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While Sleeping, Stay Awake

Osiris Slain

Sons of Huns- Osiris Slain

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ABOUT THIS RECORD….
The quest for truth can lead to many different places. One door shuts, another door opens. One path dead ends, while another path widens. Life can often be akin to that proverbial rabbit hole, spiraling through options only to be left asking, “Why?” Sons of Huns explore some of the universe’s biggest questions on their second full-length album for RidingEasy Records, While Sleeping Stay Awake. This journey commenced for singer and guitarist Pete Hughes under the most unpleasant of circumstances—to say the least.
 “I got bit by a damned bacteria-ridden tick in the Virginia woods when I was a teen,” he sighs. “I got Lyme Disease, among other things, leaving me now 16 years later with chronic pain and illness and searching for answers to questions that no one seems to have answers for. That’s at the heart of While Sleeping Stay Awake. Its themes include Raja Yoga, meditation, Egyptian magic, occult and Hermetic philosophy, our connection with the stars and cycles of life, death, and rebirth.”
 The Portland trio rounded out by Ryan Northrop [drums] and Aaron Powell [bass, vocals] retreated to Sound of Sirens Studio in Los Angeles with producer Toshi Kasai [The Melvins] for a week in January 2015. During that time, the group honed its robust rock sound with the right flourishes of spacey elegance and artful bombast.
 “We’re a heavy rock band, no frills, we turn up and let it rip,” he adds. “Playing this music is cathartic, and we hope this album captured that.”
 Puffing out smoke of Sabbath-ian proportions, the first single “An Evil Unseen” pairs an incendiary six-string call-and-response with a duet between Pete and none other than Wino of St. Vitus. “’An Evil Unseen’ is a she-demon succubus that drains you dry, but leaves you desperate for more,” explains the singer. “It’s a great introduction. We were also extremely privileged to have Wino come in after a gig and nail it.”
 Meanwhile, “Philosopher’s Stone” rolls up a bluesy groove into a whiskey-soaked rocker that quickly veers left into cosmic pensiveness in between booming drums from Dale Crover of The Melvins. “That one is about a Hermetic philosophy and using inner reflection and meditation to illuminate the darkness and understand your true will,” he adds.
 The finale “The Reaper is Waiting” allows the axe to fall in one final distorted hum. Pete says, “If you are aware of no more than your physical body and live fearing pain and death and believe the reaper will come for you, then you’ve fallen into the trap. It’s an alert to realize there is something more.”
 In 2013, Banishment Ritual announced the arrival of Sons of Huns. They shared the stage with everybody from Kadavar and Pentagram to the mighty St. Vitus, while earning acclaim from tastemakers like CVLT Nation, The Sludgelord, and Decibel Magazine who described them as, “Rampaging garage rock with plenty of stoner/psychedelic inclinations.”
 As the questions continue to loom, Sons of Huns leave listeners with a few options of their own on While Sleeping Stay Awake. “If you just want to bang your head, then hell yeah, I hope the album does that,” concludes Pete. “At the same time, for those on a path of self-discovery, I hope it opens doors of inquiry.”


Sons of Huns - An Evil Unseen

The quest for truth can lead to many different places. One door shuts, another door opens. One path dead ends, while another path widens. Life can often be akin to that proverbial rabbit hole, spiraling through options only to be left asking, “Why?” Sons of Huns explore some of the universe’s biggest questions on their second full-length album for RidingEasy Records, While Sleeping Stay Awake. This journey commenced for singer and guitarist Pete Hughes under the most unpleasant of circumstances—to say the least.
 
“I got bit by a damned bacteria-ridden tick in the Virginia woods when I was a teen,” he sighs. “I got Lyme Disease, among other things, leaving me now 16 years later with chronic pain and illness and searching for answers to questions that no one seems to have answers for. That’s at the heart of While Sleeping Stay Awake. Its themes include  Raja Yoga, meditation, Egyptian magic, occult and Hermetic philosophy, our connection with the stars and cycles of life, death, and rebirth.”
 
The Portland trio rounded out by Ryan Northrop [drums] and Aaron Powell [bass, vocals] retreated to Sound of Sirens Studio in Los Angeles with producer Toshi Kasai [The Melvins] for a week in January 2015. During that time, the group honed its robust rock sound with the right flourishes of spacey elegance and artful bombast.
 
