“Gilded Sorrow” was produced by Frank Marchand, Weinrich and Taylor. It was mixed and engineered by Marchand and mastered by Alan Douches. It will be issued on vinyl, CD and digital.

Wino spoke to TotalRock‘s “Hobo On The Radio” show about “Gilded Sorrow”. He said in part: “I think it’s the heaviest thing I’ve ever done. I mean, heavy in a sense as not just sludge heavy, but I think it’s well-rounded. I would say I think it’s the best thing I’ve done. I like to be able to say that it’s the best thing I’ve ever done because I want everything that I do to be as good or better. Every time I do a record, I set the bar. ‘The Church Within’ set the bar for ‘Sacred’. ‘Sacred’ set the bar for ‘Gilded Sorrow’. We did it with Frank Marchand (at Waterford Digital) in Maryland.

“We added two members. We added Chris Angleberger on bass. He started out in Maryland in a band called TRANQUILIZER, eventually ended up in Florida, and he plays in some tribute bands and stuff like that; he did some original stuff along the way. And then Jason Taylor on second guitar. I think the adding the second guitar to THE OBSESSED was one of the best decisions I’ve made, because he’s a virtuoso guitar player, first of all. Second of all, he really understands my music and me. He came to the table pretty much knowing all my songs. He sent me a really nice letter. We did some touring with SIERRA when we first met — his band SIERRA; he’s Canadian. And he sent me a really nice letter saying, ‘I see my future playing original music with you. Your music would be the vehicle.’ And I must say he contributed quite a bit of good stuff to this record ‘Gilded Sorrow’. He co-wrote some stuff with me (and) he made a bunch of great suggestions. The record runs together sort of as one piece. There are a few stops here and there where it needs to stop, but as a rule, it runs together as one piece. And that was Frank Marchand‘s idea. He wanted to do something a little bit different with the production, but it really works. But Jason did all the segue stuff with his guitar, with some equipment that he has. So no synthesizers were used on this record. It doesn’t sound all keyboarded out — don’t get me wrong. But for lack of a better word, if people were wondering, this is all guitar stuff. I think he rounded it out really, really well.”

Asked if “Gilded Sorrow” has a “much more expansive sound” than previous THE OBSESSED efforts, Wino said: “I think it sounds fantastic. Everything I do with Frank gets better and better. Frank Marchand in Maryland, he’s an amazing live sound guy, but he also has an amazing command of the recording studio, because he’s got an amazing command of his digital realm. But then he is got all kinds of analog stuff. It’s like Les Paul orgy. He knows his gear. And he can use it. He cut his teeth doing live sound, so he understands hard rock. He knows what the fuck he’s doing.”

Weinrich went on to say that he is “not really pulling any punches” on “Gilded Sorrow”. “But at the same time, I’m not trying to shoot myself in the foot either,” he explained. “The music has gotta talk. The reason I even have an audience at all is from the music. I appreciate the fact that I’ve been able to have a long and fruitful career. I really do.”

Watch the previously released “It’s Not OK (live at Freak Valley)” below.