US doom metal trio Mean Green to release self-titled debut album this March; first two tracks »Law« and »The Deal« streaming!

North Carolina’s doom metal trio Mean Green is gearing up to release their self-titled debut album on March 24th, 2023.

In the meantime you can listen to the first two tracks »Law« and »The Deal«!

Tracklist:
01. Law
02. Crow
03. Mean Green
04. Fiend
05. Last Bullet
06. Grease Monkey
07. The Deal

Produced, mixed and mastered by Reilly Appert.

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

From the highest peaks of Boone, North Carolina, Sludge and Doom metal band Mean Green will release their debut self titled album on March 24th, 2023

The highly motivated band are preparing regional shows in Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Athens, Greensboro and an album release show on March 24th in Asheville with Doomsday Profit and All Hell.

Mean Green’s self-titled first release is a full length album consisting of songs written in their first year of the band’s forming. Inspired by the likes of early Black Sabbath, Sleep, and Weedeater. Mean Green wrote this album to convey a stripped down and bare bones look at sludge, stoner, and doom metal. Relying heavily on tone and a slow moving freight train like tempo for most of their songs, they bring their own twist on common themes and ideas of the genre. With crushing guitar tone, wall shaking low end, bludgeoning percussion, and growling vocals this album is a first look into the roots and inspiration of Mean Green.

In preparation for the release, Mean Green have 2 crushing songs available now for fans to get a taste of the epic music on Bandcamp!

Mean Green is a 3-piece stoner doom band formed in early 2022 by Jacob Helms, Alex Wierback, and James Matthews who enjoy playing metal music as loud as possible and at a slower pace than most people are used to. Armed with much larger guitar and bass rigs than necessary for smaller venues, their tone and energy are a force to be reckoned with in the western North Carolina music community. From the start they knew they did not want to be just another cover band in their small college town of Boone North Carolina, they began writing their own music.

Each of them are experienced working musicians and have connections in the local music scene. They decided to go an unconventional route and immediately went on tour when they had enough original music to fill out a set. This allowed them to make more connections and friends in the growing metal scene around North Carolina. With the help of other bands and promoters they met along the way, they began performing in well known venues in Atlanta, Asheville, Raleigh and Johnson City spreading their take on doom metal to new cities. Their live performances bring an energy that is on par with stoner doom legends. Their slower songs would put people into fuzzed out trances while the fast paced songs are mosh worthy. This combination left something for everyone to enjoy whether it was a crushing doom breakdown or a mid tempo driving riff to groove to.

With no music officially released the band solely relied on word of mouth and self promotion for getting fans to their shows. They found with every show they play people want to hear more of them. Without an album for fans to listen to, they quickly got into the studio to record their debut in August of 2022 and planning their first release on March 24th, 2023. Mean Green is continually gaining traction in their musical career and is not going to stop anytime soon.

Mean Green is:
Jake Helms – Guitar, Vocals
Alex Wierback – Bass
James Matthews – Drums

For fans of Sleep, Weedeater, Monolord, Bongzilla

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well