“We’re a heavy rock band, no frills, we turn up and let it rip,” he adds. “Playing this music is cathartic, and we hope this album captured that.”
 
Puffing out smoke of Sabbath-ian proportions, the first single “An Evil Unseen” pairs an incendiary six-string call-and-response with a duet between Pete and none other than Wino of St. Vitus. “’An Evil Unseen’ is a she-demon succubus that drains you dry, but leaves you desperate for more,” explains the singer. “It’s a great introduction. We were also extremely privileged to have Wino come in after a gig and nail it.”
 
Meanwhile, “Philosopher’s Stone” rolls up a bluesy groove into a whiskey-soaked rocker that quickly veers left into cosmic pensiveness in between booming drums from Dale Crover of The Melvins. “That one is about a Hermetic philosophy and using inner reflection and meditation to illuminate the darkness and understand your true will,” he adds.
 
The finale “The Reaper is Waiting” allows the axe to fall in one final distorted hum. Pete says, “If you are aware of no more than your physical body and live fearing pain and death and believe the reaper will come for you, then you’ve fallen into the trap. It’s an alert to realize there is something more.”
 
In 2013, Banishment Ritual announced the arrival of Sons of Huns. They shared the stage with everybody from Kadavar and Pentagram to the mighty St. Vitus, while earning acclaim from tastemakers like CVLT Nation, The Sludgelord, and Decibel Magazine who described them as, “Rampaging garage rock with plenty of stoner/psychedelic inclinations.”
 
As the questions continue to loom, Sons of Huns leave listeners with a few options of their own on While Sleeping Stay Awake. “If you just want to bang your head, then hell yeah, I hope the album does that,” concludes Pete. “At the same time, for those on a path of self-discovery, I hope it opens doors of inquiry.”

Philosophor's Stone

Sons of Huns - Philospher's Stone

Real rock ‘n’ roll requires a little bit of mystique, a little bit of swagger, and a little bit of trouble for good measure. Sweden’s Old Man’s Will possesses all three of those ingredients in spades, and they comingle into a wonderfully inebriating aural concoction on the band’s second full-length album, Hard Times – Troubled Man [RidingEasy Records]. The quartet— Benny Åberg [vocals], Klas Holmgren [guitar], Tommy Nilsson [bass], and Gustav Kejving [drums]—delivers a brash, bluesy, and brilliant opus that’s the perfect soundtrack for all kinds of trouble.

In between drunken late night jam sessions, parties in apartments with instrument-covered walls, a healthy diet of Deep Purple, Free, and Stray Dog, and other assorted mayhem, the boys emerged from Umeå’s underground with their self-titled debut in tow. They embarked on a successful European tour before RidingEasy Records came upon their Soundcloud and offered them a deal to reissue their first offering. In the midst of it all, Old Man’s Will began compiling ideas for what would eventually materialize as Hard Times – Troubled Man, sharing a collective vision.

“It was a step towards a more classic rock sound,” says Klas. “On the first album, we were heavily influenced by a lot of contemporary sounds and bands—something we are moving away from. For Hard Times – Troubled Man, we used old hard rock and blues as a foundation, creating something that’s meant to become the sound of Old Man’s Will.”

The first single “Troubled Man” shucks and jives between a hummable riff and a swinging stomp. “Basically, it’s about being a creative musician today and the life around it,” explains Klas. “Musicians and creative people are unique, and they’re troubled. Sometimes, the more troubled you are, the closer you are to writing that magic An ordinary life just can’t compete. Playing rock music today means big sacrifices and insane amounts of work with barely no return, but we love what we do and we don’t trim our sails to the wind.”

“Ratking” subsides from a barrage of guitar acrobatics and howling vocals into an entrancing saxophone solo, while “Another Seven Days” morphs into a seven minute-plus epic. Klas continues, “It’s about a certain type of angst. When using your inner fire as a blowtorch to get shit done, things can get out of hand. You can’t balance enjoying your accomplishments because you can’t sleep and you’re all stressed out. It’s something musicians go through.”

Ultimately, Old Man’s Will do what their idols did. They take the foundation of rock ‘n’ roll and leave an indelible stamp of their own. “We never had the intention of inventing a new genre,” concludes Klas. “We’re not about social media, posing, being ‘hip,’ or playing a certain fuzz or guitar pedal. For us, it’s just about great songs.”


Hard Times - Troubled Man

Troubled Man

Old Man's Will - Troubled Man

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