℗ 2020 Frontiers Records
| Released | July 10, 2020 |
| Duration | 49m 33s |
| Record Label | Frontiers Records s.r.l. |
| Catalogue No. | FR CD 1046 |
| Genre | Rock (Hard Rock) |
Always the Villain
Michael Grant & The Assassins
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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1.1
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Barrell of a Gun
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
3:36 | |||
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1.2
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Always the Villian EXPLICIT
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:51 | |||
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1.3
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Killing Me Slowly EXPLICIT
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:54 | |||
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1.4
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Nightmares
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
5:26 | |||
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1.5
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Red Light Run
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:10 | |||
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1.6
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Anthem of Us EXPLICIT
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
5:04 | |||
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1.7
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Break Me with U
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:02 | |||
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1.8
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Death of Me
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:14 | |||
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1.9
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Runaway (Can You Stand the Rain) EXPLICIT
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:08 | |||
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1.10
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Gimme Salvation
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
4:00 | |||
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1.11
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Secrets
Michael Grant & The Assassins |
5:08 |
In the works since 2018, Always The Villain is Michael Grant & The Assassins debut album. Michael Grant & The Assassins play a diverse and exciting brand of hard rock music incorporating elements from alternative and metal. While exploring different textures, genres, and influences, band mastermind Michael Grant (who plays all instruments on the album) creates a sound that is intense, heavily melodic, and anthemic.
Prior to The Assassins, Grant was the creative driving force behind Endeverafter, a San Francisco based alternative/hard rock band signed to Epic Records in the early ‘00s. Handling vocals, lead guitars, and songwriting, Grant released two albums with the band before disbanding them in 2012.
Grant then served as touring guitarist for LA Guns for five years and also recorded one album with the band. Grant is now focused full-time on The Assassins, who have already played shows in the US, including a performance on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2019. The band plans to get out and play shows again, once we’ve all returned to a sense of normalcy, of course.
Keep your ears open for one of the most fresh and inspired new acts you will hear in hard rock music this year!
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Frontiers Records s.r.l. Studio Masters
Tracks 1-7, 9-11 – 44.1 kHz / 16-bit PCM
Tracks 1-7, 9-11 – 44.1 kHz / 16-bit PCM
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.10 -0.10 to -0.10 | -9.06 -9.71 to -8.23 | -5.95 -6.60 to -5.20 | 5 4 to 6 | |
| 1 | Barrell of a Gun | -0.10 | -8.90 | -5.5 | 5 |
| 2 | Always the Villian | -0.10 | -8.48 | -5.6 | 5 |
| 3 | Killing Me Slowly | -0.10 | -8.23 | -5.5 | 4 |
| 4 | Nightmares | -0.10 | -9.71 | -6.6 | 5 |
| 5 | Red Light Run | -0.10 | -9.27 | -6.1 | 5 |
| 6 | Anthem of Us | -0.10 | -9.04 | -5.7 | 5 |
| 7 | Break Me with U | -0.10 | -9.65 | -6.6 | 5 |
| 8 | Death of Me | 0.00 | -9.35 | -5.7 | 6 |
| 9 | Runaway (Can You Stand the Rain) | -0.10 | -8.41 | -5.2 | 5 |
| 10 | Gimme Salvation | -0.10 | -9.47 | -6.4 | 6 |
| 11 | Secrets | -0.10 | -9.21 | -6.5 | 5 |