Grand Junction solo music artist
LightworkerX has released his debut heavy metal EP, “Circle of
Stone.”
Grand Junction solo music artist
LightworkerX has released his debut heavy metal EP, “Circle of
Stone.” The extended-play release comprises three original tracks
by LightworkerX over a total of approximately 13 minutes of
listening. Each of these songs is a shadowy piece of audio violence,
each with a great deal of soul infusing both writing and
performance, and although the EP is Lightworker's first appearance on
the metal scene, there is more than enough talent and power behind
the tiny record to leave music fans breathless for a full-length
release in the same vein.
The title track, “Circle of Stone,”
begins enigmatically, leading the listener into an unlikely, whirling
pattern that is half dirge, half tolling bell, and it is not until
Lightworker begins to sing in his Ozzy-esque tone that the structure
of the song begins to form. Like wisps of smoke coagulating into
wraiths, LightworkerX weaves his “circle” around the listener,
and by the time he starts shredding into his guitar like a vicious
cross between Freddy Krueger and Kirk Hammett (Metallica), the spell
is already cast, and his tune is already spiraling the music fan into
audio oblivion.
There is more than enough meat on
“Circle...”'s bone to keep fans intently focusing on it for
several repeats at a turn. Faint keyboards in the background seem to
echo from the windows of abandoned stone towers. Percussion is often
tribal, occasionally almost industrial in its machine-gun,
double-kick pedal relentlessness. Lightworker's lyrics are
insidiously occult, like the forgotten words of Druidic chants, yet
also personal enough to keep a depth and complexity that is entirely
human, if somewhat otherworldly, as well.
The end result is a trio of metal songs
that positively deserves a re-issue on a longer, more comprehensive
record by one of Colorado's most surprising songwriters. That
LightworkerX happens also to be one of her most hyper-capable
instrumentalists makes this release a necessity for any fan of the
modern metal underground.
“Circle of Stone” by LightworkerX
is available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The EP “Circle of Stone” is
distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
MondoTunes
(www.mondotunes.com)
supplies the largest music distribution in the world and provides
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retailers despite charging needless monthly and yearly fees,
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ARTIST
CONTACT INFO:
xlightworker@gmail.com
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