New Album Controller Drops January 10, 2025
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“Crucial Velocity, a powerhouse band featuring members of King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad, and Chastain Harris, have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere their latest single, ‘Hollow.’ The track moves as a commentary on humanity’s failure to learn from history, opening with Georg Hegel’s timeless quote: ‘The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.’ Accompanied by a video by Wayne Joyner, known for his work with Dream Theater and Tremonti, ‘Hollow’ showcases the band’s vision of melding dark atmospheres with hook-driven harmonies.” Check it out here exclusively at Metal Insider:
Crucial Velocity‘s Nate Bauer explains ‘Hollow’ was written after a conversation with a friend about ideology. Ideology, in my opinion, is the root of all evil. Ideology pushes politics and religion into dangerous cult like territory. Ideology promotes thoughtless thought in that you basically surrender yourself to whatever the ideology is without feeling the need to really think about what it is you are following. People placing complete trust in the ideology and the leaders who promote them. We have seen this happen over centuries with the rise of very evil leaders or civilizations. And yet, here we are in 2024 and supposedly intelligent people are still being caught up in dangerous ideological movements. We need to get back to pragmatic thought. Deep thoughtful thought. Androo O’Hearn captured the anger in the lyrics with his death metal growls while still maintaining the melodic approach that defines the Crucial Velocity sound.
Video by Wayne Joyner (Dream Theater, Tremonti, Devin Townshend)
Matt Thompson (King Diamond) – Drums
Androo O’Hearn (Shaolin Death Squad) – Vocals, Keys
Michael Harris (Chastain/Harris, Darkology, solo artist) – Lead Guitar
Nate Bauer – Guitar, Bass, Keys, Songwriter
Gary Long (Nomad Recording, Dallas TX) – Mixing, Mastering
“Hollow”
Take all that you can get
Fake everything about you
Makes me believe not
Living by the lies you follow
Mind molded by the man
Blind to everything around you
Find nothing to believe
Revel in your life so hollow
Thought only what you’re told
Caught in another lie you’re
Bought and paid with your soul
Dying for the cult you follow
Hidden by a wall you cannot see through
You are blinded
Guided by a system of thoughtless thought
Indoctrination
Thinking outside your perfect box
Unwilling
Guided by a system of thoughtless thought
Turning your back on us all
You are nothing but a shallow hate machine
Spreading like a new disease
Hold firmly to your hollow ideology
Listen to your conscience please
You are nothing but a spineless hate machine
Spreading like a wild fire
Held captive by your hollow ideology
Taking over all conspire
Mind molded by the man
Blind to everything around you
Find nothing to believe
Revel in your life so hollow
Thought only what you’re told
Caught in another lie you’re
Bought and paid for with your soul
Killing for the cult you follow
You are nothing but a shallow hate machine
Spreading like a new disease
Hold firmly to your hollow ideology
Listen to your conscience please
You are nothing but a spineless hate machine
Spreading like a wild fire
Held captive by your hollow ideology
Taking over all conspire
CRUCIAL VELOCITY started as a collaboration between songwriter/guitarist/bassist Nate Bauer and veteran mixing/mastering engineer Gary Long, owner of Nomad Recording Studio, in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. (www.Nomadrecording.studio). This morphed into the need for talented musicians to carry out Nate’s vision of melding the dark atmosphere and complexity of Opeth, Black Sabbath and Voivod into shorter, more accessible songs with the hooks and vocal harmonies of Queen, Alice In Chains and Ghost. Once Matt Thompson, Androo O’Hearn, and Michael Harris came aboard, (plus a guest appearance by Buddy Sledge), the band released the self-titled debut album which has been featured and favorably reviewed in Metalized, Powerplay, Rock Hard Italy and Metallurg Magazines and the music has featured on independent radio stations across Europe, South America and Mexico.
CRUCIAL VELOCITY released upcoming album Controller‘s first single “Brainstorm” on November 15, 2024. Check it out here: CRUCIAL VELOCITY “Brainstorm” (Official Video)
CRUCIAL VELOCITY will drop sophomore album Controller, the follow up to the self-titled 2023 album release, on January 10, 2025. Heavier, leaner and darker than the debut album, Controller is ready for the masses.
Pre-order Controller Physical CD and download through the Crucial Velocity website here: www.crucial-velocity.com