bmcnamee86
This album is incredible. The pacing of the songs is super effective- so that when the hard parts hit, they hit in full effect. Loved this album the first time I heard it, but love it even more each listen.
Favorite track: Where Black Dogs Dream.
Wayfaerer
Stoked to hear something fresh coming out of the heavy music scene in Sac. Also, could you lump my two purchases in the same shipment? Sail Hatan!
A Becker
Chrome Ghost have done well to deliver a worthy follow-up to 2019s phenomenal The Diving Bell.
This one feels a bit more contemplative and melancholy than the previous record, which is perhaps a reflection of the times in which it was written. The quiet interlude in Where Black Dogs Dream feels perfectly placed. The entire album builds to the most satisfying conclusion with the furious title track closing it out.
Favorite track: House of Falling Ash.
Darknight
Majestic, magical post metal album from the mighty Chrome Ghost. Every song on House of Falling Ash is a post metal banger, Chrome Ghost really amazed me with there heaviness and reminded me of Sumac and Old Man Gloom, this band are in the same awesome bracket as them two great bands.
Favorite track: The Furnace.
Chrome Ghost is a Sacramento based Melodic Doom band formed in 2015 by guitarist and vocalist Jake Kilgore and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Jacob Hurst. Following the release of their first full-length, Choir of the Low Spirits, and their two EP's, Reflection Pool and Shallows, bassist Joe Cooper entered the fold and appeared on their second full-length and much heralded release, 2019's The Diving Bell .
In the turbulent years following the winter of 2019's The Diving Bell release, Chrome Ghost have returned with their latest and most sprawling album, House of Falling Ash. This record sees Jake, Jacob, and Joe re-uniting with their long-standing creative partner and engineer Pat Hills to present an expansive album that covers everything from Doom, Shoegaze, Americana, with inspiration ranging from Philip Glass, Ennio Morricone, Fleetwood Mac, and Boris.
Over the past couple of years the band have been fortunate to share the stage with bands like YOB, Helms Alee, Big Business, Whores, Kowloon Walled City, CHRCH, Usnea, and many more. Looks for more dates to come.
credits
released October 28, 2022
Chrome Ghost is:
Jake Kilgore - Vocals, Guitar, Synth
Joe Cooper - Bass
Jacob Hurst - Drums
...featuring
Patrick Hills - Guitar, Pedal Steel, Synth
Susie McMullin - Vocals (track 3)
Eva Rose - Vocals (track 2)
Yseulde - Ambience (track 3)
House of Falling Ash was written and performed by Chrome Ghost.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Patrick Hills at Earthtone.
Cover painting by Dillon Samuelson
Back cover logo by Castle Jackal
Photography by Nate Zoeller
Layout by Nestor Carrera
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Supremely heavy and deep as the heart is strong. Vocals cry to the heavens whilst massive riffs rip the sky open ever wider, a mission to the moon beyond the sky. The earth is more than we ever thought it could be, the soul ever more infinite than the earth ever was. Jono Schneider
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