From little things, big things grow. At least in fairytales.
But sometimes life imitates those storylines, as is the case with Gold Coast metal outfit Righteous Death.
Conceived in Lismore in 2020 as the brainchild of local musician Jackson Marshall, Righteous Death started life as a one man project with Marshall writing and playing all instruments. A debut album, Rituals, followed, featuring vocals from a host of guest musicians, but a combination of life choices and the COVID struck to halt momentum and give Marshall renewed focus.
Using his spare time to write new material and fine-tune his metal prowess, Jackson began working on album number two, enlisting the talents of vocalist Johnny Crypt to double the band's size and maximise its output.
The result is the aptly titled follow-up, 2, which is released on December 23. A continuation and expansion on earlier material, 2 sees Righteous Death further develop their musical identity. HEAVY caught up with Marshall to discuss things in greater detail.
"I've been working with my singer Johnny Crypt from Melbourne, and after six months of him coming into the fold it's been really awesome to actually get these tunes that I've worked on for the last four years out to the world," Marshall enthused. "I'm pretty damned excited about it. It's been way too long between releases in my head. I've had the whole album pretty much completed for three months now, so it's cool to get it out there with a few singles first. With this album… the first album took a bit of a black metal turn because I was into Mayhem at the time, especially after watching the movie Lords Of Chaos. Originally, the concept of the second album came because I wanted to stray more away from black metal but still keep some elements from the first record."
In the full interview we talked more about the sonic direction of the new album, the process of getting the second album in the can, finding the right vocalist, lessons learnt between albums, Marshall's own personal growth, future plans for the band, the potential for taking Righteous Death out of the studio and onto the stage and more.
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