Amplifier return with their 6th and most definitive album to date – the epic “Trippin’ With Dr Faustus”. Chiselled out between 2014-2016, the album instantly delivers the Amplifier twin calling cards of Massive Riffs with lyrical sentiments that go beyond space/time and the limitations of ones, zeros and polycarbonate manufacturing. The story of Faust is more relevant than ever in the 21st century.

TWDF was recorded between 2014-2016 at the band’s studio in Manchester, England. The album was produced by singer Sel Balamir who also designed the now traditional Amplifier packaging and artwork. TWDF is a decidedly European affair -mixed by Spanish mixer/producer Iago Lorenzo in Vigo Spain while the album was mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24:96 in Karlsruhe Germany.

Each Amplifier record sounds distinct. In stark contrast to the compact kidney punch that was 2014’s “Mystoria” – TWDF, like all epic journeys, is in no rush to let the plot unfold and spill out its secrets. “Each child is a child of circumstance” summarises Sel. The genesis of the idea of TWDF lies neatly in the heart of the song “Silvio” – originally written in the period around 2011’s “The Octopus”. “Silvio” didn’t make it onto that behemoth double album “… it didn’t really fit in with the Album’s universal themes.” But the ideas lurking in Silvio persisted and soon made their own bed. “Who doesn’t want to make a record about our relationship with The Devil? The ultimate baddy…” “Silvio” was very specifically the story of Faust albeit remonikered in reference to Italian Faustian politico Berlusconi and thus became the template for the rest of the album.