The Sleeping Dead

Subtitled "Excerpts from an alternative score for George Romero's Night of the Living Dead" and based on their full-length score for the film, "The Sleeping Dead" is an epic serving of filmic doom. Started with the drum-parts fully synchronized with the cinematic imagery, the recording of what supposed to be the soundtrack to the movie grew into a completely different things inspired by the great work of George Romero. ‘Unlike The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’, we knew that the final product would not be a fully synchronized score’ – state Sleepbomb’s Tim Gotch. ‘Both due to rights issues and the large amount of dialogue in the film. This meant that we were able to edit down some of the longer sections into a “song” format and really focus on the feel of the scenes for The Sleeping Dead record itself. Rather than retaining the full length of tracks just for timing requirements.’

Each track pared down to the essential character of each scene from the most influential zombie film of them all. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Earhammer Studios by Greg Wilkinson (High on Fire,Autopsy), The Sleeping Dead shows Sleepbomb in a heavy, focused mood.

In co-release with Koolarrow Records.