From Ashes To New, an American band that combines modern rock and metal with rap, released their new album Reflections. The publisher is Better Noise Music. In conjunction with the release, the band also presents a music video for the album’s lead single, “Forever.” On “Forever,” calm, atmospheric verses are combined with explosive choruses and heavy breakdowns. The band made the music video in collaboration with director Orie McGuinness.
The band’s singer Matt Brandyberry says that the song “Forever” was created at the very end of the album’s making process:
“Forever was created at the very end of the album, as if it was waiting for everything else to fall into place first. The song has a kind of finality – like standing in the middle of something that can no longer be fixed, and realizing too late where everything went wrong. It describes that feeling when regret won’t let go.”
According to Brandyberry, the band has approached the album with a bolder attitude than before:
“This time we pushed ourselves further than ever. We made choices that felt uncomfortable, but that’s what made this different for us. The intention was not to play it safe, but to evolve and make something that will haunt us. This is not exactly a concept album, but it has one feeling: like you’re stuck in some kind of in-between state. You see something better in front of you, but something always pulls you back down.”
The band had originally made demos of no less than 16 songs to form the basis of the new album, but unexpectedly decided to scrap all the material and start from scratch. Only two songs from the original demos ended up on the final album.
Reflections track listing:
1. Drag Me
2. Forever
3. Villain
4. Die For You
5. Black Hearts
6. Upside Down
7. (Not) Psycho
8. Parasite
9. New Disease
10. Darkside
11. Falling From Heaven
12. Your Ghost
From Ashes To New is:
Danny Case – vocals
Matt Brandyberry – vocals
Lance Dowdle – guitar
Maty Madiro – drums
Jimmy Bennett – guitar
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