SAM MOORADIAN

track-list:
Bad Brain
Suspicious Gait (feat. Flub)
Titrate Down (feat. Blumen)
Real Anger
Tinnitus (feat. The World Is Quiet Here)
Assassin Mad (feat. Archaeologist)
Find Someone Else
Spies Are Listening
Come And Get Me

Album Band Lineup:
Sam Mooradian – guitar, bass, programmed drums, synths, vocals
Michael Alvarez/Flub – vocals on track 2 – Suspicious Gait
Richard Blumenthal/Blumen, Aviations – piano on track 3 – Titrate Down
Isaac Stolzer-Gary/The World Is Quiet Here – second guitar solo in track 5 – Tinnitus
Kyle Schaefer/Archaeologist, Fallujah – vocals on track 6 – Assassin Mad
Live Band Lineup:
Sam Mooradian – guitar
Lucas Koughan – bass
Dylan Hughes – drums

Discography:
2023 – Bad Brain – LP
2023 – Spies Are Listening – Single
2023 – Titrate Down – Single
2023 – Suspicious Gait – Single
2022 – Snow – Single
2022 – Tinnitus – Single
2018 – Depression For Breakfast – EP

The Circle Pit:
“A brand new guitar playthrough has just been launched in support of ‘Kaleidonoscope’! It shows off the deceptively simple and effective nature wrapped into Sam’s darkened songwriting. Let your eyes consume Sam’s work through the video provided just below. This turns out to be yet another brilliant world premiere from the very promising Sam Mooradian! Stay tuned for more…”
“In a feat of guitar wizardry, our friend and highly talented guitarist Sam Mooradian took on the wickedness that is Necrophagist’s ‘Epitaph’ will a FULL ALBUM COVER”

The album is inspired, musically and lyrically, by problems in the brain.
It’s very groovy and catchy, but also dissonant and jarring.
Sam Mooradian:
“I think it merges the two in an organic, enjoyable way.”
Bad Brain – ANXIETY
Musically: weird rhythms, groovy, somber
Suspicious Gait (feat. Flub) – MIND SURVEILLANCE / TECH ADDICTION
Lyrically: AI, god, tech integration that causes extreme distress
Musically: heavy, chaotic, melodic
Titrate Down (feat. Blumen) – DEPRESSION
Musically: sad, catchy, creepy
Real Anger – ANGER
Musically: classical, etude, heavy
Tinnitus (feat. The World Is Quiet Here) – TINNITUS / RINGING IN THE EARS
Musically: weird rhythms, groovy, somber
Assassin Mad (feat. Archaeologist) – PSYCHOPATHY
Lyrically: regret, guilt, psychopathy
Musically: epic, catchy, moody, creepy
Find Someone Else – ISOLATION
Musically: etude, clean, psychedelic
Spies Are Listening – SCHIZOPHRENIA / PARANOIA
Musically: catchy, classical, melodic, melancholic
Come And Get Me – EXTREME DEFIANCE
Musically: driven, groovy, final
Sam Mooradian:
“I started this project to explore the weird, off-kilter progressive metal sound I’ve been developing. I’ve always had a love for instrumental, guitar-driven metal, but my main focus is on pushing prog and heavy music to its current limits. I hope people dig my new album ‘Bad Brain’. The album is inspired, musically and lyrically, by problems in the brain. It’s very groovy and catchy, but also dissonant and jarring. I think it merges the two in an organic, enjoyable way. I always write with the album in mind, and in order, so the best way to experience Bad Brain is to listen from start to finish. I want people to be surprised by some of the creative risks the album takes, and I hope people feel the need to listen again to try to understand it better, or simply because they liked it.”
Sam Mooradian is a progressive metal guitarist, composer, and creator based in Boston.
Since starting his guitar-centric YouTube channel a decade ago, Sam has become the touring guitarist for Fallujah, guitarist of Inhale Existence, and the brains and fingers behind his self-titled solo project, with his debut album ‘Bad Brain’ releasing on July 28, 2023.
Sam Mooradian:
“Bad Brain feels like a musical companion to emotionally difficult times. It’s the result of years of trying to hone my own sound and style of prog metal while also navigating significant life changes and events, so it’s very fulfilling to have it finally released.”
“I’ve always been driven to push all the elements of songwriting and structure to the absolute limit while keeping the music catchy and enjoyable; I think Bad Brain does that pretty well. Lots of crazy time signature and tempo changes. Lots of untraditional arrangements. It’s dark, it’s melancholic, and it takes some interesting twists and turns. Hopefully, it’ll break your brain a little.”
For fans of Plini, Gorguts, Animals As Leaders, Mestis, The Mars Volta