NEWS: Madrost announce live album “Lost Lives Volume 1”!
Southern California progressive thrashers Madrost are set to release the first in a planned series of live recordings this fall on Lost Wisdom Records. “Lost Lives Volume 1” is a throwback to the band’s early days, featuring songs found on the band’s recently reissued full-length debut album “Maleficent“. The songs selected for this release were recorded during an October 2009 performance at Hogue Barmichael’s in Newport Beach, California. At the time these songs were recorded the bands line up consisted of Tanner Poppitt (Vocals and Guitar), Jake Durbin (Guitars), Thomas Damgaard (Bass) and Josh Alves (Drums).
Madrost guitarist and vocalist Tanner Poppit comments: “The Lost Lives Series is a retrospective of the band’s early career. Starting this series off, this long-forgotten era has officially been restored and is now ready to be shown to the public. This particular release showcases the band in October of 2009, just two years after they originally formed. Warts and all, the band was firing on all cylinders and were well on their way to becoming a much tighter machine. What you are hearing is just that and more. A band with nothing to lose and everything to gain in the years to follow. Stay tuned for more to come in this series as we document the energy of the very foundation that this band maintains even still to this day”
Founded in the summer of 2007, Madrost is a Progressive Death Thrash act focused on precision songwriting and an energetic diverse approach to their sound. Influenced by the likes of Metal Church, Death, ELP, Believer, Coroner, Mekong Delta and Iron Maiden, the band has transformed from a straightforward thrash death style to incorporating a wide range of other instruments and time signatures into their own unique sound and style. Madrost. signed with NoLifeTilMetal Records in 2020 and released their fourth album, the Progressive Thrash masterpiece “Charring The Rotting Earth“. This album was followed by the 2022 release of “Into the Aquatic Sector“. Pre-orders for “Lost Lives Volume .1” are available over at bandcamp The album will drop on 11th October…