Jesus Piece drop new EP "Greed / Conjure Life"
Before embarking on their short West Coast run in the US that is wrapping up a busy year, Jesus Piece have released the digital “Greed/Conjure Life” that comes with the tracks Greed, Conjure Life (2024) and Tunnel Vision (MSC Remix) via Century Media. You can stream “Greed/Conjure Life” on your preferred streaming service HERE.
The band just came home from a month of dates in Europe on Sepultura’s “Celebrating Life Through Death” European Farewell Tour 2024 with Jinjer and Obituary.
We saw Jesus Piece about a year ago in The Exchange in Bristol, and it was genuinely one of the most incredible, intense and visceral hardcore shows we’ve EVER seen ! A brilliant night, and you can see the madness of a Jesus Piece show by checking out their latest video for FTBS that was compiled by drummer LU2K. Jesus Piece are still touring their latest album “…So Unknown” that was released to much acclaim last year.
Check out the video below:
Jesus Piece broke onto the scene, turning heads for their feral live shows and grandiose, melodic songwriting which has since cemented them as standard stirrers and boundary-breakers. On “…So Unknown” their Century Media debut, listeners ascend to the apex of metal and hardcore– where a mix of complex instrumentation is led by a manic, shaman- like vocal delivery from frontman Aaron Heard. It’s a cluster bomb of ten anthems, bursting at the seams with memorable riffs and pulsing with fresh ideas. Drummer Luis Aponte promises, “This is as close to a Jesus Piecer experience as you’re going to get without standing in front of us.”
Heard uses a livewire vocal delivery, ala Busta Rhymes, to orchestrate the crowd’s kinetic energy— pushing further toward utter mayhem and culminating in a show that stands tall among their genre peers and live music writ large. Jesus Piece is a live phenomenon, only possibly held back by a heretofore limited recorded output. Their time has come with “… So Unknown”, the follow-up to their white-hot “Only Self”.
Jesus Piece is composed of vocalist Aaron Heard, guitarists David Updike and John Distefano, bassist Anthony Marinaro and drummer Luis Aponte. Formed in Philadelphia in 2015, the band released a trio of EPs (the S/T EP, 3 Song Tape and the Malice at the Palace split) before delivering their massive 2018 debut LP for Southern Lord Records “Only Self”. The release stood head and shoulders over much of the hardcore and metal crowd, with a diversity that can be credited to the unique approach and chemistry between the members. Hell, even their name bypasses typical hardcore naming conventions and instead originates from a piece of jewellery loved by the hip hop crowd.
Photo (c) Adam DeGross
