Ashes to Omens - The Conflict Within
Speaking of kick-ass hard rock bands, and if we weren’t, we should be. Georgia’s Ashes to Omens just dropped a new music video – “The Conflict Within,” from their forthcoming sophomore album.
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According to Ashes to Omens, “’The Conflict Within’ is a song about the self-realization of overcoming constant obstacles that’s in your path while dealing with and accepting your own personal failures. It’s about overcoming your own self-rejection and focusing on lifting yourself up in your darkest hour, staying positive in light of the darkness and overcoming adversity.”
Ashes to Omens is James Branton (guitar, vocals), David Gaines (lead guitar), Nathan Paul (guitar), Chris Epps (bass), and Casey Henderson (drums), or as I like to say, “In the pocket.”
Formed in July 2017, the band released their debut single, “The Screws,” one month later, followed by releasing the music video for the track a few months later. In June 2018, they dropped their self-titled debut album, which rocketed to the top of the Rock chart on Reverbnation. One month later, Ashes to Omens opened for Tom Keifer of Cinderella fame, followed by sharing the stage with Hallowpoint and Demon In Me.
The breakdown/bridge leading to the guitar solo flexes with dark, snarling surfaces, while the solo itself rips, rages, and sears with incandescent heat.
Right now, the band is working on their second album, working with producer Matt Washburn at Led Belly Studios in Dawsonville, Georgia.
“The Conflict Within” opens softly on a trickling guitar, austere bass line, and side stick snare. Pause, and enter powerful growling guitars, rough and tough, backed by a tightly throbbing bass line and grand, Thor-like percussion.
Layers of guitars infuse the harmonics with high and low registers, as Branton’s soaring rasping voice unleashes supple, muscular tones. It’s a superb voice, projecting sonic pressure, along with powerful timbres, and all without screaming. The breakdown/bridge leading to the guitar solo flexes with dark, snarling surfaces, while the solo itself rips, rages, and sears with incandescent heat.
“The Conflict Within” delivers hard rock the way it should be: raw, ferocious, and full of brawny colors. Ashes to Omens wind it up.
