Thrash trio Misfire release searing second single 'Red Flag' ahead of debut album
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Sympathy For The Ignorant out 1st April via MNRK Heavy
Chicago-based thrash trio Misfire have unveiled their latest video and single, 'Red Flag'. Premiered via Metal Injection, the track comes from the band’s pulverising Sympathy For The Ignorant debut full-length, set for release on 1st April on their new label home of MNRK Heavy.
Watch the new video here: https://youtu.be/NvY2M7My_3I
Pre-order Sympathy For The Ignorant here: https://misfire.lnk.to/sympathyfortheignorant
Conjuring old-school flavoured thrash metal devastation with the kind of bombastic firepower that could wake the dead, Misfire creates more of a racket than bands twice their size, delivering song after song of unrelenting fury. It’s music that could have arrived in the thrash golden age of 1986, when bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Dark Angel, and Sodom delivered vital records. And yet Misfire is forward-thinking, injecting modern metal mastery into their brew for a powerful, timeless sound.
Comments the band of new single 'Red Flag', “This song is the result of a series of incredibly challenging situations we have been in throughout our lives. This was one of the first songs written for Misfire and we are stoked to share it with you all! Raise your red flag!"
Created in a small studio and engineered by bassist/vocalist Sean Coogan, the debut album for Misfire is free from click-tracks and other unnecessary frills, projecting the purity of what three musicians raised on Pantera and the Big 4 sound like in a room together. Sympathy For The Ignorant is heavy, confident, and filled with the kind of earworm thrash metal riffs that sends aspiring players to the guitar store.
“The album is a sonically badass version of what you’ll hear live. It’s real, no fake shit,” drummer Nicademus says. “It’s very much a throwback to the way things used to be recorded. Like, just turn the shit on, press record, layer some stuff in after that, put some words on top of it, mix it, and it’s done.”
Armed with the attitude and songs to follow in the footsteps of Slayer, Metallica, and Lamb Of God, the three men of Misfire are heavy metal lifers. “I started playing drums when I was eleven, and ever since, it’s all I talk about,” says Nicademus. “Jay and I started jamming together at ages twelve and thirteen.”
In just a short couple of years, Misfire quickly shared the stage with thrash legends Sacred Reich and modern throwback bands like Iron Reagan and Warbringer. As long-running tastemakers Metal Crypt wrote in a review of Sympathy For The Ignorant, “these fellows are ready for the big leagues.”
“Whatever happens, we’re going to be here for a long time because we can’t live without doing this shit,” Nicademus declares. “All we want is to make records, tour, and have a good time doing it.”
Misfire is poised to give the world a much-needed dose of Windy City whiplash. Get ready.
View the band’s previously released video for their first single 'Fractured' here.
Misfire are:
Jay Johnson – vocals/guitar
Sean Coogan – vocals/bass
James Nicademus – drums
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