Anesthetic Mark Morton

• 1 Cross Off 04:13
• 2 Sworn Apart 03:57
• 3 Axis 04:13
• 4 The Never 04:05
• 5 Save Defiance 04:36
• 6 Blur 05:20
• 7 Back From The Dead 04:03
• 8 Reveal 04:12
• 9 Imaginary Days 03:45
• 10 The Truth Is Dead 04:13
• Total Runtime 42:37

Info for Anesthetic

Mit seiner Band Lamb Of God krempelte der amerikanische Gitarrist Mark Morton erst kürzlich, im Vorprogramm von Slayer auf deren vielumjubelten Abschiedstournee, die größten Hallen Deutschlands auf links. Nun kündigt der Musiker sein Soloalbum „Anesthetic“ an.

Hierfür wartet er mit einer beeindruckenden Liste an Gastmusikern auf – unter anderem ist kein Geringerer als Chester Bennington am Mikrofon zu hören. Desweiteren haben auch Miles Kennedy, Alissa White-Gluz, Jacobi Shaddix, Mark Lanegan uvm Guestvocals beigesteuert.

Nicht zuletzt der illustren Runde an Gästen ist es geschuldet, dass „Anesthetic“ ein Album voller Songs für ein breiteres Publikum geworden ist. Obwohl Marks Mortons Handschrift durch sein signifikantes Spiel unverkennbar ist, hat sein erstes Soloalbum das Zeug, Rockfans aus allen Sparten zu begeistern.

Mehrere Jahre hat Mark Morton an seinem Album geschrieben und gefeilt – Zeit, die sich definitiv hörbar ausgezahlt hat. Der Track „Cross Off“ mit dem 2017 verstorbenen Chester Bennington an den Vocals, knackte bereits kurze Zeit nach der Veröffentlichung die Millionenmarke auf YouTube und läuft im amerikanischen Active Rock Radio derzeit auf Dauer-Rotation.

Mark Morton, guitars (all tracks), bass (track 2), vocals (on "Imaginary Days")
Chester Bennington, vocals (track 1)
Jacoby Shaddix, vocals (track 2)
Mark Lanegan, vocals (track 3)
Chuck Billy, vocals (track 4)
Jake Oni, vocals (track 4)
Myles Kennedy, vocals (track 5), backing vocals (track 2)
Mark Morales, vocals (track 6), backing vocals (track 9)
Josh Todd, vocals (track 7)
Naeemah Maddox, vocals (track 8)
Randy Blythe, vocals (track 10)
Alissa White-Gluz, vocals (track 10)
Paolo Gregoletto, bass (track 1)
Alex Bent, drums (tracks 1, 2)
Marc Ford, guitars (track 3)
Mike Inez, bass (tracks 3, 5-7, 9)
Steve Gorman, drums (tracks 3, 6)
David Ellefson, bass (tracks 4, 10)
Roy Mayorga, drums (tracks 4, 7, 10)
Ray Luzier, drums (tracks 5, 9)
Yanni Papadopoulos, bass (track 8)
Jean-Paul Gaster, drums (track 8)
Chris Brooks, keyboards (track 8)

Mark Morton
For all its depth, diversity and cross-pollinated ambition, modern metal needs its figureheads, its heroes and its leaders. Lamb of God have been blazing mercilessly away at the forefront of heavy music for the last 15 years, upholding metal’s intrinsic values of honesty, intensity and creativity while also daring to push boundaries and think outside the heavy box. Exploding into view with 2000’s seminal debut New American Gospel, the Virginian quintet inadvertently kick-started the so-called New Wave Of American Metal at the dawn of the 21st century; and have notched up a succession of huge commercial hit albums and remorselessly toured the globe ever since. The combination of vocalist Randy Blythe’s excoriating growls and roars, guitarists Willie Adler and Mark Morton’s precision attack and the bowel-shattering rumble of rhythm section John Campbell (bass) and Chris Adler (drums) has both refined and redefined the notion of aggressive metal in the modern era.

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