{"id":2966,"date":"2023-03-24T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:56:19","slug":"aftermath-return-with-new-album-no-time-to-waste-and-appearance-on-the-mk-ultrasound-podcast-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=2966","title":{"rendered":"AFTERMATH Return With New Album &#8220;No Time to Waste&#8221; and Appearance on the MK ULTRASOUND PodCast This Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AFM-Final-1-1024x641.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AFM-Final-1-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AFM-Final-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AFM-Final-1-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AFM-Final-1.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AFTERMATH<\/strong>\u00a0released their highly anticipated new album,\u00a0<strong><em>No Time to Waste<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<strong>Zoid Entertainment\/TLG\/INgrooves<\/strong>\u00a0on March 17, 2023. This marks the third album in a trilogy, and is a departure from the previous dark, concept album installment in the trilogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;We are really proud of this album. It completes a trilogy of albums that began with our debut. Written in the darkest period in modern history, we actually wrote this one as an album of hope. We streamlined it from our previous dark concept record. The ten songs on this album are heavy and energized. It\u2019s a metal record with a message and that message is we can do this together but we have no time to waste.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Kyriakos &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Tsiolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate the release of&nbsp;<em><strong>No Time To Waste<\/strong><\/em>, the band released the official music video for single&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;We Can Do This Together&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;from acclaimed director&nbsp;<strong>Alex Zarek.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>WATCH the video<\/strong> <strong>below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Aftermath - We Can Do This Together [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kELutJqjFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago based\u00a0<strong>Aftermath<\/strong>, fronted by\u00a0<strong>Kyriakos &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Tsiolis<\/strong>, formed in October 1985 when Charlie and his schoolmate Steve Sacco (Guitar) got together. This early incarnation with Adam (Bass) and Ray Schmidt (Drums) released their first demo in 1986 featuring\u00a0<strong>\u201cSentenced to Death\u201d, \u201cRevenge\u201d, \u201cShotgun\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe Aftermath\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aftermath_-_No_Time_To_Waste_Album_Cover-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aftermath_-_No_Time_To_Waste_Album_Cover-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aftermath_-_No_Time_To_Waste_Album_Cover-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aftermath_-_No_Time_To_Waste_Album_Cover-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aftermath_-_No_Time_To_Waste_Album_Cover-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aftermath_-_No_Time_To_Waste_Album_Cover-1.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>No Time To Waste<\/em> \u00a0Tracklisting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">1. No Time To Waste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">2. Original Instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">3. Transform &amp; Disrupt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">4. Up is Down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">5. SLAVeABLE (We&#8217;re Not Your Animals)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">6. We Can Do This Together<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">7. Echo Chamber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">8. Strawman in the House of Cards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">9. We Don&#8217;t Want A Riot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">10. Give Peace A Chance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1987, they unleashed their second demo entitled\u00a0<em><strong>Killing the Future<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0featuring the tracks\u00a0<strong>\u201cWhen Will You Die\u201d, \u201cGoing No Place\u201d, \u201cChaos\u201d, \u201cMeltdown\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u201cWar for Freedom\u201d<\/strong>. The band pursued a mind-blowing speed and technical brand of thrash that soon set them apart from the pack and in the process made them a pioneering crossover thrash band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tracks\u00a0<strong>&#8220;War for Freedom&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<strong>&#8220;When Will You Die&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0were both featured on the British\u00a0<em><strong>Metal Forces<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0magazine_compilation LP\u00a0<em><strong>Demolition: Scream Your Brains Out<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in 1988. Their appearance on the\u00a0<em>Metal Forces<\/em>\u00a0compilation further expanded the band&#8217;s international appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1988, the