NEW ALBUM 'DEATH RATTLE’ RELEASED 31ST MARCH 2023 (APF RECORDS)
Desert Storm
is a four-piece progressive metal band, which has been wielding crushing riffs
and grooves into earholes around the world for the past 15 years.
Hailing from
Oxford, the city of screaming spires, Desert Storm deliver their own unique
brand of heavy music. Their sound is loud, punishing and unforgiving, but also
woven with elation and electrical ecstasy.
With their
new album 'Death Rattle’ set for release worldwide on 31st March via APF
Records (Video Nasties, Possessor, Battalions), the band have shared new single
‘Bad Trip’.
Vocalist
Matt Ryan comments,
"What
happened quite naturally during the writing process for Bad Trip, was something
just clicked. The thoughts and emotions associated just felt so familiar. It
was an obvious choice at the time. This is a Eulogy about a great man who the
band knew fondly. March 2023 marks the tenth year of his premature passing, and
so it felt fitting to pay tribute by releasing Death Rattle this month. He was
a thinker, was studying philosophy and was a self-professed psychonaut. He
joined us on tour in our formulative years and we loved having him on the road.
We
admired him and cared a lot about him, has been in our thoughts and our liner
notes, but it is high time we immortalised him through song. As we get older,
we think about our life experiences as well as his own that he is missing out
on. Not able to join us in the journey through life, to see us wed, with
families, large milestones and celebrations. He is sorely missed. The title
itself refers to a particularly hairy moment in his history where we learned
that the intensity of blotter acid is far easier to regulate than that of
concentrated liquid acid. It was understood that a single droplet would be
sufficient for an intense hallucinogenic experience, however, to mark the final
trip of the bottle, somebody decided to lick the glass pipette.”
Watch the video now:
The album
was recorded & mixed at the beautiful Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire by
Steve 'Geezer' Watkins. The studio used to be owned by legendary folk band
Fairport Convention, and in recent years has seen the likes of Tony Iommi &
Rob Halford recording there.
Once the
album was recorded and mixed, it was sent to Portland, Oregon, USA for Brad
Boatright at Audiosiege to master (Torche, Nails, High on Fire). The artwork is
by David Paul Seymour & layout by Dominic Sohor.
In some
towns you have a music scene to work with and in others, you have to make the
scene around you. Desert Storm built the Oxford scene themselves. Launched into
the world in 2007, Desert Storm’s mix of progressive metal and stoner doom was
underpinned with a driving, pure rock ‘n’ roll strut. It’s a formula which
makes for a reliably arse-kicking band.
After
testing the waters with their 2008 self-titled EP, Desert Storm truly came into
their own in time for their debut full length, Forked Tongues in 2010; a
radically tighter band on said record and finally beginning to capture the
force of their live shows. It’s an upward trend that carried through their two
follow ups Horizontal Life and Omniscient respectively.
Perhaps that
evolution in sound on record is through their consistency in touring. Always
taking their wares on the road, operation Desert Storm has been in full effect
on tours with the likes of Karma to Burn and Nashville Pussy, as well as when
sharing the stage with bands such as Orange Goblin, Weedeater and The Atomic
Bitchwax.
By the time
of 2018’s Sentinels [APF011], Desert Storm had found a refined sound. More
“oomph” driving the power behind the band than in any previous outing, tastier
riffs and more viscidity throughout the record, it captured a band at the top
of their game; road hardened and ready to get stuck in. Whether it’s the
springy, stoner stomp of ‘Drifter’, or the verging on thrash moments seen in
‘Too Far Gone’ or everything in between, this was THE Desert Storm album so
far.
But we
didn't bet against them topping those heights when the next album came around,
and we were right not to do so. 2020's Omens became their piece de la
resistance. In 2022 Desert Storm won an HRH Award, in the Stoner Lords
category, beating off stiff competition from Black Rainbows, Kadavar and Green
Lung.
Unable to
tour it due to the pandemic, work commenced on a new record which has resulted
in ‘Death Rattle’, their greatest effort yet.
Pre-order
the album now - https://linktr.ee/desertstormuk
Over the
years Desert Storm have been out on countless headline tours and have toured
and shared the stages across the UK & Europe with many incredible bands
including Crowbar, Orange Goblin, Karma To Burn, Red Fang, Corrosion of
Conformity, CKY, American Headcharge, Conjurer and Raging Speedhorn to name a
few. In 2023 they will tour extensively to support the release of ‘Death
Rattle’.
Also check
out previous single 'Cheyne
Stoking’ - https://youtu.be/-9Z5Lkh441w
DESERT STORM 'DEATH RATTLE' EUROPEAN TOUR
31.03.23 | UK | Oxford | o2 Academy 2
01.04.23 | NL | Arnhem | Willemeen
02.04.23 | BE | Retie | Cafe Bazaar
03.04.23 | DE | Hamburg | Bar 227
04.04.23 | NL | Den Haag | Paard Cafe
05.04.23 | NL | Eindhoven | Effenaar
06.04.23 | DE | Dresden | Chemiefabrik
07.04.23 | CZ | Prague | Modra Vopice
08.04.23 | SK | Kosice | Collosseum
09.04.23 | PL | Katowice | Katofonia
10.04.23 | DE | Furth | Kunstkeller 027
11.04.23 | BE | Antwerp | Kids Rhythm n blues kaffee
12.04.23 | DE | Aachen | Musikbunker
20.05.23 | UK | London | The Dome
08.09.23 | NO | Stavanger | Checkpoint Charlie
09.09.23 | NO | Sandnes | Tribute
10.09.23 | NO | Oslo | Brewgata
30.09.23 | UK | Manchester | Riffolution Festival
17.11.23 | NL | Amsterdam | The Cave
18.11.23 | NL | Coevorden | MFC
''Desert
Storm are one trip you'll want to get on board with.'' Kerrang!
''The hooks
are big, the riffs even bigger. '' Metal Hammer
''Produced
something unique'’ Powerplay
Desert Storm
is -
Matthew Ryan
- Vocals
Ryan Cole -
Guitars
Elliot Cole
- Drums & Percussion
Matthew
Dennett - Bass
Bandcamp: www.desertstorm.bandcamp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/desertstormuk
Instagram: www.instagram.com/desertstormuk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/desertstormuk
Website: www.desertstormband.com
Label
page: https://apfrecords.co.uk/bands/desert-storm
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1xjFcKLZCNbJginDNaDEn