Candlelight Records today confirms June 19 as the North
American release date for Ghostmaker, the new album from metallers RUMPELSTILTSKIN
GRINDER. Produced by the band,Ghostmaker is the third album
from the Philadelphia quartet and reunites the band with noted gore artist Mike
Hrubovcak (Sinister, Hate Eternal, Cattle Decapitation).
Commenting on the album, vocalist/bassist Shawn Riley says,
“Ghostmaker represents everything we have worked towards for the
past several years. When the album drops it will be obvious that this is
something created by four dudes thirsty for blood, eager to silence all the
critics, and to crush all the lames.” Guitarist Ryan Moll notes, "This
album is our fastest, darkest, and most relentless album yet. It will contain some
of the most bone-crushing, graveyard stomping, Frankenstein/Dracula/Wolfman
hate-fuck riffage written thus far.” Guitarist Matt Moore adds, “Each song has
its own distinct and strange aura of speed, darkness, brute strength, violence,
cunning, and power. We have raised the bar and taken on musical and lyrical
concepts that would drive commoners insane.”
Since completing recording, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER have
been performing regionally, most recently at Philadelphia venue Johnny
Brenda’s. Earlier this year members of the band sat down with Metal Rules TV
for a roundtable chat about the album. The interview is available HERE.
Formed in 2002, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER had
several underground releases, including a split 7-inch and a live album, before
signing with Relapse. Their studio debut, Buried In the Front Yard,
was released October 2005. Blabbermouth called the record, “a dynamic thrash
album with roots in crossover, a musically talented cast, and loads of
tongue-in-cheek cleverness.” The band would keep busy with additional split
recordings, Speed N Spikes Vol. II (2008) and Urine
Trouble / Nothing Defeats the Skull (2008) before
getting back in to the studio for their second full length,Living for Death; Destroying
the Rest also released by Relapse January 2009. The band supported
Absu for a 22-date US/Canadian tour April 2009, a tour with Deceased in 2010,
and have been performing regionally since.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER currently features
bassist/vocalist Shawn Riley, guitarist Matt Moore, guitarist Ryan Moll, and
drummer Patrick Battaglia.
Ghostmaker Track Listing:
1. Those Who Are Unseen
2. Ghostmaker
3. Nightworms
4. Fucking Wild
5. Dripping With Venom
6. Cold Haunting Death
7. A Lurking Thief
8. You’ve Been Had
9. Iron Jaw
10. Get Out Of My Grave/Gigantic Graveyard
11. Run Through The Bastards
12. Desert Goblins
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