band&#8217;s musical direction was changing, and Adam&#8217;s raw and simple bass lines would soon be replaced with complex and technical bass parts handled at first by John Lovette. Ironically, John never played bass on any Aftermath recording and was not even a bass player. He wanted to join the band so badly, however, that he came to the audition with a friend&#8217;s bass he had just started to play. The speed and complex playing he displayed were like nothing the members had ever seen before on bass. He landed the gig that day. When the band decided it was time to add a second guitarist, Lovette told his bandmates of his desire to switch to guitar and for the first time he came clean he was a guitar player pretending to be a bass player all along. His bass playing was surpassed by his guitar skills and the band found its second guitar player, but unfortunately the search for a bass player was forced to resume. Luckily, the search (for the time being, anyway) ended with Danny Vega. His warm and precise playing was the perfect complement to the guitar playing of Lovette and Sacco and worked amazingly well with Schmidt&#8217;s powerful drumming. With Lovette handling most of the song writing duties, Aftermath was about to make an unbelievable musical change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1989, that change brought on by Lovette&#8217;s writing and the band&#8217;s musical tastes and stylings had slowed and matured as evidenced by the release of the underground classic demo\u00a0<em><strong>Words That Echo Fear<\/strong><\/em>. Danny Vega was replaced on bass by Chris Waldron. The band went onto to become a trailblazing progressive\/technical thrash band in the years that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1990, based on the huge international success of the\u00a0<em><strong>Words that Echo Fear<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0demo, the metal label\u00a0<strong>RoadRacer Records (a subsidiary of Roadrunner Records)<\/strong>\u00a0approached the band for a demo deal, which resulted in a live four track demo featuring the songs\u00a0<strong>\u201cEyes of Tomorrow\u201d, \u201cAfraid Of Time\u201d, \u201cThe Act Of Unspoken Wisdom\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u201cReflecting Pictures&#8221;<\/strong>. Negotiations eventually broke down and Aftermath signed to New York&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Big Chief Records<\/strong>. The label&#8217;s collapse halfway through the recording sessions led to a long delay in finishing the record. While the band struggled to pay the studio bill, the album the band started to record in 1990 would not see the light of day for four years. The experience left the band reeling and forced them to issue the album under their own imprint with the help of their manager through\u00a0<strong>Zoid Recordings<\/strong>\u00a0in 1994. Four long years had passed since the initial recordings for the record\u00a0<em><strong>Eyes of Tomorrow<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and the scene had dramatically changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album was subsequently re-released on\u00a0<strong>Thermometer Sound Surface \/ Zoid<\/strong>\u00a0and released yet again four years (1998) later on\u00a0<strong>Black Lotus Records<\/strong>\u00a0in a re-mastered version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite famously, Aftermath, in a notable court case\u00a0<strong>Tsiolis v. Interscope. Records. Inc., 946 F.Supp. 1344, 1349 (N.D.III. 1996)<\/strong>\u00a0sued high-profile millionaire rapper\u00a0<strong>DR. DRE<\/strong>\u00a0over the ownership of the Aftermath name. The Rapper tried to buy the name for $50,000, which the band rejected. The band sued him. As part of the settlement,\u00a0<strong>Interscope Records<\/strong>\u00a0signed the band. To the label&#8217;s surprise, the band delivered a record under the moniker\u00a0<strong>Mother God Moviestar<\/strong>. Its eponymous Electro-Metal debut was released in March 1998. The case has been studied in law schools around the US related to the issue of trademark dilution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aftermath has continued to receive critical acclaim as one of the major influences in the genre. The band was featured on pages 9 and 10 of Gary Sharpe-Young&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>A &#8211; Z of Thrash Metal<\/strong><\/em>, available on\u00a0<strong>Cherry Red Books.<\/strong>\u00a0Aftermath is also given an entire feature section in\u00a0<strong>Alexandros Anesiadis\u2019<\/strong>\u00a02019 book\u00a0<em><strong>Crossover the Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk, and Metal Collide<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-five years after its formation, Aftermath&#8217;s music made its return in 2011 with the release of the Box Set\u00a0<em><strong>25 YEARS OF CHAOS<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Area Death Productions<\/strong>\u00a0and the vinyl\u00a0<em><strong>When Will You Die<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>F.O.A.D.