2-piece, riff machine WALL (featuring members of Desert Storm) share 3rd single

21st August 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

WALL – An instrumental 2-piece heavy fucking riff machine, built brick by brick & riff by riff by twin brothers and Desert Storm members Ryan & Elliot Cole release their debut album, ‘Brick by Brick’ on 30th August (APF Records).

3rd single ‘Cirrhosis’ is another slab from a record that is overflowing with unashamed Iommi-worshipping, instrumental, sludge/doom metal. With the band taking inspiration from the first 6 Black Sabbath albums as well as being influenced by the undisputed kings of instrumental stoner rock – the much missed Karma To Burn. Drummer Elliot Cole comments on the band’s latest track,

“Cirrhosis, the latest single, is an interesting sounding track. Ryan tuned every string to G for this one. It’s quite a sludgy, downtuned bluesy number, with some slide quitar in there too. Half way through the song, it changes quite massively and ends in a hypnotic droney riff, over a drum tom rhythm which gave us Melvins / Soundgarden & Nirvana vibes.

It was quite experimental and a bit different to the others on the album, but adds a nice flavour. As for the title, Ryan got diagnosed with ‘Fatty liver disease’ around the time we were looking for inspiration for the title. Luckily with a better lifestyle change (less sugar and more exercise mostly) it is reversible.. .however, when he was handed the leaflet from the doctors, the final stage if you don’t make improvements is Cirrhosis, which is irreversible….Cirrhosis looks bad, and isn’t just caused through excess alcohol consumption…anyway it sounded like a good title to a Wall song! It can be difficult finding good titles to songs as an instrumental band, you can see why Karma To Burn just numbered their’s! “

Like many recent projects WALL was born during lockdown with the two brothers living together in a small flat. With both of them furloughed, this left the duo with little else to do but write music to distract themselves from the boredom of being stuck at home.

Ryan wrote riffs on an unplugged Gibson SG, whilst Elliot tapped out the drum rhythms on his lap. The first time the twins heard how the songs would sound properly was when they were in the studio tracking their initial first two EPs, as they couldn’t arrange a proper rehearsal due to restrictions.

While originally starting out as a side project, WALL began to evolve into a more serious proposition following shows at Bloodstock Open Air, Desertfest London, Masters of the Riff alongside shows with Discharge, Will Haven and European dates in Germany, Czech Rep & Slovakia.

Now following these shows and 2 Eps on APF Records, the next step for WALL is the release of their debut album ‘Brick By Brick’. Recorded at Shonk studios / Warehouse Studios – Oxford, by Jimmy ‘Evil’ Hetherington & mastered by Tim Turan @ Turan Audio, ‘Brick By Brick’ is essential listening for any fan of slow, crushing riffs.

‘Brick by Brick’ is available on CD and digitally the album can be pre-ordered now: https://apfrecords.co.uk/bands/wall