Members of AJAX, Firewalker, Red Death & Warthog Form WITCHTRIAL & Release S/T 12-inch EP (Beach Impediment Records)

It's always reasonably enjoyable when artists start up a new side-project or band that's slightly outside of their typical/expected genre; for example, Hardcore Punks playing "Classic Rock" (Angel Du$t on Pretty Buff or The Men on Tomorrow's Hits,) Norwegian Heavy Metalers playing sunny Power-Pop (Kvelertak as Beacheads,) Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman re-emerging as Indie Rock/Folk heart-throb Father John Misty, members of Anthrax, Fall Out Boy & Every Time I Die joining forces as Pop Punk-inflected Heavy Metal band The Damned Things, Brownout covering Black Sabbath as Brown Sabbath, Ty Segall's Noise-Rock/Punk side-band GØGGS... I could, honestly, go on and on! So, this brings us to the latest band of merry misfits doing unexpected things musically: WITCHTRIAL. A primarily DC-based band, WITCHTRIAL consists of members of some of The East Coast's finest Punk/Hardcore bands, including, but not limited to, Ben Wessels from New York's AJAX, Cecelia Halle from Boston's Firewalker, Connor Donegan from DC-based Red Death, and M. "Goo" Gorup from AJAX, as well as New York's own Warthog. WITCHTRIAL quietly released their Demo 2017 last April to wide-spread acclaim through the local scene/industry with a quick, yet extremely satisfying burst of 5 face-melting 80's Speed/Heavy Metal-reminiscent tracks.

Now, WITCHTRIAL have returned with an extremely fun 6-track self-titled 12-inch EP on Richmond, Virginia-based Beach Impediment Records. Stereogum Senior Editor Tom Breihan says, "they careen through monstrous riffs with reckless speed and their solos and grunt-it-out vocals and rhythm section carnage all work together to f*ck your whole sh*t up." I would, personally, liken WITCHTRIAL's S/T EP to something along the lines of when 1980's-era Metallica covered The Misfits' "Last Caress/Green Hell" on The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited and again, on 1998's Garage Inc. covering "Die, Die My Darling." If active during the 80's East Coast Punk/Hardcore scene, WITCHTRIAL could have easily existed during that post-Misfits period when frontman Glenn Danzig was transitioning in-between Samhain's blend of Heavy Metal-infused Horror Punk and Danzig's full-on Heavy Metal/Blues Rock assault at the hand of legendary record "reducer" Rick Rubin. WITCHTRIAL's S/T 12-inch EP was recorded by Merchandise frontman Carson Cox and mixed and mastered by "Bandcamp Punk secret weapon" Will Killingsworth. WITCHTRIAL's S/T EP is currently available on ~~either SILVER or~~ BLACK VINYL through Beach Impediment Records' mail-order site, as well as Bandcamp and like-minded digital streaming services. There's two additional Punk/Hardcore-adjacent releases, GAME's NO ONE WINS LP—featuring F*CKED UP drummer Jonah Falco!—and Condor's Singles 2017-2018 12-inch, also, currently available in both digital and physical formats from Beach Impediment.

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All-around Breakdown: Sean Martin Discusses Debut Instrumental EP Introducing The Magician As No More Magic (Residual Effects)

Sean Martin is a multi-versed musician, producer, and tattooer hailing from Connecticut. As a guitarist, song-writer, and/or producer he has worked with a variety of well-known artists including Hatebreed, Cold Cave, Wear Your Wounds, Umbra Vitae, Twitching Tongues, Cage, Kid Cudi, House of Blow, Head Automatica, XO Skeletons, Jet Fueled Horses, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and more. His versatility and flexibility within music allows him to blur the lines in-between the confines of Hardcore, Electronic, Metal, and Hip-Hop. Martin is, also, a skilled tattooer at Brass City Tattoo located in Oakville, Connecticut promoting the traditional approach to the craft. Founded by Martin himself between 2020-22, No More Magic combines ominous melodies with downtempo beats to create a dizzying dream-like atmosphere. Paying homage to the golden era of Hip-Hop while forging ahead down its own dark road. For fans of Portishead, Massive Attack, and DJ Shadow. No More Magic's Introducing The

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