FOLLOWING A 14-YEAR drought, progressive hard rock trio King’s X have finally returned with a new album, Three Sides of One. Fittingly enough, it begins with a dramatic stormer called “Let It Rain,” which is immediately followed by a proto-djent maelstrom of open D syncopation called “Flood Pt. 1.”
Sure, King’s X have blown the gates back open, but it took some convincing for the trio to go with the flow.
“I’ve been ready to do a record since the last one; I pushed it all the time,” bassist-vocalist dUg Pinnick]”). Following a reassuring call with producer/engineer Michael Parnin (Mark Lanegan, Neko Case), however, Gaskill was onboard to begin recording sessions in 2019.