EPK – Reality Grey – Beneath This Crown (2021)
Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Management and Booking: Extreme Management Group, Inc. emg.scotteames[@]gmail[.]com, EMG.MarkKloeppel[@]gmail[.]com
For fans of Soilwork, As I Lay Dying, Scar Symmetry, Lamb of God, Unearth
“Beneath This Crown is in our opinion the most innovative and modern record we ever made. The creative process for each track has been very meticulous and nothing has been left to chances. It blends the melodic and experimental part of Reality Grey with the most brutal and aggressive side of the band.” – Reality Grey
Album Title: Beneath This Crown
Release Date: May 7th, 2021
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Blood Blast powered by Nuclear Blast
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“Reality Grey give off a viciousness and expertise hard to find in other bands. The instrumental expertise of each component is absolute, slighting touching tech-death side of acts like The Faceless but remaining ‘catchy’ in their complexity” – Metal Hammer
“It’s complete and total aural devastation with some seriously chunky moments, so it lives right up to what you’d expect a song called “The Void” to do.” – Metal Injection
“Reality Grey will serve the world of metal excellently both as an all round, no nonsense, metal act and as a brigde band for younger fans of heavy music” – Metalunderground.at
Album Title: Beneath This Crown
Release Date: May 7th, 2021
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Blood Blast powered by Nuclear Blast
Track Listing:
1. Legion (Intro) (1:51)
2. Fade In Fear (4:44)
3. Kings Of Nothing (5:18)
4. Preachers Of Hatred (4:05)
5. Daybreakers (5:37)
6. Powerblast (4:09)
7. Multidimensional Hollow (4:16)
8. The Fury (4:01)
9. Dreaming (Feat. Milly Florio from End Of Skyline) (5:13)
10. Reascent (4:01)
11. Beneath This Crown (5:28)
12. Indelible Stains (3:39)
13. The Void (4:34)
Album Length: 57:03
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Reality Grey
• All songs written by: Reality Grey
• Produced by: Reality Grey and Simone Pietroforte at Divergent Studios
• Mixed by: Simone Pietroforte at Divergent Studios
• Mastered by: Simone Pietroforte at Divergent Studios
• Album Artwork by: Anto Addabbo
Album and Live Band Line Up:
Tommy Montenegro – Vocals
Anto Addabbo – Guitars/Clean Vocals
Alberto Pinto – Guitars
Alex Giustino – Bass
Francesco Inchingolo – Drums
Track by Track Explained:
1 – Legion: An orchestral intro with some Orwellian-like speech
2 – Fade In Fear: Fast, razorsharp riffs with a melodic chorus and light-speed guitar solos. Groovy.
3 – Kings Of Nothing: A groovy and brutal intro with crazy riffs, gives way to a “spacey” interlude with a fusion guitar solo.
4 – Preachers Of Hatred: The most brutal song of the album. Slayerish intro gives way to a groovy and jazzy pre-chorus. Insane drumming and a very heavy finale.
5 – Daybreakers: Progressive riffing in the intro, the double bass goes in unison with the guitars, vocals a-la Meshuggah, super spacey chorus with clean vocals. A nice progressive bridge takes the song to a very melodic fusion guitar solo.
6 – Powerblast: Very groovy song, guitars and drums are a monolithic wall of sound. Evil riffs in the final part. Brutal.
7 – Multidimensional Hollow: The most progressive song on the album. Very melodic and complex with light fast guitar solos and an epic finale.
8 – The Fury: Groovy and fast. It starts with a riff a la Breaking Benjamin that results in a old school hardcore chorus.
9 – Dreaming (Feat. Milly Florio of End Of Skyline): Intro Pantera style, the verse, and the chorus are completed with the amazing voice of Milly Florio from the band End Of Skyline that perfectly matches the brutality of Tommy’s voice. The dreamy final part will urge you to listen to the song again. A very experimental tune.
10 – Reascent: Progressive riffing in the intro gives way to an HC verse and chorus. Very evil bridge before the guitar solo.
11 – Beneath This Crown: The title track has different feels, super thrashy at the beginning, doomy special and crazy guitar solos.
