Slagduster – Deadweight (2017)
Release Date: May 5, 2017
LABEL: Waterlow Audio Records
For fans of Gojira, Sikth, Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me
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““Mother’s Milk” really is a head-spinner — a lurching, twisted, off-kilter, and thoroughly riveting display of vocal viciousness and instrumental pyrotechnics.” – No Clean Singing
“Slagduster deliver grooved rhythms, technical riffing, odd time signatures and pummeling vocals on new single “Peeping Ron”” – The Sludgelord
“an album packed with chaos and brutal disorder that is worthy of any mosh-pit.” – 925 Rebellion
“9 songs long, it doesn’t have time to get old or run out of imagination, something it has plenty of! Ending on the best song of the album, Untouchable. The ingredients combining here to give an exciting plate of metal that ensures you’re not going to be forgetting about Deadweight anytime soon.” – Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
“The entire album is a solid piece of work from its instrumentals to its lyricism. ” – Canadian Beats
“…their technical metal, with a lot of a-rhythmic patterns and mega-intensive guitar work, is very hard to find…an open, complex and adventurous album and is definitely a recommendation.” – Lords of Metal
“Slagduster are a sincerely unique proposition and these guys are anything but a deadweight, unshackled by the genre tropes that drag many a good band down and flying free in the process” – Worship Metal
“witness their antics and groove metal.” – Beatroute (Live review Armstrong Metalfest 2016)
“this is one seriously cool album — a collection of inventive, head-spinning songs played by four extremely talented musicians.” – No Clean Singing (review of 2010’s Nature. Humanity. Machine.)
“Although Slagduster’s music thrives on instrumental variation on themes within each song, with dynamic tempos and even occasional changes in time signature, the songs remain anchored to driving rhythms that organize the jumping, darting complexity of the music.”- No Clean Singing (review of 2010’s Nature. Humanity. Machine.)
“This release is oddly appealing, intriguing, a little different and undeniably catchy.
Step outside your comfort zone and give this diverse chunk of metal a spin you may well be surprised as was I. Definite groove, unpredictable melodies all in a style that’s wholly enjoyable.” – Thy Demons Be Scribblin (review of 2010’s Nature. Humanity. Machine.)
“guitarists Alex Huber and Shane Sherman seem to be a bottomless treasure trove of the melodies you wish you could write, and team up like the best guitarist pairs in metal history.” – The NewReview (review of 2010’s Nature. Humanity. Machine.)
Track Listing:
1.Soldiers Of Meth (4:52)
2. Peeping Ron (3:43)
3. Profane Puppet (4:25)
4. Mother’s Milk (4:46)
5. Mushroom Stomp (4:34)
6. On All Fours (4:57)
7. Cheer Up Clown (4:40)
8. Ivory Into Coal (4:58)
9. Untouchable (4:37)
Album Length: 41:36
Album Credits:
• Release Date: May 5, 2017
• LABEL: Waterlow Audio Records
• All songs performed by: Slagduster
• All songs written by: Slagduster
• Produced by: Slagduster
• Mixed by: Zak Waterlow
• Mastered by: Zak Waterlow
• CD Cover, Album Artwork by Mia Dungeon
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)
• Album Band & Live Line Up:
Shane Sherman – Vocals
Guitar, Alex Huber – Lead Guitar
Zak Waterlow – Bass
Joe Northcott – Drums
Discography:
2017 – Deadweight – LP
2010 – Nature. Humanity. Machine. – LP
Shared stage with:
Napalm Death, 3 Inches Of Blood, Soulfly, Anciients, Origin, Beyond Creation, King Parrot, Xul, Galgamex, Unleash the Archers, TheKillingField, Expain, Harvest The Infection, Auroch, Witch Of The Waste, Reaver, Illusive Mind Gypsy Crew, Datura, Hallows Die, Invasives, Blackest Sin, Over The Coals, The Order Of Chaos, Dead Asylum, Bushwhacker, Tribune, Odinfist.
Tours and Festivals:
2016 / 14/13/12 – Armstrong Metal Fest (Armstrong, BC)
2015 – Loud As Hell Metal Fest (Drumheller, AB)
2013 – Calgary Metal Fest
2015 – Out Of The Pool And Into The Van Tour
2013 – Galgamex’s Final Tour
2012 – Aquatic Centre Hygiene Tour
Sponsors / Artist Endorsements:
Joe Northcott is endorsed by Spaun Drum Co., and Soultone Cymbals
L-R – Zak Waterlow – Bass, Shane Sherman – Guitar/vocals, Joe Northcott – Drums, Alex Huber – Guitar – Photo Credit: Dayne Waterlow
Hailing from Grand Forks, B.C, named after, as vocalist Shane Sherman explains, “a slang term local to our area for a piece of machinery that was used in the mines over a hundred years ago.” Isolation has most certainly bred inspiration in the shape of Slagduster. “We are the only four musicians in our small town driven to form a progressive metal band.”
Inspired by such giants as Goijira. Sikth, Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me, Shane describes Slagduster’s sound as “progressive, groovy, creative, unique, heavy.”
Shane feels their new album ‘Deadweight’ will be well received by fans. “Naturally our sound has come a long way since our debut release in 2010. The music is more complex, and much more developed, still heavy, but even more groove based. Listeners can expect to be challenged by focusing on the compositions, or lost in the musical landscape.”
Like the ancient machine they are named after, Slagduster work hard to draw art from base material, Shane describes their writing process as: “Meticulous. Lengthy. Not always pleasant, but we’ve learned to keep productive through compromise. We all appreciate the results of our hard work….All nine of these tracks have been very slowly and carefully crafted. No songs were scrapped, but all were completely revamped continuously for years. We put way more effort into collaborative songwriting, which has significantly advanced our original sound. Each track contains a variety of things, ranging from rippin’ riffs and tremolo melodies to soft transitional parts and psychedelic interludes on top of constant heaviness and groove.”
Of course, these songs are transformed in Slagduster’s live show, which Shane describes as “high energy, bordering on ridiculous, with offensive banter and annoying antics from an attention hungry frontman. Well executed yet fun and light-hearted performances perfected over years of touring.”
‘Deadweight’ is due out on May 5, 2017 and will be available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Spotfiy and all major online retailers.
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