DUST BOLT release new album ‘Sound & Fury’ on 23rd February 2024, out on AFM Records.

9th January 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

Formed in 2007, DUST BOLT have been resolute and ruthless in their pursuit of metal glory over the last 16 years. Childhood friends with a collective passion for metal in all its various forms, the quartet has established itself as one of Europe’s leading thrash metal bands.

Yet, Sound & Fury marks an album that refines and noisily redefines the DUST BOLT sound for a new era. Written during those isolated months of pandemic lockdown, the new record represents the peak of the band’s creativity and a major leap forward in every department. The first DUST BOLT record to feature new bassist Tom Liebing, alongside Lenny Bruce, guitarist Florian Dehn, and drummer Nico Remann, Sound & Fury grew from a long period of self-reflection that began when the world shut down.

“Sound and Fury was created during the probably darkest and most difficult time for the band.” DUST BOLT revealed. “First time in our lives, since we were kids, we were somehow separated from one another and the dream we lived together seemed to stop. It was during the pandemic days, when the band even decided to take a break from one another when Flo came up with this beautiful piece of music – not knowing how he would channel and express our feelings, leading to LB putting some Dust Bolt unusual, but heartfelt vocals on it and having Nico introducing a disco beat to a metal song in the end. We didn’t know what was happening – we just did it. We did know, there’d be a million voices saying we can’t put this up on a Dust Bolt record. But more than that we knew „as long as we stick together, we can do anything the *** we want“. Sound and Fury is a story about friendship, struggle & inner turmoil. SuF is a story about us. SuF is a different, open, and honest Dust Bolt, sharing their emotion with you and your friends.”

Although still rooted in thrash and old-school metal, the new record adds dazzling color and diversity to the band’s trademark sound. With pummelling grooves, spine-tingling dynamics, and a startling, part-melodic vocal performance from Lenny Bruce, with an analog mix by Moritz Enders [Revolverheld, Silbermond], the new songs mark the beginning of a new era of DUST BOLT destruction. Simultaneously catchier than any previous record and grittier and heavier than before, Sound & Fury is the sound of a great band realizing their full potential. Or as DUST BOLT states: “This album marks the beginning of a new era for DUST BOLT. For Metal in & from Germany. This is just the beginning!”

Sound & Fury track listing:
01. Leave Nothing Behind
02. I Witness
03. I am the One
04. New Flame
05. Burning Pieces
06. Sound and Fury
07. Love & Reality
08. Bluedeep
09. Disco Nnection
10. You Make Me Feel (Nothing)
11. Feel the Storm
12. Little Stone

DUST BOLT Sound & Fury Tour 2024 (presented by EMP & Metal Hammer, Tickets: https://dustbolt.com/pages/tour-dates
22.02.2024 (DE) München – Strom
23.02.2024 (DE) Köln – Helios 37
24.02.2024 (DE)Frankfurt – Nachtleben
25.02.2024 (DE) Erfurt – From Hell
27.02.2024 (DE) Berlin – Cassiopeia
28.02.2024 (DE) Hamburg – Bahnhof Pauli
29.02.2024 (DE) Hannover – Lux
01.03.2024 (DE) Bochum – Rockpalast
02.03.2024 (DE) CHAM – L.A.

15 Mar 2024 Metal Mammut Festival – Königsbrunn (Ger)

21 Mar 2024 Karlsruhe – Stadmitte (Ger)
23 Mar 2024 Oilsjt Omploft Festival – Aalst (Bel)
30 Mar 2024 Easter Cross Festival – Oberndorf a. Neckar (Ger)
18 Apr 2024 P.M.K – Innsbruck (Aut)
19 Apr 2024 Explosiv – Graz (Aut)
20 Apr 2024 Chelsea – Wien (Aut)
26 Apr 2024 Mosh´n´May Festival – Schapen (Ger)
27 Apr 2024 Weser Metal Meeting – Reinhardshagen (Ger)
21 Jun 2024 Full Force Festival – Ferropolis (Ger)
06 Jun 2024 Les Chariots Furieux Festival – Gaudry (Fra)
19 Jul 2024 Baden in Blut Festival – Weil am Rhein (Ger)
24 Jul 2024 Tolminator Festival – Tolmin (Slo)
26 Jul 2024 Headbangers Open Air – Brande-Hörnerkirchen (Ger)
27 Jul 2024 Afdreiht un Buten Festival – Vechta (Ger)
09 Aug 2024 Doibach Open Air – Doibach (Ger)
10 Aug 2024 Bucovina Motor Fest – Cetatea de Scaun a Sucevei (Rom)
24 Aug 2024 Barbeuk Metal Fest – Champtoceaux (Fra)