Colony Drop Share "The Clockwork Grip" Single - Debut Album Coming Soon

This week, Seattle’s Colony Drop released the third track from their upcoming album, Brace For Impact. The heavy metal band’s debut, it is due out August 25th on Nameless Grave Records. Keep reading to hear the track, and find out more about Colony Drop.

<a href="https://colonydropband.bandcamp.com/album/brace-for-impact">Brace For Impact by Colony Drop</a>

Find preorders at:

Nameless Grave Records webshop here.

Colony Drop Bandcamp here.

Previous tracks “Colony Drop (Brace For Impact)” and “Stand Against the World” are also streaming at the Bandcamp address above.

Vocalist Joseph Schafer states with the new track, “The first words in “The Clockwork Grip” are, ‘A castle full of traps,’ and they reflect what writing the song itself was like. This is one of our first songs, and maybe it’s changed the most from the initial demo to the final version – Ryan’s first demo of it is ten years old! In keeping it fresh, we just had to keep adding more twists and turns! Performing the song itself is like dodging booby traps, with its sudden tempo shifts and multiple vocal styles. For that reason, it’s also our love letter to ‘Metroidvania’ type video games, and of course, the shredding soundtracks to the Castlevania game series have some impact on Colony Drop’s sound. We love a good dungeon crawl, especially one with a trapdoor leading to a big ol’ boss fight at the end—hence the big breakdown during the climax!”

Brace For Impact delivers eleven tracks recorded and engineered by Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown Studios and by Ryan Moon at Buster Room Recordings, and mixed and mastered by Alex Farrar at Drop Of Sun Studios. With logo art by Emily McCafferty and photography by Chris Schanz, this grandiose vision of the techno-apocalypse is reflected in Brace For Impact’s bold cover art and layout by Matt Stikker.

Stand by for additional previews of the album and more to post over the weeks ahead.

Colony Drop is booking live excursions surrounding the release of the album, having just played with Deathgrave, deathCAVE, and others, and with a show supporting Yob, Ludicra, Helms Alee, and more on the way. See currently secured gigs below and watch for updates to be issued.

Colony Drop Live:

September 01: The Spanish Ballroom – Tacoma, WA w/ Yob, Ludicra, Helms Alee

More from Colony Drop:

Though their sound is rooted in thrash, Colony Drop swears allegiance to no singular genre or style. The group rejects contemporary metal’s quantized tedium and pizza party purists’ navel-gazing nostalgia in favor of a no-holds-barred approach. Instead, Brace For Impact celebrates its members’ diverse passions. Stoner doom, D-beat crust, melodic death metal, classic prog, post-punk, NWOBHM, and Japanese Burning Spirits-style hardcore are some of the flavors Colony Drop brazenly explores in their musicianship and storytelling.

United in rebellion in the seedy underbelly of a technological megalopolis, Colony Drop strikes like an assassin’s blade—with speed, precision, and style. Written in hermetic seclusion with pugilistic discipline, Brace For Impact is a testament to the songwriting-first ethos that made metal great in the first place: catchy riffs, vocal hooks, blistering solos, and no bullshit. Their Brace For Impact debut is a true album in the classic style: eleven knockout punches, each with its own distinct identity, each catchy enough to be a single. Together, they paint a kaleidoscopic picture of a mechanized future using sounds from rock’s glorious past. As the title suggests, Brace For Impact is a clear statement of intent: Colony Drop is here to bring back the guillotine and watch your strongholds fall.

Formed in 2019, Colony Drop built their sound around the shredding guitars of Benjamin Burton and Ryan Moon (Turian), whose complementary-yet-distinct solo styles hearken back to the tradition of dueling duos: Hanneman/King, Denner/Shermann, and even Downing/Tipton. The pummeling rhythm section of drummer Eric Harris and bassist Ari Rosenschein (Stahv) supports their fretboard pyrotechnics, hence the band’s motto: “High Speed, Twin Lead.” Vocalist Joseph Schafer’s electric growl delivers a litany of sci-fi nightmares and countercultural anthems inspired by the weird fiction of authors including China Mieville, as well as classic anime like Mobile Suit: Gundam, from which the band derives its name.