WRECK-DEFY – set to release their new album “Powers That Be” on November 27, 2020 via Punishment 18 Records #wreckdefy

Wreck-Defy: new album title, tracklist and front cover unveiled! Recently, Canadian thrash metallers Wreck-Defy features Aaron Randall (ex-Annihilator) and Greg Christian (ex-Testament) has just sign for Punishment 18 Records that will release their new full-length titled “Powers That Be”. Mixing and mastering were held at Trident Studio, Pacheco, CA (Exodus, Skinlab, Defiance, Night Ranger, Vicious Rumors, Vile).

Below the definitive track list.
01. Beyond H8
02. Powers That Be
03. Skin
04. Drowning in Darkness
05. Space Urchin
06. Scumlord
07. Freedomless Speech
08. Goodbye to Misery
09. I Am the Wolf
10. On the Other Side-

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WRECK-DEFY biography

Wreck-defy began as a solo effort in 2016 with Matt teaming up with good friend
Justin Steer to help with the vocals. Songs that were written 20 years earlier were
finally recorded and began to take shape. Glen Drover was involved in the mixing and
mastering of the album and was instrumental in having his brother Shawn play the
drums on the album as a guest player. The album was released independently and via
Alone records on Vinyl in 2018. The band did some touring and played some festivals,
opening for such bands as Demolition Hammer and Kataklysm, Sebastian Bach
etc.etc… The album was well received, albeit on an independent/underground level,
which fueled Matt to continue building the Wreck-defy machine. In 2018 Matt began
working with Aaron Randall on a new batch of songs which ended becoming their
sophomore effort, Remnants of pain. The album was released via Inverse records on
CD and Floga Records on vinyl. A quantum leap in production by the amazing Juan
Urteaga made the band sound much more polished and relevant in today’s vast
musical landscape. In addition, Greg Christian became a member in 2019 officially
and has been instrumental in bringing Wreck-defy’s musical prowess to the next level
with his distinctive bass playing. The final piece to the puzzle was to find a drummer
that give the band the sonic pulse needed to bring the songs to the next level…enter
bay area session drummer Dave O’Neal… According to Matt, “one of the greatest
drummers to ever strike a tom”. It wasn’t long after the release of Remnants that
Matt began writing the next batch of material which would become their 3rd and most
powerful offering to date, Powers that be. The technical aspect of the band had
reached a new plateau and the lyric became much more socially relevant than
previous albums… The main themes for this band are loss, depression, war, tyranny,
addiction and anger… Plagued by a background of haunting memories from
Afghanistan..Matt’s lyrics sometimes seem very venomous, but according to him are
merely tongue in cheek sarcasm and have proven to be a rather cathartic outlet.
While the band is eagerly awaiting for the new album to be released, they are already
deep into the creation of album number 4 for a late 2021 release. According to Matt,
on the next album, the heavy songs got heavier, and the mellow song got mellower.

Album Recorded between Nov 2019 and April 2020 in Pacheco California, at Trident
studios Juan Urteaga

Artwork by Ari Aryanthi

Guests
Gunnar DuGrey Richardson Solos Beyond H8, solo 2 Space Urchin, solo 2 on powers
that be

Doug Piercy solo on Freedomless Speech
Geoff Thorpe solos 1 and 3 on Scumlord
Kosta Varvatakis solo 2 on Goodbye to misery

Band line-up
Aaron Randall=vocals
Matt Hanchuck= guitars
Greg Christian=bass
Dave O’Neal=drums
All music written by Hanchuck
All lyrics by Hanchuck/Randall