Category 7, the supergroup that unites members of several veteran thrash/metalcore acts will release their debut album on July 26th through Metal Blade. The band consists of:
Vocals: John Bush (Armored Saint, ex-Anthrax)
Guitars: Mike Orlando (ex-Adrenaline Mob)
Guitars: Phil Demmel (Kerry King, ex-Machine Head/Vio-lence)
Bass: Jack Gibson (Exodus)
Drums: Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall/Overkill)
Demmel offered the following:
“I think we’re pretty super. Really, I feel like this is a band, not a side project. And I feel like we have written this incredible piece of music, and we’re not done. I’m so proud of the way this came together and the people who were involved. And I think we all feel super positive about this and what else we can do with it going forward.”
The band’s first single is a song called “In Stitches“, and the video for the track, which can be found below, was shot by Tom Flynn and Mike Watts. Bush offered the following on the single:
“I read an article on an unhoused pregnant woman named Stitches who resided in Los Angeles obviously living a very difficult life that was compounded by mental illness and drug abuse. The encampment situation in my beloved city drives me bats. I balance between serious empathy and complete anger. The combination of imagining her life as well as my own internal turmoil led me to an almost humorous insanity state while writing this scathing album opener.”
Category 7 track listing:
01 – “In Stitches”
02 – “Land I Used To Love”
03 – “Apple Of Discord”
04 – “Exhausted”
05 – “Runaway Truck”
06 – “White Flags & Bayonets”
07 – “Mousetrap”
08 – “Waver At The Breaking Point”
09 – “Through Pink Eyes”
10 – “Etter Stormen”
