A WILHELM SCREAM "Cheap Heat" CD
Record Label - Creator Destructor
New Bedford, Massachusetts’ trailblazers in A WILHELM SCREAM are back with their sixth full-length studio LP, “Cheap Heat”, out February 27th via Creator-Destructor Records.
Just over three years after their last LP, “Lose Your Delusion” (2022), the band have come out the gate swingin’ harder than ever with ten tracks of adrenaline fueled melodic hardcore / punk rock. Combining the dark nihilistic mood of the band’s classic 2005 album “Ruiner” with the technicality, ferocity, and sharp precision of 2007’s monumental “Career Suicide”, the new full-length record is a unique hybrid of the darker, more aggressive elements of the band’s sound. Vocalist Nuno Pereira states “This record, and the process of recording it, are both a testament to and a celebration of the firepower and dedication our band has for our music. It has vitriolic energy behind every vocal,soaring guitars relentlessly shredding, and that sinister tongue in cheek shit we specialize in. This will go down as our best work to date. Guaranteed.“
Never bowing to trends, riding anyone’s waves, never breaking up and getting back together again, the New Bedford five piece are back with an absolute ass-kicker of a new album to bask in their glory of 25+ years holding it down on their own terms. There’s no one quite like A Wilhelm Scream - An amalgamation of punk rock, metal, and hardcore, the band has always been an island of their own, since forever. The underdogs that can’t be killed. Unapologetic in their delivery, “Cheap Heat” reminds the music world that no one does it like the boys from New Beige.
“Cheap Heat” was produced and mixed by the band’s own guitarist/vocalist Trevor Reilly at Anchor End Studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with mastering handled by his father Joe Reilly at Black & Blue Mastering. The new album also marks the first for the band’s newest member, Ben Murray (Light This City, Heartsounds, Darkness Everywhere) on second guitar.
The album artwork (by Tyler DiPaola) paints a scene of a protagonist in the band’s version of a cinematic thriller, up against the odds of the world, seeking vengeance and what’s theirs, destroying anyone in their path who have done them wrong. Thematically, “Cheap Heat” (in wrestling terms referring to a villain (heel) getting a quick, easy negative reaction from the crowd) takes a storyteller approach in its ten tracks. Guitarist/vocalist Trevor Reilly explains, “Our last album was more personal and earnestly poetic in our way, so the only place to go next lyrically was back down in the gutter where we thrive. We embraced our dark side on this one. Dove into sociopathy, personality disorders, concepts of evil, nature vs nurture and came out of this process with some savage stories told from our signature perspective of the sore winner that refuses to lose. There’s no good guys here.”
Throughout the ten crushing tracks that make up “Cheap Heat”, the vibe is abundantly clear - Non-stop riffs, soaring hooks, an unrelenting and incomparable rhythm section, and more piss and vinegar than ever before. Taking dominance over the West Coast style of melodic punk music that originally shaped the band’s sound, A Wilhelm Scream inject their cold-as-ice New England approach in their lyrical content and musical compositions. As some of the last real ones from that era left with the fire still burning inside them, A Wilhelm Scream aren’t stopping anytime soon. “Cheap Heat” is a testament to the venom and spirit of the band - Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, the new album doesn’t overstay its welcome. A straight to the point street delivery of moody existentialism, like the band has always done.
“We gave out all our flowers and gratitude that we got left in this world on our last two records and it’s time to TURN HEEL for the good of the game.”
Tracklist:
01. Somebody’s Gonna Die
02. The Scumbag Grift
03. Midnight Ghost
04. I Got Tunnel Vision
05. Let It Ride
06. Fell Off
07. Run.
08. Visitor: Unimpressed
09. Unsolving the Mystery
10. Poison II
Pressing Information:
500 - Rain
500 - Fire
500 - Blood
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