Freak Dreams Slope

• 1 Talk Big 04:06
• 2 It's Tickin' 03:04
• 3 Chasing Highs 02:09
• 4 Nosedive 03:24
• 5 Hectic Life 01:55
• 6 It's Always You (Interlude) 00:23
• 7 True Blue 02:55
• 8 NBQ 02:10
• 9 WHY SAD 03:37
• 10 Ain't Easy 03:08
• 11 Freak Dreams 03:34
• 12 Out of the Blue into the Black 04:48
• Total Runtime 35:13

Info for Freak Dreams

Alright, alright, alright. This is a pretty bold move. What the f*** has gotten into those five weirdos from – of all places! – Duisburg? Are they even allowed to do what they are actually doing? Well: Slope are doing what they do for roundabout a decade by now. It all started with a 7”-EP named Helix. Five songs that were sniffing around in early 90s hardcore territory. Think: thick grooves, a slight hip-hop-edge – all packed into a tight and catchy sound.

But, you know, Slope is a band that is eager to evolve and take their time for that. So, it takes ’em three years to complete another EP. Losin’ Grip presents itself as a 12” with six songs. Everything that made their debut so convincing is still there – but so much more. There’s a surprisingly funky fire burning, and it all grooves like hell with the vague notion of this being a forgotten relic from way back when.

As said: Slope take their time most of the time. That’s why four more years (and a pandemic) pass by until they finally release their debut album Street Heat in 2021. It maintains the strengths of their preceding EPs. But it’s longer, funkier, weirder, like a bag of loose nuts. It’s a sound that nobody dared to play since nu metal killed it in the mid-90s. In the US people called it rap-rock or funk metal – in good old Germany we named it: crossover.

And – man! – they are crossing the hell over. Slope were a fully-fledged and gifted bunch from the start. But by now they are world championship contenders in their own universe. Said universe must be defined by a bit of name dropping as Slope’s roots are reaching deep into a sound that mainly came up by the late 80s/early 90s, a time when bands wanted to do something fresh and wicked, and just mix shit up a little.

Guitarist Jizzy, bassist Joschua, drummer Patrick and the double-vocalist-attack of Simon and Fabio went to kindergarten when most of the bands existed that Slope are heirs to. The elders will remember when dinosaurs like 24-7 Spyz, Freaky Fuckin’ Weirdoz, Blackeyed Blonde, Mucky Pup, The Spudmonsters, Stuck Mojo, Fishbone, Infectious Grooves, Urban Dance Squad, Living Colour, Suicidal Tendencies and Mordred ruled this earth and stirred things up.

Of course, Slope is not just stuck in the past. They totally own what they are doing – and they know how to do it. Their main ingredients are relentless energy and unabashed fun, their songs are packed with raps and riffs, funk and flow, hooks and heaviness, grooves and grime. It’s all coming together on their new album Freak Dreams, proudly presented by Century Media and being released on February 2nd. The adventures of five guys fighting the nine to five lives.

The eleven new songs got it all. Talk Big delivers the introduction, diving deep into the funk, melting your mind with weird timings. A huge monster-groove is the foundation of It’s Tickin’. A smacking bassline introduces us to Chasing Highs while Nosedive comes with clean funk-guitar-licks. Hectic Life delivers hardcore/punk-fury in all the right (and playful) ways, a little ditty that ends with a breakdown-part that rocks your socks off. The already singled out True Blue is proof that the Red Hot Chili Peppers can finally retire. A mountain of huge – and brutal –riffage is squeezed into NBQ and Why Sad before the title-track is presenting itself as a full-blown hit full of cool rapping and a great hook: “I don’t wanna waste my life for some heartless shit like a 9 to 5”. Word! (Jan Schwarzkamp, Visions Magazine/Radio Host)

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FIVE GUYS FIGHT NINE TO FIVE LIFE NOT ATTRACTED TO THE REGULAR IT´S 360 FUNK VISION


Mit dieser reinen und ehrlichen Hardcore / Punk- Einstellung und dem knallharten Sound, kreieren Slope ihren ganz eigenen Stil. Nachdem die Band bereits internationale Mayor Festivals wie das Hellfest (FR), Full Force (DE), Wacken (DE) oder Jera on Air (NL) gespielt hat folgte kürzlich auch das Signing bei Century Media Records!

Nun ist die fünf-köpfige Band aus Duisburg bereit für die erste eigene Headline Tour in Deutschland.

Statement der Band: “Yo Gang! In Freak Dreams will be the first headliner run for us and we are extremely excited and proud to share this with you. We will reveal some more exciting details in the near future. Thank you for your consistent support over the years, we can‘t wait to party with y‘all. What date you will be going to? “

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