Palanavra – Record Production Month 2024

Hey everyone! After a brief hibernation to recharge the batteries, we’re coming back swinging with new videos on the YouTube channel starting tomorrow. And I’m bringing something else to the fold to help start out the new year. I know it’s been a few years since we’ve done this, but I’ve decided it’s time to give it another go. That’s right, we’re doing the Record Production Month challenge again! Last time I tried this was… Continue reading

Children Of Bodom – Not My Funeral | GUITAR COVER

Hey everyone! We’re back at the studio for another cover video, this time we’re ripping through another Children of Bodom song called Not My Funeral. I did this cover once about 12 years ago, before I had much knowledge on how to make recordings, you know, not sound like crap. I figured it would be a decent idea to redo this track having a bit more experience under the belt. But even though I learned… Continue reading

Justin Strode – Forever Out of Time | GUITAR PLAYTHROUGH

Hello you beautiful people! We’re back again playing an original song called Forever Out of Time, taken off the album Burn. This is one of my favourite tunes to play, and when I was playing live gigs I would normally close out the set with this song. There’s something uplifting and energetic about it that just sits right in the ears and the mind that makes it really difficult to stand still. Hell, it was… Continue reading

Justin Strode – A Place To Forget | ACOUSTIC PLAYTHROUGH

Hey everyone, we’re gonna be sliding back a bit to one of the earlier videos from a month ago, since I never bothered to post it here when originally uploading it. So, you know, here we are with an original song called A Place To Forget, taken off the EP Disaster Inverted. Opted to do this one on an acoustic, as it’s a much slower paced song, focusing more on ambience and emotional, err, stuff.… Continue reading

Tides of Eternity – New Song Available

Hey everyone! Like most of the world, I’ve been spending a fair bit of time lately hunkered down while we wait out the COVID-19 situation. It’s a very curious time to be alive right now, but we shouldn’t just sit idly by and wait just because we’re safe inside. So I dug through some old files, started putting together some old tracks that were abandoned long ago, and over the next few weeks I’m gonna… Continue reading

Victims of Infinity – Available on Bandcamp Now!

Victims of Infinity, the latest album from Justin Strode, is now available on Bandcamp! Recorded during the Record Production Month of 2020, Victims of Infinity comes from the collective experiences of the last decade, churning all the great times and musical explorations of the last ten years into a well mixed force of energetic ferocity and precision. With the guitar taking center stage, Justin takes the listener on a crushing journey of heavy riffs, screeching… Continue reading

Embrace the Fire – New Single!

Surprise! I’ve just released a new single, Embrace the Fire! This one is chock full of funky slap bass, epic brass passages, and all the chaotic shredding one can dream about! I gotta say, this song was a lot of fun to create, but really painful on the hands, especially all the bass bits. It was also used as an experiment for some new mixing techniques I’ve been messing with, including reamping with multiple effects… Continue reading

Split The Shadows – Available Now!

Split The Shadows is now available! Listen to it now in full in the player below, or through your preferred music service, such as Spotify, Bandcamp, etc. As happy as I am that this one is finally released, the eyes are already set upon the next project. Ideas are churning, riffs are being written, structure is forging, you know, all that funky creative stuff. Remember to check out Okzygen Records as well, I’m sure I’ll… Continue reading

Split The Shadows – New EP!

Hey everyone! Here with big news today as I announce my newest release with Okzygen Records, Split The Shadows, coming out on August 16th on all major music platforms! Consisting of five tracks created over a number of years (one started in 2013!), Split The Shadows blends the typical influences of high-speed guitar technicality with the more aggressive, darker tones of industrial metal, mixed with some sinister drones. I know I say most of my… Continue reading

Burn – A Somewhat New Album!

Typical me, always forgetting to update this site whenever I release something new! This years RPM Project has once again come and gone (Over three months ago, I know, I know) and I am proud to present you the newest release, Burn! Burn is a nine track album composed, recorded, mixed and mastered over the course of February 2019 at my private studio, Okzygen Studios. With some guest appearances from friends old and new, this… Continue reading