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SILVER SNAKES upcoming album Saboteur finds lead singer, guitarist and song writer Alex Estrada and bandmates, bassist Mike Trujillo, guitarist Jeremiah Bignell and drummer Garrett Harney delving further into a darker side of the human condition for their third full-length album due out February 15th, 2016.
Formed in 2011, after Estradas hardcore/crust band Cathedrals went defunct, LAs SILVER SNAKES started an evolution that has blended his many influences, from Latin singer Lola Beltrán to bands like Godflesh and Ministry. So, not surprisingly, Saboteur, finds the songwriter experimenting with samples, synths and beats for the first time. Its something I have always had an interest in, and it felt like a new challenge. Its not like picking up a guitar and teaching yourself a few chords.
Inspired by two alternative masterpieces: Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral and Sleeps cult classic Dopesmoker, the storyline interwoven with the music of Saboteur takes the listener through a pyrrhic victory of someone who, because of their own passions and goals, sabotages and manipulates for their own benefit and soon has to come face to face with the consequences of their actions.
The idea of sabotage is something that can be applied to everyones lives, Estrada said, revealing the muse behind the albums title. It is a human urge to want to succeed over everyone else, or to see someone not succeed just for the pleasure you get out of thatthats what this record is about.
While Saboteur is not full-on concept album, there is a common thread which ties songs like the Deftones-meets-Om track Glass with the hypnotically heavy riffs of Dresden. The mechanical, heartless feel of Saboteur enhances the narrative that Estrada and the band explore thematically on this release, but also runs the risk of alienating fans of the bands earlier riff-laden albums. It is a risk Estrada is willing to take to see Silver Snakes continue to push boundaries the way his musical heroes did more than 20 years ago.
Saboteur comes in a slick silver-printed sleeve
Black LP vinyl pressing
1. Electricity
2. Glass
3. Raindance
4. Devotion
5. Fire Cloud
6. Red Wolf
7. Charmer
8. La Dominadora
9. Dresden
10. The Loss
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