Massachusetts-based melodic hardcore stalwarts, A Wilhelm Scream, have announced the release of their sixth full-length album, entitled ‘Cheap Heat,’ that will be released on February 27th via Creator-Destructor Records.
Just over three years after their last LP, ‘Lose Your Delusion’ (2022), the band have come out the gate swingin’ harder than ever with ten tracks of adrenaline-fueled melodic hardcore and punk rock. Combining the dark nihilistic mood of the band’s classic 2005 album ‘Ruiner’ with the technicality, ferocity, and sharp precision of 2007’s monumental ‘Career Suicide’, the new full-length record is a unique hybrid of the darker, more aggressive elements of the band’s sound.
‘Cheap Heat’ was produced and mixed by Trevor Reilly at Anchor End Studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with mastering handled by his father Joe Reilly at Black & Blue Mastering. The new album also marks the first for the band’s newest member, Ben Murray (Light This City, Heartsounds, Darkness Everywhere) on second guitar.
“We gave out all our flowers and gratitude that we got left in this world on our last two records and it’s time to TURN HEEL for the good of the game.”
Preorders for ‘Cheap Heat’ have been officially launched at creatordestructor.com – The first pressing of the LP features three different variants, with CDs, Tapes, and Merch available as well.
The third track of the album, ‘Midnight Ghost’ comes with an official music video directed by Mike Rivkees, produced and mixed by Trevor Reilly at Anchor End Studio – check it out below!
‘Cheap Heat’ tracklist:
01. Somebody’s Gonna Die
02. The Scumbag Grift
03. Midnight Ghost
04. I Got Tunnel Vision
05. Let It Ride
06. Fell Off
07. Run.
08. Visitor: Unimpressed
09. Unsolving the Mystery
10. Poison II