2 PIECE, RIFF MACHINE, WALL REVEAL VIDEO FOR ‘LEGION’

19th July 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 recently announced details on their debut album.

Released on 30^th August via APF Records (Desert Storm, Video Nasties, Barbarian Hermit), ‘Brick by Brick’ 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 new single ‘Legion’.

“The song title Legion comes from Stephen Kings’ tv mini-series ‘Storm of the Century’. The 4000-year-old Wizard that unleashes evil on a small island in Maine, that goes by the name of Andre Linoge… Linoge is an anagram for Legion (demon)

– from the Bible (Luke 18:26-39) that reads – And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss. Now there was a herd of many swine feeding there on the mountain, and the demons implored Him to permit them to enter the swine. And He permitted them. And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

Both me and Elliot are huge Stephen King/horror movie fans, so that is the meaning behind the title to the song! The video was put together by the talented Graham Bywater, and the song is just a usual Wall jam where I’ll come up with some riffs & Elliot will lay down the beats. I’d say the song has heavy Sabbath, Karma To Burn, and Rage Against the Machine vibes…but with a faster tempo thrash moment to spice things up at the end!”

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 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