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Wednesday Feb 10, 2021

EP 59 Love And Death,Perfectly Preserved Special

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021

With the release of their highly anticipated new album - 'Perfectly Preserved' - and a globally streamed album release concert only a week away, Love and Death, the anthemic hard rock project spearheaded by Brian 'Head' Welch (Korn) and Jasen Rauch (Breaking Benjamin) have revealed the full list of special guests joining them as they take to the stage for the first time in eight years. Joining the band for their epic streaming event on February 12th will be Lacey Sturm of Flyleaf, Keith Wallen of Breaking Benjamin and Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire. Tickets available here.

The band have also shared a clip of behind the scenes rehearsal footage for the event, which can be viewed here or by clicking the image below. The official trailer for the event can be viewed here.

Speaking on his excitement for the upcoming streaming event, Brian "Head" Welch shares:

"Regarding the album release concert February 12, I'm actually quite shocked that we are going to pull off such an amazing event with some special very guests who live in different states–all during a world-wide pandemic!"

Love and Death have also treated fans to the third new track from 'Perfectly Preserved'. Titled "The Hunter" and featuring Keith Wallen from Breaking Benjamin, the track is accompanied by a thought provoking lyric video providing a visual commentary to the lyrical theme of the song, showing the state our society currently finds itself in. The video for "The Hunter" can be found by clickinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfa4PmIzGr0&feature=youtu.be

Elaborating on the meaning behind the new track and it's visual accompaniment, Welch adds

"We've been very fortunate to have such a professional team around this project to help us put out such quality content with our latest release. Our newest track "The Hunter” feat. Keith Wallen is no exception. Naro Studios along with Soft Surrogate really helped get our message across in "The Hunter” regarding the many different crises that our society in America has been facing as of late. It truly is a work of art."

"The Hunter" follows the release of lead single "Down" which was released in November 2020, marking the band's first new music in 8 years and subsequent track "White Flag". Since its release, "Down" has hit 1.2 million total global streams to date with the official music video and lyric video amassing 937k YouTube views to date.

About Love and Death

Love and Death began with the similar raw, authentic emotional honesty that drove singer/guitarist Brian “Head” Welch to multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning heights as a cofounder of genre trailblazers Korn. Forged as an outlet for recovery and redemption in a season of change, the formation of Love and Death resulted in the dynamic 2013 debut Between Here & Lost. The album spoke plainly to the hearts of similarly disenfranchised fans all across the world.

Love and Death now return with Perfectly Preserved, a crushing yet accessible full-length follow-up, driven by the spiritual resilience inherent in the first record, combined with an even starker depiction of real-life struggle. Anger, broken relationships, lowered self-worth, and the collision of optimistic values with oppressive systems are all on display, from the arresting refrains of “Tragedy,” “Death of Us,” and “Affliction,” to the bold, conqueror driven anthem of “White Flag.” Simply put, it is heavy music to vigorously confront depression, heartbreak, and pain.

Perfectly Preserved marks the introduction of guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter Jasen Rauch as a full-fledged member of the band, as well as second time producer for Love and Death (co-production from Joe Rickard). Jasen, best known as an integral part of chart-topping rockers Breaking Benjamin, produced Love and Death’s first album in 2013. Completing this definitive lineup as they charge into this new chapter are the band’s original guitarist, JR Bareis, who now shares vocals with Welch, and powerhouse drummer Isaiah Perez.

Much like A Perfect Circle or Stone Sour, Love and Death isn’t a “side project” or replacement for the guys’ respective bands. It’s an extension and companion, offering each of them a unique outlet to explore different aspects of their creative passions.

It’s also an opportunity for further collaboration with their friends from other bands. “The Hunter” features Jasen’s Breaking Benjamin bandmate (and solo artist) Keith Wallen, who was also a major co-writer on the project, and longtime comrade and former Flyleaf singer, Lacey Sturm lends her vocals to a metallic rendition of a surprising pop cover.

As their fans have learned to expect, Love and Death are fearless in their open examination of contradictions and failure, making confessional music with an underlying anchor of purpose and hope. Like the band’s very moniker suggests, both ‘Love’ and ‘Death’ are very present in all that they do.

Love and Death Are

Brian “Head” Welch – Vocals, Guitar

Jasen Rauch – Bass

JR Bareis – Guitar, Vocals

Isaiah Perez – Drums

My thoughts on the Hunter straight away you are hit in the face with melody plenty of punch and drive from the guitars with some lovely tones, Keith wallen vocals are out of this world and fit so well with the track, production is crisp and clean and for me is the perfect boarder for the track to be placed into , overall a great track and I can’t wait for this album.

Pleased to announce Setting The Tone’s Interview with JR from Love and Death

I recently got the chance to sit down with JR from Love and Death to discuss their release of the new album Perfectly Persevered released on the 12.2.2021

Okay continuing with our Love and Death special, we now have Setting The Tone’s interview with JR from Love and Death,Once again, a huge thank you to JR, I wish the guys all the best with the release of the album Perfectly Persevered

Love And Death links can be found below.

http://www.loveanddeathmusic.com

https://www.facebook.com/LoveandDeathMusic

https://twitter.com/LoveDeathMusic

https://youtube.com/user/LoveandDeathMusic7

https://www.instagram.com/loveanddeathmusic/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nrzg6bzMCRGsdQ5eD4d19?si=rzm_V1nUQuCfM-4XqpaQcw

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/love-and-death/517704185