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feeling this way, but really no-one else can take pult them to greater things. Kent agrees the and exciting, especially when you consider
that first step down a new path for you, you album is also the first step down a new path for within weeks of the new album’s release it had
have to be able to do that yourself. That’s the himself, his brothers and bandmates. charted in five different countries and received
awesome thing about heavy metal and rock “Everything we have done has led to this a million Spotify streams in its first week, this
music, it deals with those things and opens up moment,” he says. “It’s a process and it’s kinda contributing to more exciting tour plans where
discussions like this and it shows people who why we needed to move away from New they will play across America with Shinedown
are reading it or listening to the song who are Zealand because when you’re in New Zealand and Godsmack, and then this Autumn through-
feeling that way but hasn’t seen any other fo- bands come into the scene and they are sort out Europe alongside Godsmack where they
rums where people are talking about it and it of seen as an overnight success and then you will no doubt take the stage and their audi-
shows them that it’s out there and it’s ok and come to find it’s actually their fourth or fifth ences like a storm. Get ready, hurricane sea-
once you see that you can start to do some- record. We’re artists and this is a craft and you son is coming!
thing about it.” are always trying to get better and better at the Visit www.likeastorm.com for more info.
Of course, ‘Catacombs’ and songs like craft and I believe this record is our first step ‘Catacombs’ is out now.
‘Out of Control’ are not just to help anyone lis- towards that.”
tening who needs a little assurance and sup- And with that thought it is time for Kent to Words by Michael Coventry
port that they aren’t alone, but for the band take the next step towards Like A Storm’s fu-
they hope this will be the record that will cata- ture, a future which looks increasingly bright Photos By Dave Karr

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