New England extreme metal powerhouse, Escuela Grind, will release their new LP, Dreams on Algorithms, on 18th October via MNRK Heavy (High on Fire, Slomosa).
Today, the band drop their crushing new track 'Toothless', and its accompanying video, directed by Seby X Martinez for Negative Kitty (Body Count, [adult swim]). The weighty 'Toothless' sees Escuela Grind deliver a crunching Mortician-meets-Celtic Frost cut that is equal parts two-step tumble and weighty wood chop as vocalist Katerina Economou exclaims, "It would feel better to fail than never to be tested".
Stream Escuela Grind's 'Toothless' and pre-order the album here: https://escuelagrind.ffm.to/dreamsonalgorithms
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/PjRwWVs8-Hg
Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity studio with producer Kurt Ballou, and mastered by Nick Townsend (Dr. Dre, Betty Davis) the record is the highly anticipated follow-up to Escuela Grind's celebrated 2022 full-length debut, Memory Theater, a recording hailed as "an opus of extremity" by The New York Times.
Speaking on the album title, Dreams on Algorithms, vocalist Katerina Economou says, "We wanted to write an album that identifies what it’s like to consume in this era we live in: what we receive through our phones, the social media landscape, and personalised algorithms, and how it is translated by our subconscious. I think most people can relate to something in their online sphere infecting their dreams. This transfer was something we really wanted to expand on, and all of the songs have themes relating to dream analysis and technology."
Dreams on Algorithms was launched with the first single 'Turbulence', which showcased clean vocals over an earworm chorus - a first for Escuela Grind - without pulling away from unhinged brutality. Stream the 'Turbulence' video, directed by Michael Jari Davidson (Alice In Chains), at this location.
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Escuela Grind are:
Katerina Economou (vocals)
Jesse Fuentes (drums)
Kris Morash (guitar)
Justin Altamirano (bass)
Dreams on Algorithms track listing:
1.) DOA
2.) Always Watching You (stream VIDEO)
3.) Constant Passenger
4.) Moral Injury
5.) Concept of God
6.) Animus Multiform
7.) Scorpion
8.) Planned Obsolescence
9.) Toothless (stream VIDEO)
10.) Turbulence (stream VIDEO)
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