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Between Here and Lost
Who Are Love And Death?
Like their name suggests, Love
& Death captures the honesty of beauty and tragedy delivered by musicians
with intense passion and commitment to the message of their music.
Although Brian "Head" Welch is already an established solo artist, he
has sought the artistic push-and-pull of a traditional band set up since his
departure from Korn in 2005. Now he's accomplished his goal in the shape
of Love and Death, combining the aggression of KoRn with added melodic elements
and memorable choruses. "I fought managers about the band name thing for
three years, and I finally won," recalls Head. “When I left Korn, I
had a book coming out [2007's 'Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit KoRn,
Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story'], so they were thinking it was a good
branding thing to call my solo project Brian “Head” Welch, which I never liked.
All of my band members put a lot into our project as well, so I didn't want it
to be all about me - I wanted it to be about the whole band." Head has
found a home as a lead vocalist as well as a guitarist. He is joined in Love
and Death by seventeen year old guitarist J.R. Bareis, bassist Michael
Valentine, and drummer Dan Johnson. The solidified line-up is on display throughout
the group's debut full-length, 'Between Here & Lost’. ‘Between Here
& Lost’ was recorded in Nashville, TN with producer Jasen Rauch (RED,
Breaking Benjamin) and mixed by Paul Pavao, Ben Grosse (Marilyn Manson,
Disturbed), Jim Monti (Korn), and Lee Bridges. The album consists of 11 tracks,
ranging from songs about personal struggle and triumph (“Chemicals”, “My
Disaster”, “Paralyzed”) to emotionally charged anthems (“Fading Away”,
“The Abandoning”, “By The Way…”) to a riff heavy rendition of Devo’s 1980 hit
“Whip It." "One of the biggest changes on this album is that we
connected with a great producer” states Head. “With my first solo album
(2008's 'Save Me from Myself'), I wanted to oversee everything myself to see if
I could do this type of thing. I think some of it was experimenting and some of
it was just pride, but a band really needs someone who can produce an album to
make the material the best it can be. That's what producers are there for, so
that was the biggest thing, just bringing Jasen into the fold.""Another
story is songwriting" continues Head. "We really collaborated with a
lot of people. There's like five or six different outside writers on our album.
I've never done that before. In LA, you're in a band and that's 'your band,'
and you're in competition with all the other bands. In Nashville, it's a bunch
of musicians/writers that are like, 'Hey, do you wanna get together to write
and see what happens? Cool man!' Whatever it takes to get the best song. We
really enjoyed the process."
As evidenced by standout tracks
"The Abandoning", “Meltdown” and "Chemicals", 'Between Here
& Lost' is sure to satisfy longtime fans of Head’s work. "I like 'The
Abandoning' because the chorus goes somewhere you wouldn't think it would go.
It's really dark and then it opens up very melodic. 'By the Way' is very
melodic too, and I haven’t done a lot of melodic songs - they're usually really
dark sounding. Having a tripped out hardcore song like ‘I W8 4 U’ with Mattie
Montgomery from the band ‘For Today’ singing on it - I've always wanted to do
that! With 'Meltdown,' I love the trippy bridge section. It's pumping and
melodic and then it goes where you wouldn't think it would go." The
aforementioned track, "Chemicals" will already be familiar with fans
of the band, as it was the focus of an EP that was issued several months before
the release of the full- length, and features a striking video. "That was
also fun and a lot of no sleep" explains Johnson about the clip. "It
started at 7am every day and went until like 2am. We filmed it in South Central
LA, in Watts - one of worst neighborhoods in the country. It was amazing!"
Valentine also remembers learning about what it takes to construct a video on
the set. "When you film something, it's done in pieces, so it was like one
second we were in a box room and we have regular clothes on, and then the next,
we're tied up inside some garage with smoke coming out of smoke machines. We
were thinking 'Where is this going?' It was the first real video I'd ever been
in, and I had a great time."Come 2013, Love and Death aim to take it to
the road, supporting 'Between Here & Lost' with live dates in the U.S.,
Canada, and Europe. “The touring schedule is going to start a little slow, but
it's going to get really crazy" states Head. For fans that may just be
discovering the band, Love and Death were willing to give a few hints as to
what to expect from the band on stage. "It will be a bunch of people
throwing their bodies out of whack and us giving it all we got” states Johnson.
"We're not a band that stands still on stage at all" adds
Valentine. Very soon, the entire world is going to experience a heavy
dose of Love and Death.
Between Here and Lost Review
Many people may know Brian
‘Head’ Welch as the former guitarist of Korn, but he takes on the role of
frontman in his new band Love and Death, who have just unleashed their debut
album ‘Between Here & Lost.’
“Wake up sleepy / Wide Awake”
are the first words that Welch belts out to get the blood pumping in the first
track ‘The Abandoning.’ With trippy guitar riffs and an incredible balance of
aggression and beautiful harmony, this tune is just the start of the
roller-coaster ride that is ‘Between Here & Lost.’
When one thinks of Devo’s ‘Whip
It,’ a heavy cover of the song might not come to mind, but Welch and his band
do an amazing job of turning this into a heavy hitting yet catchy rendition
that is bound to be a guilty pleasure on this record.
Welch shows off his vocal range
with the softer song ‘By the Way,’ and then mixes groove and melody with heavy
screams in tracks such as ‘Watching The Bottom,’ ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Fading Away.’
One of the strongest songs on
the album is ‘Chemicals,’ which is on the more melodic side and is very catchy
with blistering riffs. ‘Paralyzed’ kicks off with an eerie beginning and even
though the track has verses with soft vocals, it blows up at the two and a half
minute mark as Welch spits out, “Death before I give dishonor / Death before I
disobey.”
‘My Disaster’ starts with very
forceful guitar riffs that almost sound off like an alarm, not to mention
Welch’s raspy vocals, as he sings the chorus, “Feeling everything / Crashing
down on me / Lost and so afraid / It’s my disaster / Losing everything / Giving
all of me / I feel so betrayed / In my disaster.”
‘I W8 4 U’ is one of the
heaviest and best tracks on the record. For Today’s Mattie Montgomery’s is the
guest vocalist on this song, giving it such dynamic power with the chorus, “I
wait for you / Always will, always do / I wait for you / Burning, bleeding,
dying / But I wait for you.”
‘Between Here & Lost’ ends
with ‘Bruises,’ a track with incredible depth. With a piano melody and
whispering vocals, the song spirals out and amps up with crashing cymbals and a
whole lot of energy.
Brian ‘Head’ Welch has grown
into a dynamic frontman and ‘Between Here & Lost’ is an album that puts all
emotions on the table and does so with a unique and hard hitting sound.
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