Scalphunter announce second album AM I DEAD

Perth four-piece Scalphunter will celebrate the release of their sophomore album, AM I DEAD, with a launch party at Amplifier Bar on Saturday, April 6.

They will be joined by special guests Spacerhead, Hidden Cycles and The Gremlins.

The band say they collectively wanted to celebrate what they enjoy most about punk rock and adopted a slightly more ‘deft approach’ to songwriting than previous releases.

“Previously, everything we did was as hard or as fast as we could do it,” said guitarist Alex Cotton. “That has served us well, but we are all a bit older and a bit wiser now… well, maybe. What we really wanted to do was try and bring out the best version of ourselves on this record, and that meant pulling things back where previously we would have leant in.”

“Sometimes it meant stripping a song down by pulling out solos or extra ‘breakdowns’ so we could really focus on a vocal melody or celebrate a drum fill. Don’t get me wrong, it is still a heavy and very Scalphunter-sounding album, but with slight restraint and quite fewer screaming vocals.”

The band offered the first taste of the upcoming record with its first single, PANIC, which is available to stream now.

The album was recorded at Underground Studios with Brody Simpson (drum production and recording) and Mark McEwen (producer and mixer) in July 2023. The album was mastered by Scott Middleton (ex Cancer Bats) at High Wattage Cottage in California.

Scalphunter’s AM I DEAD album launch goes down at Amplifier Bar on Saturday, April 6, 2024. For more info and to buy tickets, head to the Facebook event page.