The Skull is the brand new band featuring vocalist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson of American doom metal legends Trouble alongside longtime Trouble bassist Ron Holzner and the twin guitar tandem of Lothar Keller (also of Sacred Dawn) and former Pentagram guitarist Matt Goldsborough. The Skull will release their debut album For Those Which Are Asleep on November 4th via Tee Pee Records, the NYC independent record label known for releasing landmark albums from acts such as High On Fire, Graveyard, Earthless and Sleep.

The Skull is streaming a new track “The Touch Of Reality” and is playing at this location.

Written and recorded this past spring, For Those Which Are Asleep features ten tracks of elemental heavy metal and is the first full length album to feature Wagner, Holzner and Olson since the 1995 release of Trouble's Plastic Green Head album. The new record's greatest strength is how well it captures the apocalyptic trudge that Trouble delivered from the first downbeat of their 1984 debut, but now unequivocally propelled by the hallmarks of a hungry new band fueled by new blood. The mighty voice of Wagner is on full display; the vocalist proving on For Those Which Are Asleep that he still wields an eerie power at the mic. Titanic riffs abound as Keller and Goldsborough weave ominous atmospheres over the molten, crushing core of Holzner and Olson's sinister strut.

Make no mistake, The Skkull are in complete command of their craft and have capably created a modern classic; a recording where atmosphere is established as drums crash, guitars blare and stories are told.

 

 

For Those Which Are Asleep tracklisting:

"Trapped Inside My Mind"
"The Touch of Reality"
"Sick of It All"    

"The Door"
"Send Judas Down"
"A New Generation"  

"Till the Sun Turns Black"     

"For Those Which Are Asleep"
"Sometime Yesterday Mourning"
"The Last Judgment"

"Till The Sun Burns Black":

The Skull are:

Jeff "Oly" Olson - drums/keys

Matt Goldsborough - guitar

Eric Wagner - vocals

Ron Holzner - bass

Lothar Keller - guitar