Baroness – Full Session [FRET12 Sessions]

BARONESS – FRET12 Sessions
Rising from the fertile heavy music scene of early 2000’s Savannah, GA. Baroness established themselves as seekers, swiftly moving beyond raw aggression with an expansive sonic palette drawing from psych, progressive metal, and sludge. Their sonic diversity is held in balance by captivating melodies, and vocals that soar and scream in equal measure. Their distinct and consistent visual presentation comes courtesy of guitarist, singer, and founder John Bailzey, whose paintings evoke and reflect the emotion and complexity of each release.

We were lucky enough to catch Baroness during a day off from their Red & Blue tour where they performed their legendary first two albums (Red and Blue) in their entirety. For our session they crushed two tracks from their most recent album, Stone, followed that with incredible instrumental tracks off Red and Blue respectively.

After the session they sat down to talk about this tours’ unique challenge of performing "studio tracks" that weren’t conceived for a live setting, and the musical debates that come with jamming songs into existence. Then they ran us through their road-tested gear featuring Fender and Rickenbacker guitars, Fender Princeton Reverb and Roland JC120 Lobo Edition amps, and huge collection of pedals from MXR, Electro-Harmonix, Crowther Audio, and much more.

Go backstage at Baroness' FRET12 Session—shots, videos, interviews, and more await:
https://f12.link/s250911-Baroness

💥 SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 – "Last Word"
06:08 – "Under The Wheel"
11:26 – "Aleph"
15:54 – "O’er Hell and Hide"
20:16 – Gear: John Baizley – Guitar & Lead Vocals
23:16 – Gear: Gina Gleason – Guitar & Vocals
27:12 – Gear: Nick Jost – Bass
29:27 – Gear: Sebastian Thomson – Drums
21:13 – Gear: Name Last – Keys & Synthesizer
30:54 – Interview

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