Chills (album)

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Chills
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EP by Hello Demons...meet Skeletons
Released October 12, 2008
Recorded 2008
Studio The Exocet
Genre Acoustic rock, Post-grunge
Length23:25
Label Self-released
Producer Corey Lowery
Hello Demons...meet Skeletons chronology
Chills
(2008)
Words That Sing Well
(2011)

Chills is the first solo album from American guitarist Clint Lowery (under the name Hello Demons...Meet Skeletons), released in October 12, 2008. Lowery previously worked with bands like Still Rain, Sevendust and Dark New Day.

Guitarist person who plays the guitar

A guitarist is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica.

Clint Lowery American musician

Clint Edward Lowery is an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the heavy metal band Sevendust. He has also played in Dark New Day and Still Rain and served as the touring guitarist for Korn through most of 2007. In 2008 he decided to work on new music as a solo artist and the name of the project was titled Hello Demons Meet Skeletons. Lowery wrote and recorded a 6-song EP while off the road with Sevendust just for a week. He played every instrument on the CD, which was produced by his brother Corey Lowery. The EP, Chills was released in October, followed by a tour at the same month. He would also later released 2 more EP's with HDMS. Also his fourth and last EP Choices was released on October 22, 2013.

Sevendust American heavy metal band

Sevendust is an American alternative metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group. Following a few name changes, the members settled on the name Sevendust and released their self-titled debut album on April 15, 1997. They have attained success with three consecutive RIAA gold certified albums, a Grammy nomination, and have sold millions of albums worldwide.

Contents

Writing and production

In September 2008, Lowery wrote and recorded a 6-song EP while off the road with Sevendust for a week. He played every instrument on the cd, which was produced by his brother Corey Lowery. The album was released under name of Hello Demons...Meet Skeletons. Other Songs that didn't make it on the EP were "Bitter" & "Kicking Tree". Also he has posted a cover of the U2 track "Pride" on his official MySpace page.

Corey French Lowery is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and engineer. He is the touring guitarist and backing vocalist for South African band Seether. Lowery was also previously a member of the bands Saint Asonia, Stuck Mojo, Stereomud, Eye Empire, and Dark New Day.

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Clint Lowery have streamed some video footage of his first performance for the song Devil In a Cage. [1]

On May 2009, a new track from Clint Lowery, titled "The Drive" has been added to MySpace. [2] In April and May 2010, "Bitter", "Kicking Tree", and "The Drive" were added to iTunes as individual singles.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Clint Lowery.

No.TitleLength
1."Hell's Next Door"3:36
2."This Day"4:08
3."Alive and Well"4:11
4."I'll Keep This Short"3:30
5."Devil In a Cage"3:51
6."It's Been Fun"4:09

Personals

Hello Demons Meet Skeletons

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

Additional personnel

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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many, varying roles during the recording process. They may gather musical ideas for the project, collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist/group, work with artists and help them to improve their songs, lyrics or arrangements.

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References

  1. "Hello Demons…Meet Skeletons Stream Video" Tunelab.com. Retrieved on May 27, 2009.
  2. New Hello Demons…Meet Skeletons Track Online Tunelab.com. Retrieved on May 5, 2009.