12 – Indelible Stains: Super heavy intro guitars and drums makes a wall of sound. The lyrics on the song are some of our favourite ever.
13 – The Void: This song has a metalcore feel, clean vocals chorus and huge breakdowns.
L-R – Alex Giustino (Bass), Alberto Pinto (Guitars), Tommaso Montenegro (Vocals), Anto Addabbo (Guitars/Clean Vocals), Francesco Inchingolo (Drums)
Hailing from South Italy, Reality Grey stands tall in the Italian metal scene. Formed in 2004, Reality Grey began their quest to redefine melodic death metal. As a tight-knit 5 piece band, Reality Grey incorporates a modern hybrid of extreme music: melody, brutality; blending complex, yet catchy songwriting. Fearsome death growls & clean vocals give way to razor-sharp guitar riffs and fusion-oriented solos, Reality Grey set out to create something all their own.
With the release of the debut full-length album “Darkest Days Are Yet To Come” in 2006, in the heat of the melodic death metal revolution, Reality Grey managed to secure their first record deal with Razar Ice Records USA. Songs like “Reality Grey” and “Never again” racked up hundreds of thousands plays on the old MySpace allowing the band to tour, gaining popularity well beyond the Italian borders. Following up with EP “Day Zero”, Reality Grey began to push their own boundaries. Ferocious, yet melodic, with no-hold-barred songwriting attitude. Songs like “Day Zero” and “Slavery” emerged the band’s experimental side, synths, melancolic pianos and acoustic guitars; perfectly fused with an intoxicating sonic aggression.
After years of non-stop touring alongside bands like Deicide, Unearth, Municipal Waste, Sadist, Malevolent Creation and more, the critically acclaimed “Define Redemption” is released by Bakerteam/Scarlet Records; sending the band on their first headline tour in Japan. Reality Grey, now having been featured on worldwide publications Metal Injection, Metal Hammer UK, Metal Temple, and Metal.de, released 2018’s “The Void”. Reviewed as “a complete and total aural devastation…” that “will blow your speaker out” by Metal Injection.
Reality Grey has completed work on their upcoming full-length due out May 7th 2021 (Blood Blast distribution powered by Nuclear Blast). Looking ahead with tours and festival appearances on their sights, Reality Grey will continue to push ambitiously, earning their place among the pantheon of heavy music.
Now, having inked a worldwide deal with Extreme Management Group (EMG), the band says “We’re thrilled to announce that we have started working with Extreme Management Group! Definitely the right place for us. Big news is coming very soon. Stay tuned!” EMG said, “We are excited to be working with Reality Grey. They have some really fantastic music. We expect big things to come from this partnership.”
Artist Endorsements: Jackson Guitars/Fender, EMG Pickups, Mooer Audio, Enki Cases.
Shared Stage with: Deicide, Malevolent Creation, Unearth, Sick Of It All, Municipal Waste, Hatesphere, Rotting Christ, Destrage, Necrodeath, Hideous Divinity, Novembre
Discography:
2021 – Beneath This Crown LP (Self-Release/Distro Blood Blast – Nuclear Blast)
2014 – Define Redemption LP (Bakerteam/Scarlet Records)
2008 – Day Zero EP (Razar Ice Records)
2006 – Darkest Days Are Yet To Come LP (Razar Ice Records)
2004 – Reborn In Apathy Demo
Tours and Festivals:
2018 – Rock Metal Fest – Taranto, Italy
2018 – Breaking Sound Metal Fest – Brindisi, Italy
2018 – Undergrind Metal Meating II, Italy
2016 – RockCult Fest, Italy
2015 – Raw&Wild Rock Fest – Bari, Italy
2014 – “Redemption over Japan” – Headliner Japan Tour
2012 – Municipal Waste Italian tour, Italy
2012 – “Enslaving The Masses” Headliner Italian Tour
2012 – The Bad Side Festival, Gallipoli, Italy
2012 – European Headliner Tour, Fr/De/B/Holland
2012 – Apulia Metal Fest, Bari, Italy
2008 – Deicide Italian Tour, support band, Italy
2008 – Hatesphere Italian tour, support band, Italy
2008 – Total Metal Fest, Italy
2006 – Total Metal Fest, Italy
