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On 6th April 2015 STONEGHOST will release the relentless and blistering “New Age Of Old Ways” on the Mascot Label Group (Black Label Society, Volbeat, Gojira, Joe Bonamassa), but the band very nearly never made it to this point.

Front man, tattoo artist and mouth piece Jason Smith recalls; “I was having a kid and I couldn’t cope with it, I didn’t think I would be able to carry on with the band too, I wasn’t in a good place.”

Formed in Bromley, South East London in 2007 amongst a thriving underground scene, the band began the journey with their former band name, ‘Snakebite’. The quartet quickly became a dominant fixture on the London circuit with their blend of hardcore, metal and adrenaline fuelled rock. In 2009 they opened Bloodstock Festival and stormed the stage in front of 1500 people. This led to them playing the Ronnie James Dio Stage at Bloodstock the following year alongside Opeth, Fear Factory, Children of Bodom, Gojira and the Devin Townsend Project. A trip to Germany to perform at the Wacken Open Air festival came next as did Metal Hammer’s Hammerfest IV in 2012.

It was at this point in 2013 when Jason was at his dilemma “This was when I wrote ‘Faceless Ghost‘” Jason continues. “It’s about my daughter, she was on the way, I was feeling apprehensive and scared about the responsibility and seeing a therapist at the time, I was having some really low points, but because I had a daughter on the way it gave me the reason to sort myself out.”

When recording ‘New Age of Old Ways’ they recruited the help of Russ Russell who has previously worked with Napalm Death, Evile, Dimmu Borgir, Sikth and New Model Army who helped harness the record that calls upon fear and insecurities (Faceless Ghost), carnal pleasures (The Devils Motion), childhood nightmares (All They Need Is The Light), mythology (Raynardine), defiance (The Sound Remains), reflection (Sleeper), irritation (Your Trigger, My Finger), emotional turmoil (Third Degree) and civilisation (Let Sleeping Beasts Lie).

Live is where they thrive, they occupy every space of the stage and if that means crashing into each other to get the energy across then that’s what it takes. Sometimes the energy and the aggression from the show spills over and it’s not been unknown for the band to turn on each other, such is the adrenaline fuelled performance. “We’ve beaten the sh*t out of each other” explains Jason, but Jamie reflects; “the thing is, it’s not made us enemies, it’s made us brothers.”

See the new video for ‘Faceless Ghost’ here:

Catch the band live at the following shows:
March 7th – Hellfire Club, Redhill
March 20th – The Garage, London **Album Launch Show**
April 3rd – Stephs – Consett
April 9th – Bannermans Bar – Edinburgh
April 25th – Firehouse – Southampton
May 2nd – Rebellion Bar – Manchester
May 6th – The Barfly – London
May 30th – The Green Rooms – Welwyn Garden City
August 15th – HeroFest – Gravesend

‘New Age Of Old Ways’ Track Listing:
1. Faceless Ghost
2. Devil’s Motion
3. All They Need Is The Light
4. Second To Breathe
5. The Sound Remains
6. Raynardine
7. Sleeper
8. Your Trigger, My Finger
9. Third Degree
10. Let Sleeping Beasts Lie
11. Mother Of All B*stards (demo)

STONEGHOST are:
Jason Smith (Vocals)
Cris Finniss (Drums)
Jamie Nash (Bass)
Andrew Matthews (Guitar)

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