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Calm Before the Storm

Calm Before the Storm

Nor'easter

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OUR STORY: In the mid-80s Nor’easter were like thousands of hungry young bands, inspired by the new supernova of guitar-driven heavy metal led by Ozzy Osbourne & Iron Maiden. Based in Plainfield CT, a hotbed of musical talent and a backwater of opportunity, the quartet wrote & performed an album’s worth of their own material over a 3-year
OUR STORY: In the mid-80s Nor’easter were like thousands of hungry young bands, inspired by the new supernova of guitar-driven heavy metal led by Ozzy Osbourne & Iron Maiden. Based in Plainfield CT, a hotbed of musical talent and a backwater of opportunity, the quartet wrote & performed an album’s worth of their own material over a 3-year period. Their music was at home in the metal scene but influenced as much by their 70s rock heroes like Led Zeppelin & Rush.

Like the vast majority of those bands, dreams eventually foundered on the realities of work and family. Two years after their final show, Chris, Andrew, and Matt went into engineer Pat Mills' Stonehouse Studio to preserve their legacy on tape; a decent unproduced set of 10 songs. After that, life intervened and the tapes sat in Pat's basement.

During an autumn 2002 solo tour, Andrew spent an afternoon with Pat transferring the original tracks onto his new digital workstation. Tragically, less than two weeks later Matt passed away. And once again, the project sat undisturbed, now backed up on discs in Andrew's attic.

Fate offered a unique opportunity when the pandemic put Andrew’s touring singer/songwriter career on indefinite hold. But he found to his horror that all the files had been corrupted, and the project was likely lost.

Thanks to the technical wizardry of Andrew’s longtime engineer Dustin Delage, some sturdier than reasonable files, and a whole lot of little miracles, the original recordings were safely imported into the modern studio. And now, you will finally hear these songs the way the band envisioned them all those years ago.
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    Fare Thee Well/Calm Before the Storm 5:28
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    The Chemical Zone 4:44
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    Won't Play the Fool Anymore 5:24
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    The King 3:25
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    Like a Fallen Angel 4:54
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    Cosmic Metalhead 4:17
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    In Poseidon's Realm 6:16
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    What's Been On Your Mind? 4:19
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    Rock Time in Your Town 6:23
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    Battle Cry! 3:54
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    Hymn of the Oceans 1:15
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Listener Comments

"Amazing musicianship all around! Drums are completely bombastic and is the driving force of the every tune! Love it!!!" - Paul K.

 

"The vocals are bangin'. That is some incredible guitar... I hear touches of so many super bands that were around then, very Kansas and Styx-esque. Great writing and lyrics." - Curt H.

 

"Last night really listened to the CD with a friend. He was blown away. Blown...I remember then and hearing it now? Beyond awesome." - Chris L.

 

"I'm amazed how it sounds even though the original audio source was somewhat primitive for today's standards. I'm blown away how complex that stuff is to play and you boys nailed it...the underbelly of sound is huge and pushes the sonic quality up." - Scott H.

 

 

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