Metallic hardcore project SpiritWorld is back, sharing a new single titled "Western Stars & The Apocalypse."
The Stu Folsom led group last released Deathwestern in 2022.
"I wrote 'Western Stars & The Apocalypse' right after Deathwestern came out, when we got home from touring Europe with Agnostic Front," Folsom says, adding, "I was revisiting a lot of Bob Dylan in my bunk on that tour and there is a nod to his song 'Desolation Row' in the lyrics."
Remind me to kick myself for sleeping on this album, but in my defense, its description as a combination of hardcore and country presents two genres that don’t exactly have a Venn diagram of overlap. SpiritWorld is the solo project and brainchild of Stu Folsom, whose namesake Las Vegas hardcore band Folsom built the foundation of the LVHC scene in … Read more
Stu Folsom (SpiritWorld) SPB: Your musical inspiration (heavy + country) combines two worlds. Was that part of the concept behind the project’s name, which is also a melding of two worlds (of sorts)? Folsom: That is interesting. I'd like to say I was that on the ball to tie everything … Read more
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