California-based brutal death metal outfit, Iron Front, have just released their new track, “Slam Of ‘87.” It follows “Dissolved In Resin” as the second song to come out from the band’s second album, Hooked, due January 12th on Creator-Destructor Records. They have also started booking live shows in support of the long-player. Head into the article below to catch the track and find out more.
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Topey Plourde (vocals) states, “It’s one of the more hardcore influenced songs on the album, with low chugging riffs and some mid-tempo sections. As with all the songs on the record, Nick Morosini did a great job mixing it; just listen to that snare. The track features our friend Gerold, formerly of Death Pickle and the current bassist of Manos De Fierro, who came in and did a dope verse.”
Iron Front will support Hooked with regional live actions and tour dates in 2024, leading with a trio of shows in San Diego, Pomona, and Los Angeles January 05th through 07th, and a release show for the album in San Francisco on January 13th. Watch for additional dates to post shortly.
Iron Front Live:
01/05/2024 Better Half Supply Co – San Diego, CA
01/06/2024 The Haven – Pomona, CA
01/07/2024 The Rec Center – Los Angeles, CA
01/13/2024 The Bottom Of The Hill – San Francisco, CA *Hooked release show
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Originally formed in 2016 as Dire Wolves, the band reformatted to Iron Front in 2019 and is currently embodied by drummer Max Mahmood, guitarist/vocalist Cruz Garcia, guitarist Jesse Dicruttalo, bassist Dmitri Castillo Russel, and vocalist Topey Plourde. Taking inspiration from old-school death metal and NYHC, the output of Iron Front is a hardcore-adjacent, slam-induced alloy of pure savagery, calling to mind 200 Stab Wounds, Snuffed On Sight, Skinless, Bodybox, Internal Bleeding, and Suffocation.
Iron Front has independently released a handful of demos, singles, and one full-length, as well as an EP on Transylvanian Recordings. They have received airplay on independent radio stations including Possessed vocalist Jeff Becerra’s Gimme Metal show and were interviewed on Rampage Radio. Iron Front has performed live all over the greater Bay Area and has toured across the Western US.
Now, Iron Front arrives with their most decimating material to date with their second album, Hooked. The succinct but dense record savagely unloads seven earthmoving tracks stacked with infectious riff-hooks and earthmoving beatdowns. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Nicholas Morosini at Inpatient Studios in Oakland, Hooked was completed with cover art by Julian Felipe Mora Ibañez.
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