THE ATOMIC BOMB AUDITION - "Haunted Houses"

THE ATOMIC BOMB AUDITION: progressive Bay Area squad confronts Freddy Kreuger in epic new post-metal dirge "Haunted Houses"

The Atomic Bomb Audition has revealed new track "Haunted Houses" from its upcoming new album, Future Mirror.

Stream the song, here: https://newnoisemagazine.com/premieres/track-premiere-the-atomic-bomb-audition-haunted-houses/

Pre-order the album, here: https://theatomicbombaudition.bandcamp.com/album/future-mirror

Future Mirror, The Atomic Bomb Audition's first new music in almost a decade, is a new masterpiece from this adventurous Bay Area band. Layers of prog, heavy metal, and new wave are twisted into glorious, mournful rock songs, bridging gaps between ’70s visionaries (e.g. Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Scott Walker) and modern-day heavy songcrafters (e.g. Jesu, Torche, Kowloon Walled City). The album was recorded by Kowloon Walled City’s Scott Evans.

New single "Haunted Houses" begins amidst post-metal melancholy, then descends into a mesmerizing doom rock dirge capped with the soaring vocals of guitarist Alee Karim.

Karim states: “This song was very specifically trying to recreate the emotional vibe of a horror film, specifically how I perceived them as a kid who found them existentially terrifying and not even a little bit fun. I was spooked out by Freddy Krueger and worried that if I fell asleep he’d kill me. The lyrics were initially inspired by how freaked out I would get about that—and then realizing that as an adult, there’s much scarier things to occupy my imagination in terms of real world concerns. Old fears look small with time but the basic specter of fear finds a new face to terrify you. I still get nightmares; I’m still afraid of ghosts; no fear ever goes away unless I confront it or somehow make peace with it.”

More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-atomic-bomb-audition-future-mirror.html

Photo by Rex Mananquil