NEWS: Grey Mountain eat lead and die?!

A collaboration between Jon Higgs (guitar/vocals; also of Thūn, Moose Cult) and Kishor Haulenbeek (guitars, bass, vocals; also of Black Harvest, Construct of Lethe, In Human Form), rounded out by Jon’s long suffering brother-in-arms and intrepid adventurer, James Garnett (drums; also of Monsterworks) titled Grey Mountain is on the horizon. Treading on hot coals of Traditional Heavy Metal infused with Death, Doom and Post-Metal moments, a self titled album is set for 7th March via Eat Lead and Die Music.

Higgs says about the collaboration: “I got to know Kishor through metalforum.com and first reached out to hire him to paint a cover for Bull Elephant’s third album. At some point in 2023, knowing he played bass for Heavy Meta, I tentatively asked if he would be interested in laying down bass for a bunch of tracks I had in mind to record with James as a side project. He said yes, but went further and expressed a keenness to contribute a song and maybe add a few ‘melodic guitars.’ Little did I know that when he tackled these guitar melodies – which contrary to his modest description are full blown guitar-hero leads in many cases – it impacted the music in a big way….and then he went ahead and added extra vocals too! I am all about collaboration, and Kishor has taken things in directions I would never have thought of. Couple that with James’ relatively rocky but hard hitting approach on drums (beautifully recorded by Jamie Masters at Echo Studios close to homebase in Buckinghamshire) and I think we’ve come up with something pretty unique. We’ve got a second album planned already.”