The Skull Reveals Details On New Album "For Those Which Are Asleep"

The Skull - featuring original members Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums) from Trouble alongside longtime Trouble bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Lothar Keller (Sacred Dawn) and former Pentagram guitarist Matt Goldsborough - will release debut album "For Those Which Are Asleep" on November 4 via Tee Pee Records. The label comments:

"Written and recorded this past spring, For Those Which Are Asleep features ten tracks of elemental Heavy Metal and is the first full length album to feature Wagner, Holzner and Olson since the 1995 release of Trouble's critically acclaimed LP Plastic Green Head.

"The new record's greatest strength is how well it captures the apocalyptic trudge that Trouble delivered from the first downbeat of their 1984 debut, but now unequivocally propelled by the hallmarks of a hungry new band fueled by new blood. The mighty voice of Wagner is on full display; the vocalist proving on For Those Which Are Asleep that he still wields an eerie power at the mic. Titanic riffs abound as Keller and Goldsborough weave ominous atmospheres over the molten, crushing core of Holzner and Olson's sinister strut.

"Make no mistake, The Skull is in complete command of it's craft and has capably created a modern classic; a recording where atmosphere is established as drums crash, guitars blare and stories are told."

The album's track listing is as follows:

1. Trapped Inside My Mind
2. The Touch of Reality
3. Sick of It All
4. The Door
5. Send Judas Down
6. A New Generation
7. Till the Sun Turns Black
8. For Those Which Are Asleep
9. Sometime Yesterday Mourning
10. The Last Judgment

This month, The Skull will also pay tribute to Trouble's debut "Psalm 9" (which Wagner and Olson co-wrote and performed on) in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the record's release. The Skull will perform the album in its entirety at both the Wings of Metal Festival (Aug. 29 in Montreal) and the Vultures of Volume Festival (Aug. 30 in New Castle, Delaware) as headliners of each gathering.