Exhumed release their new album "Horror"

Exhumed releases their new album "Horror" mixed by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust). I handled tracking at Darkest Corner Studios in San Luis Obispo, CA. Artwork was handled by the talented team of Marc Schoenbach and Rachel Deering,

Canada's VHS choose BOOM! to master their new album

Canadian Gore aficionados VHS just released their new album "We're gonna need some bigger riffs" through Rotten Roll Rex, including mastering by yours truly and vocal performances by Matt Harvey (Exhumed) and Trevor Strnad (Black Dahlia Murder).

On stage with Graveyard@Psycho Las Vegas

I'll be working as guitar tech for Swedish rockers Graveyard in August 16 for their Psycho Las Vegas performance.

On stage with Cyndi Lauper at the Hollywood Bowl

I'll be joining legendary performer Cyndi Lauper on stage for 2 dates, July 12-13 at the Hollywood Bowl as Drum Technician.

Gygax/Pounder Tour dates announced

To celebrate the release of "Uncivilized" we'll be playing a few select cities on the West Coast with the mighty GIGAX, starting May 9, METAL AF!!!

I'll be on stage as part of the Psycho Stage Crew this Saturday 4/20, see ya there stoners!

Tracking for the new EXHUMED record finished!

Tracking for the new Exhumed record is done! Files are on the desk of Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust) who's handling mixing and mastering, GRIND!!!

Next Pounder show: Oakland, CA March 8, 2019

Up next! Pounder w/Union Jack & The Rippers, Blind Illusion, Elbo Room, Friday March 8, 9:00PM

Morgue Rat/Ruin Split in the works

Morgue Rat will enter the studio in March to record 3 tracks for a split tape release with RUIN, prepare for filth!

https://morgueratcult.bandcamp.com/releases

Pounder "Uncivilized" drops Feb 22 via HellsHeadbangers Records

HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present POUNDER's highly anticipated debut album, Uncivilized, on CD and vinyl LP formats. 

POUNDER specialize in dealing out classic heavy metal tunes, expertly crafted and executed, drawing from their NWOBHM influences with hints of early '80s speed metal, Sunset Strip flash, and AOR accessibility. The band was borne out of the members' long-standing love for classic NWOBHM and traditional metal in general. After kicking around in the backburner of main songwriter Matt Harvey's (of Exhumed, Gruesome, and Expulsion) imagination for a few years, he and bassist Alejandro Corredor (Nausea LA, live bassist for Vallenfyre) met guitarist Tom Draper (Carcass, ex-Angel Witch, Crowning Glory), an Englishman relocated to California, and they quickly bonded over their love of classic metal and hard rock. 

It didn't take long for things to start coalescing for POUNDER once Harvey decided to take over vocal duties himself, after searching for a singer without any luck. In February 2017, the trio (with the aid of North Carolina-based session drummer Carlos Donegean) entered Trench studios in Corona, California to record seven songs, four of which became their Heavy Metal Disaster demo. The other three songs featured on their Faster Than Fire EP for Shadow Kingdom, which also included their live cover of the Angel Witch classic "Sweet Danger." With that EP serving as a teaser for their debut album for HELLS HEADBANGERS, Uncivilized, the time has at last arrived for POUNDER to truly spread their wings of metal.

Indeed, POUNDER truly spread their wings here, unloading an arsenal of many-metalled majesty. Any way you cut it, Uncivilized is an electric, undeniably timeless cross-section of POUNDER's iron-clad aesthetic, underlining in no uncertain terms just what's so invigorating and life-affirming about the art of HEAVY METAL. From high-octane speed metal cruisers to moody, night-walking stompers to even haunting power-ballads like "Long Time No Love" and "Answer the Call," Uncivilized delivers the goods, track after track, in a tight, press-repeat 42 minutes. And it's wrapped in a production job that's on the right side of clean 'n' clear, wholly allowing the grit to glisten and the flash to fly. POUNDER may be Uncivilized, but that doesn't mean they can't put together a professional product.

Trends may come and go, but only true metal endures. POUNDER are as unyielding as the name, so prepared to get Uncivilized

https://pounder-us.bandcamp.com/