THE BEAST

Metal-Jazz trio KILTER are now streaming their song "Ax & Spear". The track is taken from their upcoming album Axiom which will be released in February. You can pre-order Axiom on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Listen to "Ax & Spear" and pre-order Axiom here:  https://kiltertrio. bandcamp.com/album/axiom

Brooklyn trio Kilter will release their first full length album, Axiom, on February 28th, 2020.  A follow-up to their 2018 self-titled EP, Axiom features instrumental metal-jazz inspired by the unrelenting hustle and grind of New York City.  Founder and bassist Laurent David (Label Alter-nativ) teamed up with drummer Kenny Grohowski (Imperial Triumphant) and saxophonist Edward Rosenberg III (Jerseyband, Heart of Barf) to create a daring and spontaneous work of avant-garde metal.

The album features guests appearences from Andromeda Anarchia (Darkmatters)  and Per Nilsson (Meshuggah) and was co-produced by Grammy award winner Marc Urselli
 

Kilter will perform at the Bitter End in NYC on Monday, December 2nd.  More information  here .

The album will be available for pre-order on December 2nd 2019.

Laurent DAVID is the founder of record label ALTER-NATIV, for which he produced and developed projects such as SHIJIN alongside Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Stephane Galland and Malcolm Braff; NAKED (BASS SOLO) played on stage with guests like David Linx, Nguyen Le, Thomas De Pourquery; M&T@L alongside Maxime Zampieri and Thomas Puybasset; « Nenad Gajin/Karim Ziad/Laurent David »-Trio, THE WAY THINGS GO including musicians such as Ari Hoenig, Jerome Sabbagh, Ibrahim Maalouf, Guillaume Perret, Anne Paceo, Celine Bonacina, Thierry Arpino, Ziv Ravitz…  and many other albums.

He also toured with Ibrahim Maalouf (Golden Disc for « Illusion » and « 10 ans de Live »), Guillaume Perret & Electric Epic (Tzadik Label), Yael Naim (New Soul: ad. for Apple company and several Golden Discs), EOL Trio (International tour), Didier Lockwood (Big Band), Jean Michel Kajdan (2 albums).

Brought up in a musical household in Miami, Kenny GROHOWSKI has been performing since the age of 14. His rich musical background is demonstrated through the growing list of his collaborators and guest artists, including John Zorn, Andy Milne & Dapp Theory, Felix Pastorius & The Hipster Assassins, Shanir Blumenkranz, Trey Spruance & Secret Chiefs 3, Imperial Triumphant, Rez Abbasi & Junction, Jorge Sylvester’s A.C.E Collective, Jonathan Powell & Nu Sangha, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Bobby Sanabria, Lonnie Plaxico, Bill T. Jones, and Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz, John Medeski….

Edward RosenBerg III is a composer/performer currently residing in New York City. He studied saxophone at the Eastman School of Music, composition at Queens College and counterpoint with Paul Caputo.  He is currently pursuing a PhD in Composition at Stony Brook University. Edward has performed as a saxophonist/clarinetist/beat- boxer with a variety of jazz/rock/new-music groups including: Anti-Social Music, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Asphalt Orchestra, Fireworks Ensemble, Talking Band, Amy Lynn & The Gunshow, Euphonique Saxophone Quartet, Ensemble Signal, Liz Roche Dance Company, and the Bottleote Music Collective in Dublin.  In 2013, Edward took up the hammered dulcimer and performed with the Metawee River Theater Company for their summer tour. Ed is a founding member of the instrumental prog-jazz-metal group, JERSEYBAND. The group has recorded 7 albums and played throughout the US and Europe. Edward also enjoys making grind-core music with Heart of Barf, and meditative drone-based prog-rock with Glue Gun Optimism and he makes children’s music with his sister in The Green Orbs
 

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