Release
date: June
26th
2020.
Label: Self
Released.
Format: DD
Our Future Is Dead – Tracklisting
Our
Future is Dead - 00:00
Shadowplay
- 01:47
Ascension
- 5:01
Ashes
- 9:02
Endless
Battle - 14:10
Tainted
Legacy - 17:43
Rough
Spark - 22:55
Sad
Future - 26:06
Cosmic
Annihilation - 28:38
Members
Ian
Atkinson
Graham
Bliss
Tom
love
Paul
Revell
Robert
Miles Barnet
Rowan
Ward & Kaz
Bio
An
enigma wrapped in a legend. We played approximately 27 gigs in our
short history, we formed in 2014, practiced for a year before our
first gig in 2015, and ended after our last gig in 2017. This album
release is the last and final recordings of Wounded Cross. They are a
snap shot of a band that truly didn't really fit in with any band we
ever played with. Be it The Skull, Ohhms, Witchsorrrow, Kaine, or any
of the varied and superb bands that we shared stages with. Our sound
was our own, and every song was different in its own way. Our future
is dead fits for the album because of the lyrical content about the
end times, and the fact that the band is truly over, this album ends
it fully and finally.
This
album will be free to download through bandcamp, unless you are
willing to pay £5 for one of our final Tshirts in a package deal.
There will be no physical version of this album unless there is
sudden unprecedented demand for it, but hope to put it up on Spotify.
This recording is not polished. It's very RAW, and it's LIVE. We felt
this fits with the style of the music and ethos of wounded cross.
We
are proud of the songs and this album is our lasting legacy. We hope
you enjoy it. Thank you for following us. We love you all.
Review
It’s
pretty bold of Wounded Cross to release their new album – Our
Future Is Dead. As the band already split-up about 3 years ago and
this is their final release. A collection of tracks that are being
released upon to the world and whilst it’s not the best sounding
album, Wounded Cross have managed to release a record that remains
true to the classic Doom Metal/Heavy Metal scene with elements of
Black Sabbath jamming with Saxon.
Wounded
Cross are firmly rooted in the historic and long-standing style of
Hard Rock and Classic Riffs. The vocals are delivered with an
aggressive uproar with shades of Ozzy Osboune, Bruce Dickinson and
Biff Byford. So if you’re a fan of Old-School UK Hard Rock and
Heavy Metal then Wounded Cross will have all bases covered.
Our
Future Is Dead is not the best produced album and it wasn’t meant
to be. The songs lack focus in places and could have done with a
better narrative. However, this is still an album that does a lot of
things right such as bringing a lot of great cinematic style Doom
Metal parts on the album. The
band do show some nice creative touches of Prog Rock and Jazzy
interludes on the later stages of the album.
Overall,
this is a solid and superbly entertaining album especially if you’re
looking for vintage thrills and spills then Our Future Is Dead is the
album for you.
Words
by Steve Howe
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