Category 7 announce debut self-titled album
CATEGORY 7 have announced their debut album!
A self-titled effort, the upcoming album from the heavy metal supergroup is their debut full-length album, and is scheduled to be released in July this year, via Metal Blade Records.
The band is comprised of John Bush [ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX], Mike Orlando [ADRENALINE MOB, SONIC UNIVERSE, NOTURNALL], Phil Demmel [MACHINE HEAD, KERRY KING, VIO-LENCE], Jack Gibson [EXODUS], and Jason Bittner [SHADOWS FALL, OVERKILL].
The debut album was produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Orlando at Sonic Stomp Studios with art and layout by Carlos Fides at Artside Studio [ANGRA, EVERYGREY, KAMELOT].
“I think we’re pretty super,” jokes guitarist Phil Demmel. “Really, I feel like this is a band, not a side project. And I feel like we have written this incredible piece of music, and we’re not done. I’m so proud of the way this came together and the people who were involved. And I think we all feel super positive about this and what else we can do with it going forward.”
Alongside the announcement of the debut album, CATEGORY 7 have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; In Stitches. “It gets heavy, it’s thrashy at times, but it opens up in the verses, and then the double-bass drums come in and knock you off your chair, but in a great way,” Orlando says. Bush adds, “I read an article on an unhoused pregnant woman named Stitches who resided in Los Angeles obviously living a very difficult life that was compounded by mental illness and drug abuse. The encampment situation in my beloved city drives me bats. I balance between serious empathy and complete anger. The combination of imagining her life as well as my own internal turmoil led me to an almost humorous insanity state while writing this scathing album opener.”
Watch the official music video for In Stitches here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming debut album below:
Track List:
1. In Stitches
2. Land I Used To Love
3. Apple Of Discord
4. Exhausted
5. Runaway Truck
6. White Flags & Bayonets
7. Mousetrap
8. Waver At The Breaking Point
9. Through Pink Eyes
10. Etter Stormen
Category 7 is set for release on July 26th via Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on CATEGORY 7 like their official page on Facebook.
