THE SKULL — the new band featuring two original members of American doom metal legends TROUBLE, Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff “Oly” Olson (drums), alongside longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Lothar Keller (SACRED DAWN) and former PENTAGRAM guitarist Matt Goldsborough — will release its debut album, “For Those Which Are Asleep”, on November 4 via Tee Pee Records.
Written and recorded this past spring, “For Those Which Are Asleep” is the first full-length album to feature Wagner, Holzner and Olson since the 1995 release of TROUBLE’s critically acclaimed LP “Plastic Green Head”. The new record’s greatest strength is how well it captures the apocalyptic trudge that TROUBLE delivered from the first downbeat of their 1984 debut, but now unequivocally propelled by the hallmarks of a hungry new band fueled by new blood. The mighty voice of Wagner is on full display; the vocalist proving on “For Those Which Are Asleep” that he still wields an eerie power at the mic. Titanic riffs abound as Keller and Goldsborough weave ominous atmospheres over the molten, crushing core of Holzner and Olson’s sinister strut.
01. Trapped Inside My Mind 04:20
02. The Touch of Reality 04:22
03. Sick of It All 05:10
04. The Door 05:39
05. Send Judas Down 04:49
06. A New Generation 04:11
07. Till the Sun Turns Black 04:11
08. For Those Which Are Asleep 07:14
09. Sometime Yesterday Mourning 04:28
10. The Last Judgment (Trouble cover) 05:01
Ron Holzner – Bass (2012-present) (ex-Debris Inc., ex-Earthen Grave, ex-Novembers Doom, ex-Place of Skulls, ex-Trouble, ex-Wet Animal, ex-Goatsnake (live), ex-Tourniquet (live))
Jeff Olson – Drums (2012, 2013-present) (In-Graved, Retro Grave, Supershine, ex-Deadless, ex-Trouble, ex-Wet Animal)
Lothar Keller – Guitars (2012-present), Vocals (backing) (2012-present) (Divinity Compromised, Sacred Dawn, ex-Disciple 13)
Eric Wagner – Vocals (2012-present) (Blackfinger, Probot (live), ex-Lid, ex-Trouble, ex-Retro Grave (live), ex-Death Row (live))
Matt Goldsborough – Guitars (2014-present) (The Great Unknown, ex-Pentagram)