right away these doom metal veterans still mean business...a wicked exercise in
heavy metal majesty." - CHICAGOIST
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