The first single of the US-Metal Band NECRYTIS - 'Starshine' was released on Soundcloud. The release date of the new album 'Dread En Ruin' on CD is June 29th, 2018. The pre-order phase will start on June 15th, 2018 in Pure Steel Webshop.
With 'Countersighns', NECRYTIS by former Onward main man Toby Knapp already had a deal with Pure Steel Publishing. Now, not even one year later, the second output 'Dread En Ruin' is already finished and Necrytis join the main roster of talent on Pure Steel Records!
With the new album fans of traditional, straight 80s US/Power Metal with a slight melodic edge will be blown away again. The influence of Onward can be heard everywhere, although Toby provides his work here with an even more progressive and playful mark.
Drummer, vocalist, lyricist Shane Wacaster and Knapp have created an album that not only salutes the obvious influences of Fates Warning and Queensryche but gives a nod towards early NWOBHM era Def Leppard and even vintage Jethro Tull!
Coverartwort:
JP Fournier - www.jp-fournier.com
TRACKLIST:
1. Starshine
2. Necrytis
3. Blood In The Well
4. Call Us Insanity
5. Odyssey Divine
6. Heresiarch Profane
Total Playing Time: 49:36 min
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LINEUP
Toby Knapp – lead-, rhythm guitars, bass
Shane Wacaster – vocals, drums
Special guest
Arenas Watches – piano, organ
BIOGRAPHY
The brainchild of drummer and lyrical visionary Shane Wacaster, Necrytis is the metallic result of both careful preparation and synchronicity.
Wacaster had recently finished work on the second album from his critically acclaimed band Sue's Idol in 2016 when new ideas for something even better began to take root. Left on his own and without collaborative partners, Shane started rapidly receiving lyrics, drum beats and vocal melodies almost as if he was taking dictation from another realm. With no band in place he fiercely documented and recorded all the musical information he seemed to be ‘receiving’ and when a full album's worth of material presented itself intact, almost by otherworldly guidance, Wacaster began the search for musicians to help him realize his vision.
Enter bassist Mark Sobus, who worked with Wacaster's drum beats and vocal melodies. Sobus pinpointed the proper keys Wacaster was singing in to find his driving root note oriented bass riffs and he locked in tightly with the bombastic drum tracks that were provided him. Now a carefully prepared template and foundation of what would be Necrytis's debut album "COUNTERSIGhNS" was in place. Soaring vocal melodies, intelligent lyrics, pounding basslines and a double bass drum onslaught now awaited the addition of a guitarist. The two members initially had a guitarist in the fold but things did not go as planned and for a brief moment the future of this masterful vision was in question.
Enter Shane Wacaster's high school heavy-metal bandmate from 1987, founder of the legendary band Onward, guitarist Toby Knapp. Wacaster had heard through a mutual friend that Knapp wouldn't be available because of a grueling year of recording three albums back to back. Indeed, when Knapp was presented with the idea of adding a fourth album to his year he was reportedly “concerned" he wouldn't have any inspiration nor anything left to contribute. Plus, how could an album be written and recorded in reverse by traditional standards? Drums first, then vocals, followed by bass and finally guitar? Very unorthodox to say the least.
The muse that guides the hands of musicians sealed their fate when Knapp heard the foundation Wacaster and Sobus had recorded. Knapp immediately went to work with no hesitation and completed all guitar tracks from scratch using cues from drums, basslines and vocal melodies to help him breathe fiery guitar riffing into the music- which pleasantly recalled Onward's debut album "Evermoving". Notably, this is the first album Knapp has recorded with an actual human drummer since Onward's "Reawaken". Who better than the musician he started with in a garage thirty years ago? Synchronicity continued to guide the album into the hands of one of Germany's leading Heavy Metal labels: Pure Steel Records.
Very special finishing touches were added to sound and packaging via the incredible mastering of Jens Bogren who has worked with what amounts to a "who's who" of the greatest metal bands in the industry and the breathtaking art and graphics of the legendary JP Fournier.
If Necrytis's "COUNTERSIGhNS" is a ‘sign’ of things to come, we are in for a long and exciting journey with Power Metal's newest and most electrifying power trio!
DISCOGRAPHY
Countersighns - 2017
Dread En Ruin - 2018