Photo by: Melissa Atwood
Official press release:
Midwestern post/alt-metal outfit Chrome Waves – uniting former members of Wolvhammer, Nachtmystium, Abigail Williams, The Gates Of Slumber, Amiensus, and more – makes its return with a new lineup and their debut album, A Grief Observed, currently in its final stages for release in early 2019. Well in advance of the album’s release, the band has issued several teasers of what is to come, including a new trailer, the first single “Burdened”, and a non-album cover of Slowdive’s “When The Sun Hits”.
Founding member Jeff Wilson offers:
“Chrome Waves is a band that has always been in the back of my mind and something I knew would take priority when the time was right. With circumstances in 2018 being as they are, I’m now free to focus all the energy I was spending on other projects on the one that’s been the most personal to me all along. I would put this new material up there with the best that I’ve been involved with over the last ten or twelve years or so, and with this new revamped lineup, I’m very excited to see what 2019 holds for us.”
Now in its final stages, A Grief Observed is engineered by Niko Albanese and the band’s James Benson and Jeff Wilson, with artwork by Wilson. The album will be released on Wilson’s own Disorder Recordings label on LP, CD, and digital formats on March 1st, 2019.
Immerse yourself in Chrome Waves’ “Burdened” single, a brief trailer for A Grief Observed, and the non-LP cover of Slowdive’s “When The Sun Hits”, all streaming below.
With widespread touring expected in support of the LP throughout the year, the band’s out-of-print debut EP will see its first CD pressing in 2019 as well. Watch for additional album singles, artwork, pre-order links, videos, and more on the record to be issued in January.
Chrome Waves is:
James Benson – vocals, guitars
Bob Fouts – drums
Jeff Wilson – guitars, bass, synth, vocals