In the holiday spirit, Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins (the dudes of Soul Cycle) recorded a cover of the theme song from the classic television show, Tales From The Crypt. It’s relatively short, but it’s got a bitchin’ solo.
Let’s get spooky!
Happy Halloween!
- JR
My buddies in Soul Cycle decided that they wanted to premiere their debut album on HBIH, and I’m more than happy to make that happen. It’s definitely a killer album, full of epic melodic metal and shred, with balls intact! Give this album a listen below!
EDIT: Soul Cycle is now available via Bandcamp. GET IT NOW.
- JR
For the last year, guitarists Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins have been toiling away on their melodic metal project Soul Cycle. Their album is finally ready to be released, making it’s debut here on HBIH today at 6!
I had the pleasure of talking with the guys to get the skinny on the creation of Soul Cycle and what else those two very busy and talented dudes had going on. CHECK IT.
Alright, so SOUL CYCLE…
Mark Hawkins: Ahh, those guys suck.
Chris Catharsis: Yes, the NY funk band who stole our name! Before we had it!
I SAW THAT! I was on last.fm today and I all, “What the hell is this jank?”
Mark Hawkins: yeah they totally had it before… I hope there is no legal battle
The last.fm had all of 12 listeners. Fuck em. Hell, one of the 12 was for me listening to your album. Or something, shit I don’t know.
Mark Hawkins: Haha yeah, that’s what I figured when I saw their MySpace… like shit, I don’t think this band has really done anything in a long time, plus our music is wildly different.
So… How did you two guys meet?
Chris Catharsis: It’s a metal kind of romance story, actually.
Mark Hawkins: Ahhh yes, the story of me and Chris. We go way back. Enchanted lovers from past lives… haha but seriously, Chris was about to release an EP and he was looking for a guest solo on a song and posted a status about it
Chris Catharsis: I had a track up for an EP I was working on at the time, and Mark sent me a MySpace message asking if he could drop a solo on one of the tracks. I said of course and we hit it off from there. We went on to create two more music projects, Kongregation and Rape the Dead, before we finally met earlier this year at a Cannibal Corpse show in Jacksonville.
Mark Hawkins: Yeah, Kongregation was the first then Rape and now the Cycle. So Chris and I have only met once to celebrate and have beer.
Chris Catharsis: Hopefully many more beers to be shared lay ahead in our future.
Mark Hawkins: I think we should have beers whenever we release something…we are about due for more beer!
Soul Cycle‘s Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins (I told you he got around) are good friends of the site, so when they needed artwork done for their impending self-titled debut album, I wanted to try and help them out to the best of my abilities. I’m delighted and super stoked to say that they enjoyed what I put together for them and they’re using my cover design for Soul Cycle. Check it!
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Soul Cycle is due out soon. Keep an eye out for more word surrounding this release.
- JR
