New album Zero and Below out 4th March via MNRK Heavy
‘Chemical Godz’ video streaming now
New Orleans, Louisiana sludge metal pioneers Crowbar will release their long awaited new full-length, Zero And Below,on 4th March via MNRK Heavy. In celebration, the band have unveiled the record’s artwork, tracklisting, and first single/video, ‘Chemical Godz’, premiered via Revolver.
Watch the video to ‘Chemical Godz’ here: https://youtu.be/EneeLfh7A0Y
Crowbar songs are unapologetic emotional outpourings, with a bare-knuckle resolve alongside its soul-searching vulnerability, reliably delivered with crushing heaviness. Zero And Below, which cements the band’s dense catalogue exactly one dozen studio albums deep, is the most unforgivably doomy Crowbar record since their 1998 landmark effort, Odd Fellows Rest.
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Duane Simoneaux at OCD Recording And Production in Metairie, Louisiana, Zero And Below is reverently old-school, counterbalanced by a resonant melodicism that’s stunningly mature. Songs like ‘Chemical Godz,’ ‘Bleeding From Every Hole,’ and ‘It’s Always Worth The Gain’ demonstrate what Crowbar does better than any other band: powerful, evocative, and crushingly heavy music. Celebrating a recent 30th anniversary, Crowbar is led by one of the most beloved figures in heavy metal, riff overlord Kirk Windstein, whose menacing bellow and smooth drawl put resilient, unrepentant strength behind even the most sombre odes to suffering.
Comments Windstein of first single, ‘Chemical Godz,’ “We are all so excited to release the song and video for ‘Chemical Godz!’ It’s been nearly two years since the album was completed. It was such a sad time for so many people going through the Covid-19 epidemic and we felt it wasn’t a good time to release any new material. Get ready because the heavy is coming! We hope y’all enjoy the song and video. Stay safe out there!”
Adds Revolver, “With a galloping groove and raspy howls from Windstein, ‘Chemical Godz’ resides on the heavier and more upbeat side of Crowbar‘s mucky sound, but lyrically, this is some bleak stuff…”
Zero And Below will be available on CD, LP, cassette, and digitally. Pre-order here: https://crowbar-zeroandbelow.com
In conjunction with the release of Zero And Below, Crowbar will join Sepultura and Sacred Reich for the North America Cuadra Tour 2022. Initially scheduled as a 2020 run, the journey kicks off 4th March and runs through April 9th. Additional support will be provided by Art Of Shock.
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Zero And Below tracklisting:
1. The Fear That Binds You
2. Her Evil Is Sacred
3. Confess To Nothing
4. Chemical Godz
5. Denial Of The Truth
6. Bleeding From Every Hole
7. It’s Always Worth The Gain
8. Crush Negativity
9. Reanimating A Lie
10. Zero And Below
More info on Crowbar:
The moment you hear it, you know it’s Crowbar. Praised by Pitchfork, VICE, and Metal Hammer. Twice immortalised by MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head. The group is worshipped by the heartbroken and downtrodden – those who exorcise their demons in smoke-covered riffs of mournful devastation. A genuine band’s band, with a wide-ranging influence across multiple genres, Crowbar “helped draw up the sludge metal blueprints” (Kerrang!). Celebrating a recent 30th anniversary, Crowbar is led by one of the most beloved figures in heavy metal, riff overlord Kirk Windstein. His menacing bellow and smooth drawl put resilient, unrepentant strength behind even the most somber odes to suffering.
Crowbar songs are unapologetic emotional outpourings, with a bare-knuckle resolve alongside its soul-searching vulnerability, reliably delivered with crushing heaviness. Zero and Below, which cements the band’s dense catalogue as exactly one dozen studio albums deep, is the most unforgivably doomy Crowbar record since their landmark 1998 effort, Odd Fellows Rest. Zero and Below is reverently old-school, counterbalanced by a resonant melodicism that’s stunningly mature. Songs like ‘Chemical Gods,’ ‘Bleeding from Every Hole,’ and ‘It’s Always Worth the Gain’ demonstrate what Crowbar does better than any other band: powerful, evocative, and crushingly heavy music.
Gargantuan-sounding career-resurgence slabs Sever the Wicked Hand (2011), Symmetry in Black (2014), and The Serpent Only Lies (2016) sits mightily alongside Crowbar classics like Time Heals Nothing (1995), comprising a robust catalogue worthy of examination, dedication, and repeat listens. Songs like ‘Planets Collide,’ ‘Existence is Punishment,’ and ‘All I Had (I Gave)’ are anthems as demonstrative of the sludge sound as early songs by Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth represent thrash.
Sever the Wicked Hand introduced guitarist Matt Brunson and drummer Tommy Buckley to the Crowbar faithful. Symmetry in Black began a partnership with producer Duane Simoneaux. Rolling Stone named it one of the 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014; Pitchfork praised it as well. Exclaim! honoured The Serpent Only Lies as “another worthy album to add to Crowbar’s influential and highly revered catalogue. Rounded out by bassist Shane Wesley, Crowbar and Simoneaux work their magic repeatedly on Zero and Below. As Metal Hammer astutely observed, Crowbar “exists in a genre of one.”
