He Was A God, featuring Chris Densky (Genitorturers, Deadstar Assembly), TonyPellino (Adva), Ray Zvovushe, Dan Perrone, and vocalist Benjamin Curns, have released their new single “Class Dismissed.” It comes from the upcoming album, Muckraker, due out on February 23rd. The day prior, they will host a launch show at Park City Music Hall, Bridgeport, CT. Check out the “Class Dismissed” video and more below.
Pre-order Muckraker here.
He Was A God explains ““Class Dismissed” is not a song about guns. It’s a song about kids. Kids who are senselessly and tragically killed by other kids. The abject horror of the American school shooting is magnified by a sensationalist media and a legislature so compromised by special interests that it seems as though nothing will ever change. The lobbyists, loonies, and lawmakers count on us to shut up, to forget, and to move on. We won’t. We are from Connecticut. Sandy Hook is our backyard. We won’t forget. And we won’t let you forget, either.”
Muckraker tracklisting:
01 Forward March
02 Pestilence
03 Track Marks
04 Two New Stars
05 Knight To Rook Three
06 The Great Divide
07 Escape Plan
08 Class Dismissed
09 Game Of Pretend
10 Incarnadine
11 Blood On Our Hands
Produced by Tony Pellino
Mixed and mastered by Ryan Boesch at Candor Recording, Tampa, FL
Engineered by Tony Pellino
Assistant drum engineering by Chris Densky
Artwork by Luca Solo Macello
Check out the official He Was A God Muckraker album teaser:
https://youtube.com/shorts/CUZtUdEcuPI
Get launch show tickets here:
https://www.handstamp.com/e/he-was-a-god-record-release-fyab9w4b
More from He Was A God:
It’s a sauna of a Thursday night at Park City Music Hall in Black Rock, and Benjamin Curns isn’t having any of it. “How many of you are sick and tired?!” Megaphone angled at a swelling crowd, he already knows the answer: a whole lot of them. Show after show, night after night, always a whole lot of them. It’s covid isolation. It’s the planet in the flames of never-ending wars and police brutality. It’s the billionaire with his fingers in the till. A drug addled America goose-stepping her way toward tragedy. Under all these things, it’s the soil from which He Was A God took final shape in summer 2021.
Curns is the fifth and ultimate addition to the New Haven, Connecticut metal outfit–brainchild of guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist Tony Pellino. Chris Densky (drums), Dan Perrone (bass) and Ray Zvovushe (lead guitars) cap a lineup of musicians who grew up performing together on stages across the New York City tristate area. Under their new banner, He Was A God made its live debut in December 2021, commencing a run of performances in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts with metal veterans Life of Agony and (hed)P.E.
In 2023, following a run of live performances that included support for Goatwhore and Katatonia, the band enlisted renowned engineer Ryan Boesch (Melvins, Helmet, Norma Jean) to craft its debut album. The result is Muckraker, an 11-track canon of aggression, hope, rage and optimism. Muckraker swaps the personal tragedies of The Smile & The Scar for social and political grievances common to us all. Its punk contrarianism, heavy riffs, and harmonious progressions are wholly He Was A God.
He Was A God is:
Benjamin Curns – Vocals | Chris Densky – Drums/Percussion
Tony Pellino – Guitars/Keys/Backing Vocals/Programming
Dan Perrone – Bass | Ray Zvovushe – Lead Guitar
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