New Southern
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| Anti-Mortem studio album | |
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Publication |
April 15, 2014 |
| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
46 min 35 s |
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Bob Marlette |
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New Southern is the first studio album by the American southern rock / heavy metal band Anti-Mortem . It was released on April 25, 2014 via Nuclear Blast .
Emergence
Was produced New Southern by Bob Marlette, who previously with bands like Black Stone Cherry or Shinedown has worked. Marlette had already recorded several demos with the band and took care of the mixing and mastering after the recording . The album cover was created by Brent Elliot White. As a bonus, the album includes the song A Little Too Lose . This is a cover version of a Mr. Big song. For the songs Stagnant Water and 100% Pure American Rage were music videos rotated.
Track list
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According to singer Larando Romo, the album title New Southern describes the lifestyle and mindset of the band.
"It's the same attitude, the same anger and the same determination of the rebels who lived before us and who stood up for justice against all odds."
As examples of these rebels, Romo named personalities such as John F. Kennedy , Mahatma Gandhi and John Lennon .
In Words of Wisdom it comes to authorities to question. As an example, Romo cited people who tell other people how to live their lives. Path to Pain criticizes people who interfere in the concerns of others. Wake Up deals with governments that close the doors for certain social classes. According to Zain Smith, 100% Pure American Rage is a political song that is about changing circumstances and rebelling against things that are wrong. Black Heartbeat is about relationships between two people.
The front of the album cover shows two soldiers from the American Civil War . Death comes ridden from behind on a horse . Larado Romo stated in an interview that both soldiers are afraid of death and will find it because they have brought their own situation to themselves.
reception
Reinhold Reither from the Austrian online magazine Stormbringer praised the band for the "wonderful balance of really tough metal tunes and the melodies that are close to the limit of addiction", which "provide a number of exciting and highly entertaining revolutions" and awarded four out of five points. For Michael Siegl from the online magazine Metalnews.de Anti-Mortem have delivered an impressive debut album and highlighted the cool guitar work and the singer's dynamic, snotty organ, which gives the band that certain something. He rated the album 5.5 out of seven. Matthias Weckmann from the German magazine Metal Hammer wrote that "there are many moments when you stand with your legs apart in front of the speakers and re- tune the riffs on the air guitar", but missed "the brilliant ideas in the chorus " and therefore awarded four out of seven points.
In the United States, the album sold approximately 1,400 times in the first week after its release. The album was nominated for Best Debut Album at the Metal Hammer Awards 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Greg Maki: INTERVIEW: Larado Romo of Anti-Mortem. Live Metal, accessed April 15, 2014 .
- ^ New Southern. Nuclear Blast , accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Markus Endres: Interview with Zain Smith on "New Southern". (No longer available online.) Metal.de, archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; accessed on May 2, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Reinhold Reither: Anti-Mortem - New Southern. Stormbringer.at, accessed on April 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Michael Siegl: Anti-Mortem - New Southern. (No longer available online.) Metalnews.de, archived from the original on April 24, 2014 ; Retrieved April 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Matthias Weckmann: Anti-Mortem - New Southern . In: Metal Hammer , May 2014, page 80
Web links
- New Southern at Allmusic (English)