Mourn the Southern Skies Exhorder

• 1 My Time 03:53
• 2 Asunder 04:57
• 3 Hallowed Sound 05:07
• 4 Beware The Wolf 03:54
• 5 Yesterday's Bones 07:04
• 6 All She Wrote 05:04
• 7 Rumination 04:33
• 8 The Arms Of Man 05:49
• 9 Ripping Flesh 03:02
• 10 Mourn The Southern Skies 09:29
• Total Runtime 52:52

Info for Mourn the Southern Skies

The New Orleans natives made their long-awaited return last year with a string of reunion shows and festival appearances, and now are launching a full-on comeback with the impending release of “Mourn the Southern Skies”. Recorded with Duane Simoneaux at OCD Recording and working with producer Jens Bogren (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Sepultura) at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden for mixing/mastering, armed with more fury and vigor than bands half their age, Exhorder has concocted an intoxicating amalgam of old school thrashers and groovers blended with a modern, mature approach.

From the opening of the first track of “Mourn the Southern Skies”, listeners are reminded immediately just what Exhorder are - through the spitting rage that “My Time” forces upon their ears. It is evident that the anger remains prevalent, with perhaps a different point of view that younger men could not possibly have understood on earlier albums. Sasha Horn’s energy and punk influence fire the engines, with Jason VieBrooks locking down the foundation tightly. Vinnie La Bella once again has proven himself “The Godfather” of thrash riffs, which cut through like a high speed drill bit thanks to the stellar production. A lead guitar face-off in the solo not only exhibits Vinnie's sometimes under-appreciated skills as a shredder, but also showcases newcomer Marzi Montazeri (“The High Priest of Distortion”). If anyone ever doubted Exhorder’s skill set regarding guitar solo-ing, those days are gone forever! And finally, as if riding a runaway garbage truck with fireworks exploding off its roof, Kyle Thomas invokes venom and energy with familiar passion. All in all, the truth is apparent – Exhorder mean business once again!

Founding guitarist Vinnie La Bella says of their resurgence, “you can plot and scheme for years, even decades (as is in our case). You can work hard, keep grinding, bang the square peg in the round hole until it looks somewhat presentable. But sometimes you just need to let time tell you, it’s time. EXHORDER has its own soul. And it pokes me in the ribs ever so often as if to remind me, ‘Hey asshole, we ain’t done yet!’ Kyle and myself had a dream as teenagers. And as cliché as it may seem, we never woke up from it. EXHORDER has always crept in and out of our lives. So no magic bullet or formula here. It was only a simple matter of time before the right guys, the right songs, the right manager/label would finally come to the party. It’s been damn near 35 years since we first uttered the name, EXHORDER. 27 years since our last record, and a whole lot of breaking up and making up in between. So why is this time different? Why start again at 50 years of age instead of retiring? Simple… because it’s finally, TIME!”

Exhorder

Exhorder
is an American thrash metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana formed in 1985 by a group of friends who wanted to break out of the hardcore scene and had a passion for the heaviest music in the world. They are considered to be the progenitors of the groove-oriented thrash sound that would later come to dominate the scene. Coming after years of demos, their debut LP Slaughter In The Vatican (1990) was regarded as a major influence on the NOLA metal scene and saw them rapidly rise on the world stage as one of the defining thrash acts of their generation. Their second (and to date, last album) The Law was released in 1992 and adopted more of a groove metal sound. It saw the band reach their peak of popularity, but unfortunately bad luck and external pressures lead to the demise of the group in 1994.

With the underground maintaining a steadfast dedication to the band, Exhorder have since reunited with the lineup from The Law on several occasions. With these reunions they have played Maryland Deathfest, Rock Hard, and countless others. The reunion was cut short in 2011 with the untimely passing of their classic-era bassist Frankie Sparcello. Now the band is back, reunited and hungrier than ever, ready to take on the world. With a boatload of festival dates on the way along with select club shows, the New Orleans boys are here to show the world once more what it takes to thrash it up.

This album contains no booklet.