Ghost Cult is currently streaming Grave Miscalculation, the impending new full-length from San Francisco Bay Area instrumental progressive metal duo FOUGHT UPON EARTH in its consuming entirety. The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s official release.
A sonically captivating, nine-track endeavor, Grave Miscalculation was produced by the band with Juan Urteaga (Cattle Decapitation, Secrets Of The Sky, Exhumed), mixed by Urteaga, and includes a rendition of “Old Coat,” by Peter, Paul, And Mary.
Ghost Cult hails their “fun, headbanging, chops-driven style,” adding, “this band will have you fired up for your drive to the big show or hanging out with friends, crushing brews at a party! Jam this album out right now!”
Stream FOUGHT UPON EARTH’s Grave Miscalculation at THIS LOCATION.
Grave Miscalculation will be self-released digitally October 4th. For preorders visit the official Bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION.
FOUGHT UPON EARTH was forged in 2013 by guitarist/bassist Mark Lamb and drummer Lance Lea, shortly after former band Scorched-Earth Policy went on indefinite hiatus. Between their respective touring and recording schedules with Acid King (Lamb) and Secrets Of The Sky (Lea), the pair sought to collaborate once again, sifting through their extensive back catalog of unused riffs and ideas to create some vicious instrumental metal jams. FOUGHT UPON EARTH’s self-titled debut was released in 2015. The ensuing DIY promo campaign garnered a smattering of impressive reviews and spins on college radio and select podcasts. Soon after, Lamb started assembling ideas for what would become Grave Miscalculation. He left Acid King at the beginning of 2017 to focus on FOUGHT UPON EARTH and other personal endeavors. Lea took a brief respite from drumming after Secrets Of The Sky dissolved in 2016.
By mid-2017, the two were reinvigorated and ready to jam. Together they dove headlong into the ideas Lamb had been cataloging. Recording for the album commenced at the beginning of 2018 with longtime friend, collaborator and celebrated producer, Juan Urteaga. It was evident from the start that Grave Miscalculation was destined to be a grander, more robust version of the FOUGHT UPON EARTH sound — a blend of thrash, progressive, doom, and traditional metal, tempered with a love of film scores and classic rock. Moreover, this is music made from the purest possible motivation – two artists creating what they want to hear, completely unconcerned with where it may fall within the current landscape. Last but not least, former Scorched-Earth Policy cohort Terry Goss rips a few guest guitar solos and Steven Fisher’s fittingly sinister cover art provides the finishing touch for this forty-two-minute audio journey.
“Grave Miscalculation… takes the sonic aesthetics of traditional heavy metal and stoner metal and lays them into the framework of instrumental progressive rock. [Guitarist/keyboardist Mark] Lamb and [drummer Lance] Lea clearly know their way around their instruments, but they aren’t assholes about it, instead channeling their love of Priest and Kyuss into expansive song arrangements that are impressively orchestrated and catchy. The results are the tunes on their new album, which you are 100% guaranteed to dig.” — MetalSucks
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