156/Silence “People Watching” Available Now

We are one week down since Pittsburgh melodic-metal band 156/SILENCE released their highly anticipated new album, People Watching, it’s available right now via SharpTone Records. Produced by Jonathan Dolese (D.R.U.G.S, Cane Hill), the band’s 4th studio album is nothing short of an alternative metal masterpiece, featuring 14 must listen tracks!

Stream the album here: https://156silence.bfan.link/people-watching

Their latest video “Character Development” dropped on the same day (Sep 13th) and is a damn good one, take a look for yourself below:

Commenting on the track, guitarist Jimmy Howell says: “With most of our albums in the past we do these long intros as a way to set the tone for the album. But this time around we wanted to switch things up and start the album with a bang.”

Vocalist Jack Murray adds: “Character Development is a cold start to our bumpy ride that is ‘People Watching’ It’s anger driven, soul crushing, and bluntly focused. Time changes all.”

Track List:

01. Character Development (Cold Start)
02. Target Acquired
03. Sleep Spikes
04. Better Written Villain
05. Product Placement
06. Blood Loss (ft. Carson Pace)
07. Wants I Need (ft. Craig Owens)
08. Funeral Arrangements
09. Unreasonable Doubt
10. People Watching
11. Change Agent (ft. Trae Roberts)
12. Intravenous
13. Terms and Conditions
14. Healing Process (Leave of Absence)

More on 156/Silence:

156/Silence creates soundtracks for the pushed aside and marginalized. Equal parts frenetic, unhinged, passionate, and focused, their music resonates with outsiders of all stripes. 156/Silence is for anyone determined to peel back the façade of false pleasantries, shallow platitudes, and fakery.

It’s a mission the band began in earnest with underground missives. (Metal Injection advised readers to “wreck your speakers with 156/Silence” on the eve of 2017’s Karma EP.) The group excels live, offering both community and devastation, while touring with the likes of The Acacia Strain, Unearth, Upon A Burning Body, D.R.U.G.S., Signs Of The Swarm, and Orthodox, among others.

Howling personal declarations, jagged riffs, post-hardcore, noise, thrash, sludge, and ambiance collide within 156/Silence. In 2018, Kerrang! hailed the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania group as one of the 6 Underground Metalcore Bands Redefining the Scene. Less than a decade after their emergence, 156/Silence delivers again on that promise with an incendiary fourth album, People Watching.

No two 156/Silence albums are alike, from the unhinged frenetic chaos of Undercover Scumbag (2018) to the gloriously savage and technical Irrational Pull (2020), which Metal Hammer likened to Converge and Botch. The diverse ruminations found in Narrative (2022) took things even further.

People Watching continues the prolific outfit’s tradition of steadfast evolution. Produced by Jonathan Dolese (D.R.U.G.S., Emmure, Attack Attack!), the album embraces melodic hooks without sacrificing any heaviness. The band’s golden age of metalcore roots shimmer and swirl together with influences ranging from Aphex Twin to Thrice, Glassjaw, and Deftones, from movie soundtracks to horror games. As the band says: “People Watching is truly the culmination of the last nine years of 156.”

156/Silence sounds ravenous, ominous, and haunting. Their songs are literary and cinematic, cerebral and brutal, drawing from real and imagined horrors, all intertwined with melody and might.