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Category 7 – the new band vocalist John Bush (Armored Saint, ex-Anthrax), guitarists Mike Orlando (ex-Adrenaline Mob) and Phil Demmel (Kerry King, ex-Machine Head, ex-Vio-lence), bassist Jack Gibson (Exodus), and drummer Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall, Overkill) – is now streaming the new single “Mousetrap” from their upcoming self-titled debut album due out July 26.
“It’s all about big verses and big songs, and it has a lot of the elements we’ve explored in our other bands,” said Orlando.
Bittner added: “I think the sound of this band really comes down to the odd connection that all of us have. We’ve known each other for years as friends and peers. And we’ve all looked up to each other and know that one day we’d have to work together. It’s taken almost two decades for that to happen, but lo-and-behold, once it did there was no stopping us.”
Bush said: “The music for this one felt like a mysterious caper to me. I drew inspiration from The Three Musketeers where a police tactic was used to apprehend someone who went to the residence of a person who was previously arrested. The whole thing feels like a black and white movie with scenes of entrapment, interrogation, and a corrupt warden. Even though it feels like something old, it also feels like it could be applied to what is happening in our modern justice system. Round and round we go.”
