EPK – Tonic Breed – Outsold (2024) -10th Anniversary Edition

By Asher on July 21, 2024

EPK - Tonic Breed - Outsold (2024) -10th Anniversary Edition

Publicist - Jon Asher - jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

"Outsold is a ten-year-old album that will be revisited and remastered in 2024. This edit elevates all the songs and gives the album the release it deserves. Outsold is the Tonic Breed album that has been played the most live, combining all the songs on the release. The lyrics express the darker themes of life, politics, and our inner demons. So does the music itself, which is more progressive in complexity and length compared to the releases before and after it." - Patrik K. Svendsen - Tonic Breed

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"Tonic Breed reinforces my growing belief that music, and particularly metal, can one day survive and even thrive without need of the corporate machine." - Metal Disciple (Outsold – LP)

"For an unsigned act Outsold has one of the best productions I have heard in a long time. Simply put it's a fantastic album." - Teeth of the Divine (Outsold – LP)

"TONIC BREED could easily advance up the ranks thanks to this impressive release." - Metal Temple (Outsold – LP)

"10/10. Album of the year 2014." - The Metal Review (Outsold – LP)

"Tonic Breed is dropping a new video for the song "Fuel The Fire" featuring some pretty impressive guests—Dirk Vebeuren of Megadeth and Bernt Jansen of Artch and Wig Wam." - Metal Sucks

"Tonic Breed reinforces my growing belief that music, and particularly metal, can one day survive and even thrive without need of the corporate machine." - Metal Disciple

"For an unsigned act Outsold has one of the best productions I have heard in a long time. Simply put it's a fantastic album." - Teeth of the Divine

"TONIC BREED could easily advance up the ranks thanks to this impressive release." - Metal Temple

Track Listing
1. Strife (4:17)
2. Fifth Estate (6:25)
3. Bad Company (6:41)
4. Blackened Mind (7:38)
5. Outsold (7:09)
6. Rebellious Tendencies (6:41)
7. Borregaard (8:11)
8. There's Just One Escape (5:54)

2024 - 10th Anniversary Album Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Tonic Breed
• All songs written by: Patrik K. Svendsen, Mats Johansen
• Produced by: Patrik K. Svendsen
• Mixed by: Patrik K. Svendsen and Toproom Studio
• Mastered by: Toproom Studio

Album Band Line Up:
Patrik K. Svendsen: Vocals, Guitar
Rudi Golimo: Bass
Thomas Koksvik: Lead guitar
Mats Johansen: Drums
Album Guests Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth), Björn Strid (Soilwork), and Oliver Palotai (Kamelot)

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The album as a whole.

Dark and energic, with surprising turns, but at the same time sticking to good old thrash recipe. Lyrical themes that touch the political specter, but also some the darkest thoughts humans can have. Every song is different and easy to tell apart from each other.

Track by track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY).

Strife - The shortest song on the album. Plenty of catchy riffs and a melodic chorus. Dark-themed lyrics.

Fifth Estate - The banger on the album. Old school riffing, angry and fierce. A fast paced song that sticks to your head.

Bad Company - Heavy song, downtempo. Your only friend is bad company, the loneliness.

Blackened Mind - A semi-ballad. Gets heavier and heavier, before the sweetest solo at the end.

Outsold - The title track. One of the more prog songs on the album. Takes the listener through a journey, with a clean part in the middle of the song.

Rebellious Tendencies - The surprising one. How can this song be placed as number six on the album? Thrash recipe.

Borregaard - The instrumental into oblivion, inspired by the heavy industrial town of Sarpsborg.

There's Just One Escape - The end shall not be quiet. A fast-paced song, that starts off with a guitar solo.

This release is a revisited version of Tonic Breed's 2014 album, Outsold. The genre has similarities to the old Bay-era thrash style, integrated with groove, melodic, and heavy elements. This marks the album's 10th anniversary.

Until 2019, Tonic Breed was a full-pieced metal band, but Patrik K. Svendsen re-branded Tonic Breed to become a one-piece metal project with its first release in early 2021. After collaborating with artists such as Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth), Björn Strid (Soilwork), and Oliver Palotai (Kamelot), a new, but old album, is now on the horizon. Outsold is not re-recorded, and the album is still credited with the same lineup the band had in 2014.

Discography:
2024 - Outsold - LP - 10th Anniversary Edition
2022 – Fuel the Fire – EP
2018 – Install Memory – LP
2014 – Outsold – LP