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Pyre Fyre - Self Titled - Reviewed By Metal Digest ! Check it out https://metal-digest.com/2023/08/14/pyre-fyre-pyre-fyre/

New Jersey upstarts Pyre Fyre follow on from a handful of well received singles and have now released their first substantial collection of songs with a self-titled EP/mini album. In the resurgent and well populated Stoner genre it is nigh-on impossible to carve your own niche without heading to the extreme, and Pyre Fyre quite wisely avoid heading too far out to be accessible and strike a neat balance somewhere along the Stoner/Fuzzed-out Psychedelia sliding scale, and simply write solid tunes. 

Seven songs in a scrape over 18min is pushing it to call this an album in the accepted sense, but in a scene known for excessive long-form compositions, it is somewhat refreshing to have short and snappy songs devoid of flab and repetition. When things head further down the Psych route, such as the excellent “Arachnophobia” and “Cordyceps” that close out the record, the band really fall into a groove that is every bit as good as the biggest name artists in the Stoner and Doom world. 

Yep, there isn’t exactly a whole heap of content, but what there is is really quite good. Nothing groundbreaking or exceptional; but it’s a thoroughly good listen and a foretaste of what these guys may well be capable of in the future. Metal Digest

Release Date: June 29, 2023

FFO: Melvins, Sleep, Boris, Motorhead 

Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

Bio: Pyre Fyre is a heavy metal band from New Jersey featuring Dan Kirwan on Bass and vocals, Mike Montemarano on drums and vocals, and Dylan Wheeler on guitar and vocals. Starting out as a fuzzed-out two-piece, the band quickly shifted gears into darker and heavier territory, with the addition of guitarist Dylan Wheeler in 2022 after a series of lineup changes.  Touching on hardcore punk, sludge, thrash, and psychedelia, Pyre Fyre’s debut finds the band celebrating their diverse roots as well as expanding the scope of the modern heavy metal lexicon. 

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This album was self-recorded over a six-month period at the band’s home studio in Jersey City, NJ. 

Guitar, Vocals: Dylan Wheeler
Bass, Vocals: Dan Kirwan 
Drums, Vocals, Noise: Mike Montemarano 

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Mike Montemarano. 

Cover Design: Mike Montemarano 

Follow the band at these links:

https://www.instagram.com/pyrefyre_/
https://www.facebook.com/pyrefyre/ 
https://pyrefyre.bandcamp.com/ 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5qkoY0ZsbuLxy2avzGR4WY