Artist Name: Black Smoke Trigger

Release Name - Horizons

Release Date - 02 August 2024

Genre - Hard Rock, Alternative

New Zealand’s rising rock sensation Black Smoke Trigger have today officially unleashed their debut album HORIZONS, alongside a new reverbant single ‘Phantom Pain’.

HORIZONS marks yet another ground-breaking moment in their career, showcasing Black Smoke Trigger’s unique blend of hard-hitting riffs, anthemic choruses, and vivid emotional depth. Their latest single ‘Phantom Pain’ finds the band performing to a massive crowd, highlighting their electrifying energy and stage presence that have become their signature.

“These are top class songs that build, erupt and soar…Each song has a statement of intent, a power within itself and when taken as a whole this album is one of the best releases this year and one hell of a debut.” – Metal Planet Music

Speaking on today’s release, Charlie Wallace, guitarist of Black Smoke Trigger shares:

“We are stoked to finally release HORIZONS to the world. We poured our hearts and souls into this record. We’ve had fans who have been waiting a long time and new fans who have just discovered us, so it’s an exciting time. The journey we went through to make this album was crazy, trips back and forth to the US, getting stuck in Mexico, producer Nick (Raskulinecz) travelling to New Zealand to finish the record and turning my whole house into a studio…it was a wild ride and some of the best times of our lives. A couple of us went through personal struggles of losing parents during the process, which inspired the last track ‘Promise’, and everyone made big sacrifices to make this record a reality. We are very proud of this record, it’s our best work yet!”

Black Smoke Trigger continues to ride the high of their dynamic rock, anchored by the distinctive guitar work of Wallace and the commanding vocals of Baldrick combined with their pummeling rhythm section courtesy of bassist Dan Fulton, and drummer Josh Te Maro. Fast becoming known for not only churning out certified 10/10, arena ready rock bangers, Black Smoke Trigger are also quickly garnering a reputation for creating incendiary and often death-defying music videos.

Their previous single, ‘Sun Cries Red’ follows the success of their previous singles ‘K.M.T.L’, ‘Proof Of Life’, ‘Perfect Torture’, and ‘The Way Down’, the video for which saw the band perform at night, atop the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere with Wallace jumping off the edge, shredding a guitar solo whilst plummeting 630ft and has now clocked up over 1.3 million views on YouTube. The release sees the band continue to deliver on their promise of high-energy rock music that’s both entertaining and deeply relatable.

Prior to this new string of singles, the band put out the track ‘Caught In The Undertow’, the video for which was also a feat of extreme conditions. Filmed at Muriwai Beach in Auckland, New Zealand and at a helicopter crash testing facility in a 3.6M deep pool, the whole band performed much of the song underwater, creating a stunning visual that has clocked up 3.2 million YouTube views, highlighting the band’s dedication to creating unforgettable visual accompaniments for their hard-hitting rock anthems.

Horizons is available now on streaming platforms and available for pre-order as Digital Download, CD or Vinyl via their website .

Horizons

Black Smoke Trigger

Track Listing:

01. Phantom Pain

02. K.M.T.L.

03. The Way Down

04. Perfect Torture

05. Proof Of Life

06. Learn To Crawl

07. Set Me On Fire

08. Psycho

09. One More Chance

10. Never Dies

11. Sun Cries Red

12. Promise

ABOUT BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER:

Black Smoke Trigger are led by Wallace (creator of the hugely successful online teaching academy Guitar Mastery Method) whose insane talent provides everything from delicate melodic motifs to face-melting shred solos and stadium-conquering riffs. They are fronted by incendiary vocalist Baldrick, whose impressive vocal abilities provide that indefinable, timeless rock n roll soul to the Black Smoke Trigger sound. Bassist Dan Fulton, and drummer Josh Te Maro round out the line-up, joining forces to create a powerhouse rhythmic backbone and one of the most bombastic and inventive rhythm sections of recent years. 

 With a rapidly growing fanbase, millions of streams, a reputation for raucous live shows and irrepressibly fearless approach to their craft, Black Smoke Trigger are poised to be the biggest and most thrilling entity to come from New Zealand since the Lord of The Rings movies. Just with more rock n roll and less hobbits.