Crucible & Ruin by Howling Giant

HOWLING GIANT take another huge step on their third full-length "Crucible & Ruin", a collection of sparking ideas, captivating melodies, and heavy riffing close to perfection - quite a feat of on-point songwriting for such a still young band! This is the band's first album to feature new fourth member Adrian Lee Zambrano. Although the guitarist and synth player arrived somewhat toward the end of the writing process, he was still able to add his mark with cool textures on the record. The extra guitar certainly adds even more punch to HOWLING GIANT 's sound, which delivers a slightly more aggressive approach compared with predecessor "Glass Future" (2023). They even leaned into some raw band live takes to capture the emotion in the room. HOWLING GIANT hail from Nashville, Tennessee, USA, sidestepping the self-proclaimed Music City's assembly line of modern pop country while taking inspiration from the brilliant songwriters and virtuoso session players that keep the town's musical legacy burning bright. Fertile ground for a preeminent fuzz-psych power trio, now turned quartet, who consciously live in the pocket of that lineage! HOWLING GIANT storm forward once more in defiant refusal to remain still. Having grown into a four-piece as well as in their prowess as musicians and songwriters, "Crucible & Ruin" is an album at least as big as their name. Don't take our word for it, just give it a spin – or two or three...

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Howling Giant is:
Zach Wheeler - Drums and Vocals
Tom Polzine - Guitars and Vocals
Sebastian Baltes - Bass and Vocals
Adrian Lee Zambrano - Guitars and Synthesizers

Guest Appearances:
Kim Wheeler - Additional Synths and EWI on The Observatory
Adam Nohe - Additional Percussion on Beholder I: Downfall

Engineered and Mixed by Neil Tuuri at Amish Electric Chair Studios
Additional Vocals Recorded by Kim Wheeler
Produced by Neil Tuuri, Kim Wheeler, and James Sanderson
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Mastering Studio

Album Art by Susan M. Davies

Canyons, Hunter's Mark, Archon, Lesser Gods, Scepter and Scythe and Melchor's Bones composed by Howling Giant and James Sanderson

Beholder I: Downfall, Archivist, The Observatory and Beholder II: Labyrinth composed by Howling Giant

All lyrics by Howling Giant and James Sanderson

Music City’s preeminent heavy jamming psych-wizards formed more than a decade ago, and have been on an enviously productive upswing ever since. With numerous releases under their belts and a relentless touring ethos, Howling Giant can transfix you with a gorgeous, harmony-laden vocal hook while hitting you square in the gut with the snaking, progressive groove you never saw coming.

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