Brace For Impact

by Colony Drop

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    12" LP on Translucent Red vinyl. Exclusive variant for Wise Blood Records. Limited to 100 copies.

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Colony Drop (Brace For Impact) 03:02
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Remade 04:01
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3.
Stand Against the World 02:58
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Supplicant 03:46
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The Clockwork Grip 04:04
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Heartfelt 00:55
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Heartwrench 02:45
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Patient Xero 02:45
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The Guillotine 02:09
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Fantasize the Beast 03:48
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(MS-07) The Gouf 04:12
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A screaming comes across the sky: Brace for Impact, the shredding debut album by Seattle, WA crossover thrashers Colony Drop. United in rebellion in the seedy underbelly of a technological megalopolis, the quintet strike like an assassin’s blade—with speed, precision, and style. Written in hermetic seclusion with pugilistic discipline, Brace for Impact is a testament to the songwriting-first ethos that made metal great in the first place: catchy riffs, vocal hooks, blistering solos, no bullshit.

Though their sound is rooted in thrash, Colony Drop swears allegiance to no one genre or style. The group rejects contemporary metal’s quantized tedium and pizza party purists’ navel-gazing nostalgia in favor of a no-holds-barred approach. Instead, Brace for Impact celebrates its members’ diverse passions. Stoner doom, D-beat crust, melodic death metal, classic prog, post-punk, NWOBHM, and Japanese “Burning Spirits”-style hardcore are some of the flavors Colony Drop brazenly explores in this concise 35-minute showcase of musicianship and storytelling.

Formed in 2019, Colony Drop built their sound around the shredding guitars of Benjamin Burton and Ryan Moon (TURIAN), whose complementary-yet-distinct solo styles hearken back to the tradition of dueling duos: Hanneman/King, Denner/Shermann, and even Downing/Tipton. The pummeling rhythm section of drummer Eric Harris and bassist Ari Rosenschein (STAHV) supports their fretboard pyrotechnics, hence the band’s motto: “High Speed, Twin Lead.”

Colony Drop is fronted by vocalist Joseph Schafer, whose electric growl delivers a litany of sci-fi nightmares and countercultural anthems inspired by the weird fiction of authors including China Mieville, as well as classic anime like Mobile Suit: Gundam, from which the band derives its name. This grandiose vision of the techno-apocalypse is reflected in Brace for Impact’s bold cover art by Matt Stikker.

The result is a true album in the classic style: eleven knockout punches, each with its own distinct identity, each catchy enough to be a single. Together, they paint a kaleidoscopic picture of a mechanized future using sounds from rock’s glorious past. As the title suggests, Brace for Impact is a clear statement of intent: Colony Drop is here to bring back the guillotine and watch your strongholds fall.

For fans of Iron Age, Power Trip, Black Breath, and High Command.

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released August 25, 2023

Colony Drop is:
Ari Rosenschein – Bass, Backing Vocals
Benjamin Burton – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Eric Harris – Drums
Joseph Schafer – Lead Vocals, FX
Ryan Moon – Lead Guitar, Keyboard

Produced by Nicholas Wilbur and Colony Drop
Recorded and Engineered by Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown Studios and by Ryan Moon at Buster Room Recordings in 2022
Mixed & Mastered by Alex Farrar at Drop of Sun Studios in 2022

All Music by Colony Drop
All Lyrics by Joseph Schafer and Colony Drop

Artwork & Cover Layout by Matt Stikker

Logo by Emily McCafferty
Photography by Chris Schanz

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