New studio pic, who dis? Thank you @zach_fichter for all your help over the years 📷❤️ #mixing #mastering #recording #producer #music #musicproducer #engineer #masteringengineer #mixer #mixengineer #mixingengineer #mixingandmastering #studioengineer #audioengineer #protools #neve #lynxaurora #tannoy #ns10s #softtube #console1 #uad #universalaudio
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Happy May Day! Welcome to Mt. Forever, our debut LP, is out now on vinyl and streaming!
Artwork by National Book Award-winning cartoonist Nate Powell @seemybrotherdance
Produced, engineered, and mixed by the great Bryan Walthall @stereoimagerva
Mastered by Grammy Award winning engineer Dan Millice @danmillice
Six doom-laden tracks of heavy DIY rock from Richmond, VA. Six tales of mystery, passion, and danger. Six chances to either invite or fight the darkness. We hope you enjoy the magic and mayhem that is Mt. Forever.
Link in profile. It’s Bandcamp Friday, so 100% will go to the band. Buy the record today!
OPS045: VARIOUS ARTISTS “It Came From The Abyss” (Volume 2) LP/Digital
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“It Came from the Abyss” (Volume 2) continues the sonic journey into the depths of the underground’s lush sonic spectrum.
This edition kicks off with the debut of a heavy skate rock studio project called COFFINDROP, featuring members of Metallica, Torche, Converge, Bleach Everything, and Pianos Become the Teeth. 100% of COFFINDROP’s royalties are donated to The Skatepark Project. Vocalist Kyle Durfey then bleeds over into another one of his projects called BURIAL WAVES with their song “Light Heads.”
The only other vocalist featured on side A is Eric Richter, who appears first with his newest project SUBURBAN EYES on the track “SoCal (Psycho),” immediately followed by his work 30 years prior via the CHRISTIE FRONT DRIVE track “Now I Do” (originally from the long out of print Sineater/Christie Front Drive split 7”).
Side A wraps with some instrumental bliss, beginning with a previously-unreleased bit of brilliance from THIS WILL DESTROY YOU called “Shapeless Burst” and wrapping with the beautifully haunting “Duty” by HARMONIC CROSS, on vinyl format for the first time ever.
Side B starts with the open road anthem “Dusted” from INTRCPTR (Ben Carr of 5ive, Larry Herweg of Pelican), also appearing for the first time ever on vinyl. This is chased by BLEACH EVERYTHING “Bound” and a criminally underrated band/song from the early 00’s Boston heavy scene in the form of DISAPPEARER “A Skull Full of Bats.”
The program closes out with a 1-2-3-4 punch to the face from bands in the short, fast, and loud pedigree, kicking off with CORN ON MACABRE’s grinding horror anthem “You’re Okay, I’m Undead” straight into GEHENNA’s negative hardcore-laced “Parallel Hells,” and finally capped by a pair of 90’s fringe legends in the form of APARTMENT 213 with “Mutilation” and BLACK ARMY JACKET closing the show with “Pathogen.”
As with Volume 1, Matt Stikker returns once again with this edition’s incredible cover illustration.
Thanks for supporting and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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#itcamefromtheabyss #itcamefromtheabyssvol2 #darkoperative #mattstikker #newrelease
OPS063: COFFINDROP “The Sounding Wall” 7”/Digital
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COFFINDROP is a heavy skate rock project featuring Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Rick Smith of Torche, Brent Eyestone and Graham Scala of Bleach Everything, Kurt Ballou of Converge, and Kyle Durfey of Pianos Become the Teeth.
Members of the project originally assembled in Venice, California several years back to hang out and cover a bunch of Black Sabbath songs. As everyone got loose, shared Ozzy stories, and did their best to do The Prince of Darkness and the Birmingham lads justice, the collective idea was hatched to write something entirely new on the spot and record it.
Not too long after, material was down on tape (courtesy of friend and Renaissance Man Chris Owens) and shipped out to Kurt Ballou with an open invitation to join in the fun. Eventually, the dulcet tones of Kyle Durfey’s voice also found their way to the project and Kurt mixed the entire thing himself out in Massachussets.
To celebrate Halloween 2025, “Shining Wizard” and “The Sounding Wall” are being issued as a standalone 7” and as part of the Dark Operative compilation LP “It Came From The Abyss” (Volume 2). With cover illustrations by Florian Bertmer and Matt Stikker, respectively, it’s a pleasure to now be able to share the collective’s love of heavy music, cool graphics, skateboarding, and collaboration with others, right down to all royalties for the project being entirely donated to The Skatepark Project.
Please enjoy.
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#coffindrop #coffindropband #thesoundingwall #darkoperative #kyledurfey #roberttrujillo #kurtballou #ricksmith #grahamscala #brenteyestone #skaterock #heavyrock #theskateparkproject #florianbertmer #fcowens #bryanwalthall #halloweenrecord #outtoday #newmusic #nowstreaming
Well this shit sucks. Not many would remember, but dave was my first, (and last 😂) studio partner. He wanted to call the studio “twilight studios” which we workshopped and nobody liked 😂 but now it seems like a great name that we should have used. That studio is where we cut “session at cupcake’s”. It was his idea to build a bar, it was awesome. That was a lifetime ago. RIP Searles. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Man this shit hurts. #rip @steve.albini one of my biggest inspirations and influences. A huge part of my life, I definitely would not be where I am now without you. Thanks man.
We’re so proud everyone is enjoying our latest release “Rebels & Dreamers”. Your outpouring of love and support is amazing!
This past summer I was about fed up and almost threw in the towl many times making this record. A pandemic, a shooting, multiple studios, engineers, starts, stops, lost tracks, hours of listening to mixes, imposter syndrome, daily self doubt, keeping a band going, making a whole other record in the meantime (outlaws & saints) -Needless to say, I almost gave up.
Huge thanks to Bryan Walthall @stereoimagerva for being there and helping me finish this album; I couldn’t have done it without you. Rusty Thomas Scott @thewardrva thanks your diligence, effort, hours and patience. John Morand and @soundofmusicrva for getting us started.
And the Piners for all their hard work and dedication to these songs!
@bigfog.co for bringing my vision to fruition. If you need art go check them out. I’ve added a bunch of early drafts but Brian knocked this album cover out the park!
If anyone has an hour or so to kill, there’s a link 🔗 in my bio with the story behind the album
@jwood_621@ianbwoo@big_dyls@richstine77@slamda
