{"id":9905,"date":"2024-12-17T18:48:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9905"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:48:38","slug":"crucial-velocity-featuring-members-of-king-diamond-shaolin-death-squad-chastain-harrispremieres-hollow-at-metal-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9905","title":{"rendered":"CRUCIAL VELOCITY Featuring Members of King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad + Chastain HarrisPremieres &#8220;Hollow&#8221; at\u00a0Metal Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9906\" style=\"width:648px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Album\u00a0<em>Controller\u00a0<\/em>Drops January 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/crucial-velocity-hollow\"><strong>https:\/\/orcd.co\/crucial-velocity-hollow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;<\/em><strong><em>Crucial Velocity<\/em><\/strong><em>, a powerhouse band featuring members of King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad, and Chastain Harris, have teamed up with&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/5cfyfkvab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001mUzKr8rm-tNAhe4kSSVooF5OTdcIlPUAEELEdjy9QmOPBgsWKZcLTsWwBFLC6aalmyVy8InBZZrONhkXFLSmO_p68Pi53XE976NImMC94AO7Qj-2YKxkmcUNSMqIorU49THv86A4cKedRMuK9zKvHg==&amp;c=MVTmUnuqiOltjShWfN-HXtNAfRmEtJsSOa2Kaa3qT4wrjiWmkNFWkg==&amp;ch=AQFBqRQNyhiGuyUFMx5I_cmhV3OPpIRxPav5z-6p8aVclXNGRW53ag==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metal Insider<\/a><em>&nbsp;to premiere their latest single,&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>&#8216;Hollow.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>The track moves as a commentary on humanity\u2019s failure to learn from history, opening with Georg Hegel\u2019s timeless quote:&nbsp;&#8216;The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.&#8217;&nbsp;Accompanied by a video by<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;Wayne Joyner<\/em><\/strong><em>, known for his work with Dream Theater and Tremonti,&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>&#8216;Hollow&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;showcases the band\u2019s vision of melding dark atmospheres with hook-driven harmonies.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>Check it out here exclusively at<strong><em>&nbsp;Metal Insider<\/em><\/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=\"CRUCIAL VELOCITY - Hollow (Official Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xQ8Q-Wi_o9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Crucial Velocity<\/strong>&#8216;s<strong>\u00a0Nate Bauer<\/strong>\u00a0explains\u00a0<strong><em>&#8216;Hollow&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0was 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.\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Androo O&#8217;Hearn<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0captured the anger in the lyrics with his death metal growls while still maintaining the melodic approach that defines the\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Crucial Velocity\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>sound.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Video by Wayne Joyner (Dream Theater, Tremonti, Devin Townshend)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matt Thompson (King Diamond)&nbsp;&#8211; Drums<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Androo O&#8217;Hearn (Shaolin Death Squad)&nbsp;&#8211; Vocals, Keys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Harris (Chastain\/Harris, Darkology, solo artist)&nbsp;&#8211; Lead Guitar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nate Bauer&nbsp;&#8211; Guitar, Bass, Keys, Songwriter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gary Long (Nomad Recording, Dallas TX)&nbsp;&#8211; Mixing, Mastering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1-1-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9907\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1-1-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1-1-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1-1-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/unnamed-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Hollow&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Take all that you can get<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fake everything about you<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Makes me believe not<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Living by the lies you follow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mind molded by the man<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blind to everything around you<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Find nothing to believe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Revel in your life so hollow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thought only what you&#8217;re told<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Caught in another lie you&#8217;re<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bought and paid with your soul<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dying for the cult you follow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hidden by a wall you cannot see through<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are blinded<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Guided by a system of thoughtless thought<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Indoctrination<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thinking outside your perfect box<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Unwilling<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Guided by a system of thoughtless thought<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Turning your back on us all<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are nothing but a shallow hate machine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Spreading like a new disease<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hold firmly to your hollow ideology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Listen to your conscience please<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are