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MP3 Mind Gravel - Temple Of Supremacy
14 MP3 Songs in this album (58:08) !
Related styles: METAL/PUNK: Heavy Metal, METAL/PUNK: Thrash/Speed Metal
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Lying dormant for over five years, the band returns with a collection of 14 songs. "Temple Of Supremacy", predominately metal, travels thru speedy thrash ("Constitutional Killing Machine" "Amen") to Grandma-punchin'' stomp ("Eater of Worlds" "Cynic"), add some death, some solid rock and a bit of epic-nicity ("Temple of Supremacy" "Stuck") the record glides through sub-genres of metal, like a fat kid''s spoon through chocolate pudding. Singer/guitarist Jake Perry uses many different voices to state his point of view in an odd mouthful-of-words meter. Along with the beefy riffage, the band features fleet-footed drummer Scott Daimler, and Joe Scott who provides the thick subsonic glue that ties it all together. Mind Gravel ceased being a working band a few years ago without ever recording a good version of their catalog... until now. Older, wiser, and much more angry, the trio entered Static Production''s to work with engineer/producer Peter LaGrasse.
"Temple Of Supremacy" is a sprawling landscape scorched by the flames of a bitter man, an outsider, uncomfortable in his surroundings. Give it a listen, you may like it. They don''t care.
- Extended Biography
In mere months prior to the passing of the century, a cold and dark force was beginning to take shape in the East. Forging the fears in the death of love yet attained, and the frustrations of a beaten man who forgot what it ment to be free. A powerful shadow started clouding the minds of all who happened to be within earshot. Umm, I mean two dudes wanted to jam some metal. (I gotta put down this bong and these Black Sabbath albums...)
Anyhoo, the scoop is this: Jake Perry had been composing thrash songs, in the unbelievably tedious method of recording himself playing all of the instruments back in the analog age. Hindered by the limitations of his process, he attempted to put together a band of bona fide human beings. Never being part of any scene, he asked the only drummer he knew, Scott Daimler, who worked at the local guitar shop Jake frequented. Bonded by their collective appreciations in all things Pantera, Machine Head, Sepultura and Slayer. Scott''s love of prog rock helped Jake take his tunes to places he never thought possible. The two enlisted help from fellow guitarist Joel Moros, lead yeller Rick Crocker, and about 666 different bass players. After a year of tightening and honing their craft, they played a biker party in the woods of Connecticut. In an odd twist of fate, the bill included Train of Thought and Liquid Destruction, (Jake now plays in the former with the bassist in the latter) and a blues band. The blues band featured a man on the bass by the name of Joe Scott, who ten days later would be trying out for permanent Mind Gravel bass role. Not knowing what to expect from someone who played slow blues, Joe easily earned his spot by learning the songs quickly and with a sound that would make Cliff Burton proud.
The boys only played with this line up for a few short months before Joel left the band to attend school in the Sunshine State. Opting not to replace him, but to leave the sonic vacancy for Joe to utilize, Mind Gravel honed itself into an angry machine with a flagrant disregard for what is, what was, and what it should be. Drunk and rowdy antics followed them across New England, after the release of their home-recorded 4 song EP, "So Damn Demo". Infamous for debacles such as, the Waterford Speedbowl cutting the power during the band''s last song because of the "aggressive nature" of the fans, the "mistaken acquisition" of the club''s stage monitors after a bad show, or "Dirtnap"-ing every single poster at a radio station, they have yet to play more than 4 songs at a house party. But like any good bender, it tends to grow old after the 2nd or 3rd year. A rushed release of a new demo titled "Middle Fingers and Beer" and a string of less-than-spectacular gigs brought the band to a crossroad. After a short hiatus, the band decided to move on without Rick.
Being the primary lyricist, Jake had no problem moving over to vocal duty, but held reservations about also being the sole guitar player. Nevertheless, the band played a single show as a three-piece, a wedding, of all things, before looking for another guitar player. They turned to their friend Matt Sinner, not only to back up Jake, but to crank up the lead guitar to new levels. Though keeping Mind Gravel''s catalog intact, they briefly changed their name to Cynic, to revitalize themselves and to avoid previously burned bridges. They managed to work up a decent head of steam in a few short months. But in the spring of 2003, the band finally had to throw in the towel. The Station fire in Rhode Island, the smoking ban in Connecticut, and a few stork sightings, made it tough on any band, especially one in a rebuilding stage, to persevere. Mind Gravel/Cynic amicably parted ways, and pursued other projects and interests.
Five years later, after meeting and working with Peter LaGrasse of Static Productions, in Train of Thought, Jake decided to give the Mind Gravel songs the professional recording treatment. With Scott and Joe aboard, the three went into the studio in the summer of ''08, to make a record, mostly for themselves. Having a top-notch engineer tweaking knobs, what started as a "just-for-us" idea, has turned into a 14-song beast of monolithic proportions called "Temple Of Supremacy". Realizing the potential of this new release, they decided to unleash it to the public, at first digitally, then opted to make a small run of CDs. What awaits Mind Gravel in the future, no one knows for certain. An antholgy-type album is as much a final stamp, as it is a new chapter......
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