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The long awaited double album “Violence & Grace” with 90 minutes of ruthless Epic Thrash Metal, combining the raw energy of old school thrash with epic orchestration and a super tight massive sound is out now via No Dust Records and Suburban! Brace for impact! FOLLOW OR NOT Official website: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: @ornotmetal Twitter (X): YouTube: @ORNOTMETAL Energy4All: Spotify: Apple Music: Deezer: Amazon: YouTube Music: Soundcloud: YouTube: @ORNOTMETAL SONG DESCRIPTION The song starts in a subtle, hypnotizing way with the epic one-minute prelude “Cyberia”: a delicate mix of gracious guitar playing and impressive orchestration, building up to a melodic and bombastic climax before morphing into the thrash grenade “Violence & Grace”. “Violence & Grace” starts with a brutal riff, slamming in with a wall of sound before reaching a headbanging chorus. The message is clear: brace for impact! During the whole song father and son musically duel with each other like madmen, armed with power vocals, ferocious drum fills and vicious guitar shredding, supported by the brilliant orchestration of Carsten Altena (The Monolith Deathcult). CREDITS Album produced & mixed by Hans Pieters of The Peoples Noise (Gorefest, Elegy & Epica). Album mastered by Peter van ‘t Riet of Finetune Mastering (Dream Theater, Symphony-X, Epica & Ayreon). Album artwork by Rafido. Album orchestration by Carsten Altena of One Man Orchestra (The Monolith Deathcult). Album background vocals by Franky Nendels (Exploder), Rick Maas (Hidden Remains, D-Grade), Ivor van Beek (Non-Divine), Herman de Kok (My Own Army), Thijs Ronteltap (Epistulum), Mark van Maurik (Deliberate Jeopardization), Eric Pinas (Too Different) and Mike van der Vaart (Too Different). Photography by Hans Blomhert. 3D video designs by Jeroen Helmer of Blue Lake Vision. Video productions by Sebastiaan Spijker of Metal Media. Music & lyrics by Dolf & Daniël Blomhert. DISTRIBUTION The album “Violence & Grace” is distributed and marketed worldwide by No Dust Records and Suburban and will be both physically available as 2CD Deluxe Mediabook as digitally available on Spotify, Apple Music, AmazonMusic, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube, Pandora, YandexMusic and Soundcloud. ORDER 2CD DELUXE MEDIABOOK : Amazon: =sr_1_1?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=1NIOXHY3K8WKJ&dib=&dib_tag=se&keywords=OR NOT Violence Grace CD&qid=1715090537&sprefix=or not violence grace cd,aps,61&sr=8-1 Plato: Kroese: Sounds: &_grace JPC: Or send an e-mail to Henk@ LYRICS “VIOLENCE & GRACE” And then there was chaos, let all hell break loose. Welcome to mayhem, prepare to be bruised. Down in the pit is where we come alive. This is the place where we go wild and where we catch who ever dives. Now be part of it or watch it from the side. Just realize what you are missing when you haven’t even tried. Nurture & embrace violence & grace! Remember to hold on to violence & grace! We don’t need psychiatrists, hot yoga or pills to forget our worries, our struggles, our bills. Down in the pit is where we come alive. This is the place where we go wild and where we catch who ever dives. Now be part of it or watch it from the side. Just realize what you are missing when you haven’t even tried. Nurture & embrace violence & grace! Remember to hold on to violence & grace! Brace for impact! Are you ready? Make it count! Show me chaos! Violence & Grace! Ignore all the rules. Fuck what people may say. We’re down in the pit and we like it this way! Down in the pit is where we come alive. This is the place where we go wild and where we catch who ever dives. Now be part of it or watch it from the side. Just realize what you are missing when you haven’t even tried. Nurture & embrace violence & grace! Remember to hold on to violence & grace! Destroy! This is it! ® OR NOT 2024. All rights reserved.
