Hailing from Melbourne, Storm The Sky are a young six piece who released their ‘Vigilance’ EP in 2013 to an overwhelming fan response. Their dual vocal attack and high energy live shows caught the attention of fans around Australia, with the self-released EP selling over 4,000 units and becoming a word of mouth hit. Touring Australia consistently for 18 months, their reputation as a hard working live act has made them a great draw for fans around the country.
Permanence was recorded in Arizona by US Producer Cameron Mizell, whose work includes Memphis May Fire and Sleeping With Sirens, amongst others. With the record being completely self funded, there was nothing to get in the way of the band’s vision for their debut album, which sets a completely new tone for the band with a more cinematic, atmospheric and dark direction. The full length also features guest vocals from Jake Taylor (In Hearts Wake), Matty Mullins (Memphis May Fire) and Trenton Smith (Hands Like Houses).
Lead vocalist William Jarratt goes into detail with the concept of the album – “The idea of this album is based around reflecting on one’s existence, and wondering “What is the point of me even being here? How is my existence actually necessary? There are 7 billion people in this world, and I’m supposed to believe my life will do something more than theirs?” The last song on the album (Red Letter), is the manifestation of realizing that we don’t individually matter, and if the easy way out was the right one we all would have done it by now. Simplistically, for every negative or fatal urge we ignore, we make an immense impact on our strength, character, soul and mindset. This in turn, will reflect on everything around you, your friends, family, lovers, children and life in general. To put it bluntly, facing our personal value in our souls and accepting it. This is where the desire of not only living, but being remembered and leaving our mark on the world becomes prevalent, hence, achieving ‘Permanence‘.”
The first single taken from Permanence is the blistering ‘Same Graves’, which is accompanied by a music video that can be viewed on the link below. Pre-Orders are available worldwide via Impericon, MerchNow and 24 Hundred. The album is also available for pre-order on iTunes, where you will receive an instant download of ‘Same Graves’.
Quote from UNFD A&R Luke Logemann: “There is no doubt in my mind that Storm The Sky will be leading the next generation of Australian heavy music to break through worldwide. They work hard, put on a great live show and write amazing songs, which just tells me the best is yet to come.”
Jarratt says of the signing “We’re really excited to join the UNFD family because it represents what each individual member of Storm The Sky, including myself has worked so hard for, over so many years.
As a whole, we believe this is only the beginning of Storm The Sky, with UNFD by our side the only way we can go is up. This milestone is the first of many in this bands lifetime and we absolutely cannot wait to show the world what we’re capable of and leave a permanent stamp on the Australian and international music industry.”
