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"The Chemical Zone" is an excellent introduction to the many stylistic flavors of Nor'easter, drawing on their 70s influences like Zeppelin and Deep Purple as well as their mid-80s metal contemporaries. Opening with Chris' haunting vocals over a delicate harmonic tapped guitar, the message of environmental disaster shifts and builds into a pulsating and persistent groove, which abruptly transitions into Andrew's soaring cut time solo. Following Chris' final powerful "why isn't there anybody left here?", the swirling chaos of Matt's "Bonzoesque" outro drum solo fades into an apocalyptic soundscape. Presented with the most challenging mix on the album, engineer and producer Dustin Delage has done a masterful crafting and polishing the original recording.
The dawn breaks early here, like any other day,
the morning breeze rushes, blows the glittering mist away,
a sunrise, an old mans' eyes, searching for his youth,
in the ground the silent killer, lurks nearby in deadly truth,
Children use to play here, happy in their games,
people about their daily work, you might even know their names,
Death stalks the unknowing, a graveyard sudden grew,
the torment and the torture, amidst the damage that we do,
Why isn't there anybody left here,
what's gone and happened to our own,
why have they buried all the young ones,
here at the edge of the chemical zone
An acid rain falls, and turns the nearby forest gray,
a mountain river washes all our hazardous waste away,
the toxic chemical drums buried in the solemn countryside,
have condemned all that lived here, they're waiting now to die
A mother grimly weeping, stands by her infant's grave,
our government and its leaders don't even try to save,
the lives of our children, some die in the womb,
they're born just to be encased, in Society's endless tomb,
Why isn't there anybody left here,
why can't we ever go back home,
why did our brothers have to die now,
here at the edge of the chemical zone
credits
from Calm Before the Storm,
track released April 4, 2022
Christopher A. Gursky - vocals
Andrew McKnight - guitars, bass, harmony vocals
Matthew Bouley - drums
Matt Turkovich - sound effects
Recorded by Pat Mills, Stonehouse Sound, Moosup CT 1989
Engineered and mixed by Dustin Delage, Cabin Studios, Leesburg VA 2021-22
Hard rock band based in eastern Connecticut 1984-87. With a sound & style between Rush and the Blizzard of Ozz, their "Calm
Before the Storm" album recorded in 1989 is released here in August 2022. The final Nor'easter lineup through May 1987; Christopher A. Gursky on lead vocals, Andrew McKnight - guitars, Paul St. Amour - bass, and Matthew Bouley - drums....more
Finnish death metallers leaven infernal dynamics with triumphant, infectious melodies, striking a compelling balance between grit and grace. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 25, 2023