nothing but a spineless hate machine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Spreading like a wild fire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Held captive by your hollow ideology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Taking over all conspire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mind molded by the man<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blind to everything around you<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Find nothing to believe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Revel in your life so hollow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thought only what you&#8217;re told<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Caught in another lie you&#8217;re<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bought and paid for with your soul<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Killing for the cult you follow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are nothing but a shallow hate machine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Spreading like a new disease<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hold firmly to your hollow ideology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Listen to your conscience please<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are nothing but a spineless hate machine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Spreading like a wild fire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Held captive by your hollow ideology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Taking over all conspire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CRUCIAL VELOCITY<\/strong>&nbsp;started as a collaboration between songwriter\/guitarist\/bassist&nbsp;<strong>Nate Bauer<\/strong>&nbsp;and veteran mixing\/mastering engineer&nbsp;<strong>Gary Long<\/strong>, owner of Nomad Recording Studio, in the Dallas\/Ft Worth area. (www.Nomadrecording.studio).&nbsp;This morphed into the need for talented musicians to carry out Nate\u2019s 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&nbsp;<strong>Matt Thompson<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Androo O&#8217;Hearn<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Michael Harris<\/strong>&nbsp;came aboard, (plus a guest appearance by&nbsp;<strong>Buddy Sledge<\/strong>), the band released the&nbsp;<strong>self-titled<\/strong>&nbsp;debut album which has been featured and favorably reviewed in&nbsp;<em>Metalized<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Powerplay<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Rock Hard Italy&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Metallurg Magazines&nbsp;<\/em>and<em>&nbsp;<\/em>the<em>&nbsp;<\/em>music has featured on independent radio stations across Europe, South America and Mexico.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CRUCIAL VELOCITY<\/strong>&nbsp;released upcoming album&nbsp;<strong><em>Controller<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;s first single&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Brainstorm&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;on November 15, 2024. Check it out here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/5cfyfkvab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001mUzKr8rm-tNAhe4kSSVooF5OTdcIlPUAEELEdjy9QmOPBgsWKZcLTt4_dddrmBVarfGjIgJ8OA4TI4Qvi-vpsmu6n34_noH1KjXaS96AQozq8UAkBtbwLMD50UlwfAZD7eaHoawALk01nb6__8-V3KKhF38WqEuFIIreU4_gp0zXE0hzawdvFw==&amp;c=MVTmUnuqiOltjShWfN-HXtNAfRmEtJsSOa2Kaa3qT4wrjiWmkNFWkg==&amp;ch=AQFBqRQNyhiGuyUFMx5I_cmhV3OPpIRxPav5z-6p8aVclXNGRW53ag==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CRUCIAL VELOCITY &#8220;Brainstorm&#8221; (Official Video)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CRUCIAL VELOCITY&nbsp;<\/strong>will drop sophomore album&nbsp;<strong><em>Controller,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>the follow up to the self-titled 2023 album release, on January 10, 2025. Heavier, leaner and darker than the debut album,&nbsp;<strong><em>Controller<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is ready for the masses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pre-order<\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;Controller<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Physical CD and download through the Crucial Velocity website here:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>w<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/5cfyfkvab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001mUzKr8rm-tNAhe4kSSVooF5OTdcIlPUAEELEdjy9QmOPBgsWKZcLTsWwBFLC6aal3zWyiDEsKVD-Tm2KxNEFTEgaLPNVXlHR46Dr3rbMaC5-pWnhXQwN0zqMbifG-QGFxBblBlwLvEgqzWouZm55FM-7BapDPWRJ2MwR0GxK-STulE5al-xJTjLF1jY7P_gw61xcPOueOvOmBsRUbjT4YEed6hmq7XrBEQ5OzJ4EC1EHh91vCL-7VOlG34AExON5I3J6kcbd2-KN4zHt-_JvE8fvDulFEGAe&amp;c=MVTmUnuqiOltjShWfN-HXtNAfRmEtJsSOa2Kaa3qT4wrjiWmkNFWkg==&amp;ch=AQFBqRQNyhiGuyUFMx5I_cmhV3OPpIRxPav5z-6p8aVclXNGRW53ag==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ww.crucial-velocity.com<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Album\u00a0Controller\u00a0Drops January 10, 2025 https:\/\/orcd.co\/crucial-velocity-hollow &#8220;Crucial Velocity, a powerhouse band featuring members of King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad, and Chastain Harris, have teamed up with&nbsp;Metal Insider&nbsp;to premiere their latest single,&nbsp;&#8216;Hollow.&#8217;&nbsp;The track moves as a commentary on humanity\u2019s failure to learn from history, opening with Georg Hegel\u2019s timeless quote:&nbsp;&#8216;The only thing that we learn from&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9905\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CRUCIAL VELOCITY Featuring Members of King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad + Chastain HarrisPremieres &#8220;Hollow&#8221; at\u00a0Metal Insider<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-9905","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\/9905","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=9905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9908,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions\/9908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}