Metal supergroup Category 7 has released its self-titled debut full-length via Metal Blade Records and shared a video for the song “Apple of Discord.”
“More social commentary,” singer John Bush said. “I marvel at how people are willing to make dumb decisions based on others. ‘Apple of Discord’ questions these strange solidarities. Are you really willing to go down with them? The second verse plays on the willingness to go into the Hoosegow as a result of those choices. Hardheadedness and machismo rounds out the chorus lyrics. With, of course, always a sarcastic wink and a smile.”
Category 7 features Bush (Armored Saint, Anthrax), guitarists Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob, Sonic Universe, Noturnall) and Phil Demmel (Machine Head, Kerry King, Vio-Lence), bassist Jack Gibson (Exodus) and drummer Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall, Overkill).
Named after the numerical designation for the most powerful windstorms, Category 7 came together from a batch of musicians who strived to play music they loved and weren’t hearing elsewhere and wanted to do so with bandmates they enjoyed being with.
“It’s all about big verses and big songs, and it has a lot of the elements we’ve explored in our other bands,” said Orlando, the band’s main songwriter.
“The sound of this band really comes down to the odd connection that all of us have,” Bittner said. “We’ve known each other for years as friends and peers. And we’ve all looked up to each other and know that one day we’d have to work together. It’s taken almost two decades for that to happen, but lo-and-behold, once it did there was no stopping us.”
“Category 7” was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Orlando at Sonic Stomp Studios with art and layout by Carlos Fides at Artside Studio (Angra, Evergrey, Kamelot). The record is available here on CD and digital formats, as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
- Storm Surge (US + EU)
- Sable Smoke (EU – Ltd. 300)
“Category 7″ track listing:
1. In Stitches
2. Land I Used to Love
3. Apple of Discord
4. Exhausted
5. Runaway Truck
6. White Flags & Bayonets
7. Mousetrap
8. Waver at the Breaking Point
9. Through Pink Eyes
10. Etter Stormen
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