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“It’s time to take ahold of what belongs to me, it’s time to walk away with no apologies.”

Music by: Celldweller
Suggested Listen: Soundtrack For the Voices In My Head Vo1.
Recommended Tracks: Birthright, Through the Gates, Pursuit of the Hunted

Our last chapter of the season features the industrial nu-metal stylings of Detroit’s very own, Celldweller.

Let me start by clearing this up. Celldweller is actually one guy who goes by the name Klayton. He creates the kind of music you score your film to. It’s dark, it’s intense but it’s not over the top. He’s probably a teddy bear but his music freaks us out in a good way. Klayton is about to release a record called “Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 1” that will be heard in films and TV shows for years to come. And thanks to Celldweller and trueAnthem, you can download this record for FREE all week.

Celldweller really took off in 2003 with a self-titled online-only release that debuted at #17 on Billboard’s Digital Charts. Literally every song on Celldweller has been featured in a movie, video game or TV show. According to its’ label, this feat has been matched by only two other artists: Moby and The Crystal Method. We figured we didn’t want to be the ones left out, so we asked and got lucky!

Now, I’m curious about the close ties between the name Celldweller and the music. Did some googling and found that “Celldweller” reportedly started as a nickname given to Klayton by some friends who said he spent all of his time in the studio. Still, fans maintain that the ‘real’ meaning of the name or the motivations and thoughts behind the songs is entirely unclear. Celldweller publicly claims the name refers to “personal and cultural bondage” but many people, myself included, don’t buy it. I wonder if there’s some even darker, cooler, mysterious stuff going on?

A couple of releases and a few more movies later and we get to Celldweller’s latest work and the opportunity to preview it for you here, first (ignore that Scion commercial from September). I hope you enjoy these three tunes and lose yourself in this last Chapter of LG15: The Resistance. As always, thanks for listening, thanks for watching.

On the Fly. Off the Cuff.
Birthright – real deal harmony between music and words.

Through the Gates - Techy. Intense. Triumphant.

Pursuit of the Hunted – freaky stuff.

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