It might be tempting to label Baroness as a prog-rock or sludge metal band, but neither genre comes
close to truly encapsulating the evolving and unfettered sound that
the group has been honing for the last 16 years.
Their latest single, “Borderlines” is yet another testament to the band’s unwillingness to be pigeonholed into any metal or prog-rock archetype.
The song is the first taste of what the band has in store on their upcoming 17-track album, Gold & Grey, due to drop June 14th on Abraxan Hymns records. Gold & Grey will be the group’s first effort since 2015’s Purple and, according to frontman and artist, John Baizley’s social media announcement, the album “will stand as the 6th and final piece in [their] chromatically-themed records.” It is also the first time that fans will have the chance to hear Baroness with their new guitarist, Gina Gleason, who can also be heard supplying some lush and powerful vocal harmonies alongside Baizley on “Borderlines.”
However, Baroness fans are likely to be split when it comes to this lead single. Since the band has been so fearless when it comes to reinventing their sound over the years, the hardcore metalheads who fell in love with the heavy sludge that was early Baroness, may not be crazy about the band’s refusal to return to that heavier place.
However, fans who enjoyed the somewhat glitzier and more melodically motivated songwriting of Purple and Yellow & Green should be pleased with “Borderlines,” a quasi-psychedelic, emotionally sharp musical adventure layered with technical guitar work, and some serious Black Sabbath overdrive. Hell, even the most puritanical metalheads among us will have something to bang their heads to once the Maiden-esque harmonized riffs catch fire about halfway through the song.
If you like “Borderlines,” and you just cannot wait until June 14th to get more Baroness, you can watch the official music video for the song below or catch them on tour until April 13th.
BARONESS – Borderlines [OFFICIAL]www.youtube.com
Dustin DiPaulo is a writer and musician from Rochester, New York. He received his MFA in Creative Writing fromFlorida Atlantic University and can most likely be found at a local concert, dive bar, or comedy club (if he’s not getting lost somewhere in the woods).
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