<\/strong>\u00a0The reemergence of one of the most original thrash bands ever continued in 2014 with their decision to reunite for several concerts in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming off their first show in 20 years at Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse in their hometown of Chicago, the band ripped the stage apart at Headbanger\u2019s Open Air in Hamburg, Germany that summer. In the Fall of 2015, the reunion continued with the reissue of\u00a0<em><strong>Eyes of Tomorrow<\/strong><\/em>. With an expanded booklet and remastered by\u00a0<strong>Paul Logus (Pantera, Steel Panther), Shadow Kingdom Records<\/strong>\u00a0released the band&#8217;s debut along with bonus material. Following this release was the\u00a0<em><strong>Killing the Future<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0reissue on\u00a0<strong>Divebomb Records<\/strong>. Once again Paul Logus remastered the tracks from their original source and created a wall of sound in the process.\u00a0<em><strong>Killing the Future<\/strong><\/em>, along with the expanded booklet and bonus tracks from the band&#8217;s 1986 first demo completed the celebration of the band&#8217;s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, the band started writing the material for their new album.\u00a0<em><strong>There is Something Wrong<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is an 11-song opus recorded by\u00a0<strong>Chuck Macak<\/strong>. mastered by\u00a0<strong>Ted Jensen<\/strong>\u00a0and released through\u00a0<strong>Ingrooves<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Zoid Entertainment<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>The Label Group<\/strong>. A concept record in the truest sense of the word, the album features a mix of old-school crossover thrash and technical\/progressive metal and is a commentary on what is wrong with the world today. A calling out of the masses to wake up and know the real enemy. The music is urgent, and the lyrics challenge the listener to seek the truth. Aftermath went back to its early days and revived its crossover thrash stylings on several songs, but those are only samples of what the listeners have in store for them once they put on their headphones and listen to\u00a0<em><strong>There is Something Wrong<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Aftermath released a re-imagined version of the\u00a0<strong>John Lennon<\/strong>\u00a0classic,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Give Peace a Chance&#8221;<\/strong>. The song was remixed and remastered for the new album and included on the record because of the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cJohn Lennon\u2019s urgent call for peace in Give Peace a Chance is more important today than ever, and our call for peace with this cover is the perfect message to follow up our previous album. We released a dark concept album with a bleak message and felt it was important to follow that up with something positive. The visuals in the video are as important as the lyrics in a way. We live in a visual world today and this video needed to get out the message of HOPE. Having a young girl be the focus of the video was our way of getting that across. Seeing only positive acts when she puts on Lennon\u2019s famous glasses was the perfect visual metaphor. Lennon\u2019s message is transmitted not only through his lyrics but also through the perspective created by his unique lenses\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video was directed by critically acclaimed video director\u00a0<strong>Steven Nathan<\/strong>\u00a0in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">AFTERMATH is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br>Kyriakos &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Tsiolis &#8211; Vocals<br>Steve Sacco &#8211; Guitar<br>Ray Schmidt &#8211; Drums<br>George Lagis &#8211; Bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For More Information Please Visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aftermathchicago.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AftermathChicago\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AftermathThrash\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aftermath_band_official\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4vECIIFB2WJX6ibj0006ah?si=1sF04dFkTsaJ_8jdBmFj8Q\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MK-LOGO-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MK-LOGO-1.png 890w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MK-LOGO-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MK-LOGO-1-768x454.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This Sunday 3\/26\/2023 founder and vocalist Kyriakos &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Tsiolis\u00a0 will be the guest on the MKULTRASOUND Podcast you can hear it at<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundcloud.com\/mkultrasoundpodcast\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.soundcloud.com\/mkultrasoundpodcast\"> www.soundcloud.com\/mkultrasoundpodcast <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFTERMATH\u00a0released their highly anticipated new album,\u00a0No Time to Waste\u00a0via\u00a0Zoid Entertainment\/TLG\/INgrooves\u00a0on March 17, 2023. This marks the third album in a trilogy, and is a departure from the previous dark, concept album installment in the trilogy. &#8220;We are really proud of this album. It completes a trilogy of albums that began with our debut. Written in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=2966\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AFTERMATH Return With New Album &#8220;No Time to Waste&#8221; and Appearance on the MK ULTRASOUND PodCast This Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2970,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/2970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}