Ashes of The Sun, the one-man solo project of Ethan Henry (Freya, The Last Season) is sharing its new song and music video “A New Way To Die.” The song is from the project’s upcoming debut album Gods with Machine which will be released through August 1st through Ignorant Tourist Productions.
Watch the video here:
Henry shares his thoughts about the song:
“The chosen one is lost and giving up. He has lost his faith and doesn’t have the drive to carry on when he hallucinates a child taunting him. He cannot catch the child and continues to follow deeper into the wild. Eventually, he concludes this is the end and there is no hope. No one will find him. No one will save him. There is no heaven. We live in hell. What’s the point of going on? It’s time to throw in the towel.”
Henry talks about being a multi-instrumentalist:
“I was always a bass player with guitar second in my comfort zone. I could always sing, but I wasn’t, like, great at it. I don’t know when it happened, like when I became good enough to play any instrument, if we needed a drummer or guitar player, I was like …OK, I’ll give it a shot. Then one day, I was a drummer, I guess? I think I have impostor syndrome. ha.”
He adds:
“After recording about a dozen songs, I developed solos and vocals for them. I felt the way I played the solos and sang would help bring the songs together and could make the collection work as a full-length album. I’m very happy with the way ‘Gods with Machines’ came out. It’s simply the way I play and write, and shows some of my influences in the metal/rock/grunge/alternative scene and how they blend together.
“The vision for this album was to have a flow like some of my playlists, and I imagine most people’s playlists. I hope that fans will enjoy the mellow acoustic/ballad intros that transition into hard rock/ metal flows. I wanted these songs to reach rock fans and metal fans alike. I’ve been in metal bands for a long time and love the brutality Karl and Dan brought to Freya and The Last Season, but I wanted to reach a broader audience. So I chose to tone the heavy vocals back and sing the album. I think ultimately, whether it’s my metal, rock, or grunge influences coming through in these songs, it sounds like the era of music I grew up listening to. late 90s, early 2000s. I like that about this record.”
Henry also explains the lyrics:
“On this particular album, my lyrics are about an alien race that lands on a planet after destroying their world. Realizing the people are looking to the sky for heaven, they pretend they are gods and take advantage of the natives, steal their resources, and live in their paradise. Eventually, the people rebel against the gods after years of abuse and lies. They overthrow the gods and realize they aren’t what they claim to be.”
Presave the song digitally here.
Gods with Machine Track List:
1. Sophisticated Clowns
2. Save The World
3. Forced To Kill
4. The Elephant
5. A New Way To Die
6. Gods With Machines
7. The Lost Ones
8. Here To Stay
9. They Bleed Just Like You
Preorder Gods with Machine here.
Follow Ethan Henry on Instagram.
Photo courtesy of Gidget Photos
