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“Crucial Velocity, a powerhouse band featuring members of King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad, and Chastain Harris, have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere their latest single, ‘Hollow.’ The track moves as a commentary on humanity’s failure to learn from history, opening with Georg Hegel’s timeless quote: ‘The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.’ Accompanied by a video by Wayne Joyner, known for his work with Dream Theater and Tremonti, ‘Hollow’ showcases the band’s vision of melding dark atmospheres with hook-driven harmonies.” Check it out here exclusively at Metal Insider:

https://metalinsider.net/premieres/video-premiere-crucial-velocity-hollow

Crucial Velocity‘s Nate Bauer explains ‘Hollow’ was written after a conversation with a friend about ideology. Ideology, in my opinion, is the root of all evil. Ideology pushes politics and religion into dangerous cult like territory. Ideology promotes thoughtless thought in that you basically surrender yourself to whatever the ideology is without feeling the need to really think about what it is you are following. People placing complete trust in the ideology and the leaders who promote them. We have seen this happen over centuries with the rise of very evil leaders or civilizations. And yet, here we are in 2024 and supposedly intelligent people are still being caught up in dangerous ideological movements. We need to get back to pragmatic thought. Deep thoughtful thought. Androo O’Hearn captured the anger in the lyrics with his death metal growls while still maintaining the melodic approach that defines the Crucial Velocity sound. 

CRUCIAL VELOCITY started as a collaboration between songwriter/guitarist/bassist Nate Bauer and veteran mixing/mastering engineer Gary Long, owner of Nomad Recording Studio, in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. (www.Nomadrecording.studio). This morphed into the need for talented musicians to carry out Nate’s vision of melding the dark atmosphere and complexity of Opeth, Black Sabbath and Voivod into shorter, more accessible songs with the hooks and vocal harmonies of Queen, Alice In Chains and Ghost. Once Matt Thompson, Androo O’Hearn, and Michael Harris came aboard, (plus a guest appearance by Buddy Sledge), the band released the self-titled debut album which has been featured and favorably reviewed in Metalized, Powerplay, Rock Hard Italy and Metallurg Magazines and the music has featured on independent radio stations across Europe, South America and Mexico.

CRUCIAL VELOCITY released upcoming album Controller‘s first single “Brainstorm” on November 15, 2024. Check it out here: CRUCIAL VELOCITY “Brainstorm” (Official Video)

CRUCIAL VELOCITY will drop sophomore album Controller, the follow up to the self-titled 2023 album release, on January 10, 2025. Heavier, leaner and darker than the debut album, Controller is ready for the masses.

Pre-order Controller Physical CD and download through the Crucial Velocity website here: www.crucial-velocity.com 

Distro full album link: https://orcd.co/controller

About the members of CRUCIAL VELOCITY:

Matt Thompson, Drums (King Diamond, Shaolin Death Squad); Matt has been the touring and studio drummer for King Diamond for 20 plus years. Powerful and inventive, Matt can do it all. @mattthmpsndrums

Androo O’Hearn, Vocals, Keyboards (Shaolin Death Squad): Androo is a professional vocalist and multi instrumentalist. Powerful and unique. His use of layered vocal harmonies is one of the most important ingredients to the sound of Crucial Velocity. @androoohearn

Michael Harris, Guitar Solos: Michael is a legend. He has recorded 18 albums consisting of solo projects, Thought Chamber (Inside Out Music), Darkology and Arch Rival. He recorded an album with David Chastain and 3 albums with world renowned keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij. www.michaelharrisguitar.com

Nate Bauer, Songwriter, Guitar, Bass, Keyboard: Nate is lifelong musician from the plains of South Dakota. Heavily influenced by Opeth, Black Sabbath, Voivod, Iron Maiden, 80’s metal. Nate has written and recorded over 80 songs.

CRUCIAL VELOCITY online:

https://crucial-velocity.com/

Contact: Nate Bauer Mrnatebauer@gmail.com    @natebauermusic