Three Thirteen is the bastard child of guitarist Randy Weitzel. Weitzel has made a name for himself as the snarling “other” guitarist of Atlantic Records recording artists In This Moment. Known by the bands’ legions of fans as “War Machine”, he can be seen shredding, scowling and stalking the stage in their latest live DVD Blood at the Orpheum. Although In This Moment is currently working on a new album slated for release this fall, Weitzel has once again joined forces during tour hiatus with his badass Three Thirteen bandmates: guitarist Steve Marshall (Soulbleed), bassist Elaina Bangma (Soulbleed) and drummer Jimmy Schultz (Soulbleed/Sunflower Dead). The group has convened at Redneck Ranch Recording Studios in Ontario, CA to churn out their third full length album entitled Dawn of the Shred.
“Three Thirteen‘s first two albums focused on an old school KISS, AC/DC vibe. Dawn of the Shred is influenced by the first couple of Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax Records.” Weitzel adds, “There are a lot of people who forget that early heavy music was really melodic, especially vocally. I wanted to do something that old school metal and thrash fans would dig; cool vocal melody hooks, shredding guitars and topics about horror movies and aliens.”
The band is a little over halfway done recording the album and will start a presale package in late 2014 for a 2015 release on Phantom Republic Music and Design. What will the new album sound like? Weitzel added, “It’s thrash-infused metal to eat brains to.”
Track Titles: 1. Welcome To Hell / Devil In The Flesh 2. Brain Damage 3. Evilution 4. American Massacre 5. Blood Soil 6. Atomic Beast 7. Little Green Men 8. Happily Ever Evil / End Game
Three Thirteen is: Randy Weitzel – Vox/Guitar Steve Marshall – Guitar Elaina Bangma – Bass Jimmy Schultz – Drums
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