Galactic Prey

Galactic Prey is the second studio album by American alternative

Galactic Prey
metal band Foreign Objects. Recorded at Manifest Productions
Studios in Lake Forest, California, it was produced by the band's
frontman Deron Miller and released by Distant Recordings on
October 18, 2015. The album is the band's first to feature guitarist
Kenneth Hunter, bassist Shaun Luera and Tim Luera, all of whom
joined in 2014.

Initially conceived as a collaboration between Miller and Canadian

songwriter and producer Jonathan Masi, Galactic Prey was later
re-written from scratch by Miller and recorded with members of
Orange County-based production company Manifest Productions,
which includes Hunter. The album's production was funded by
crowd-sourced investments on the website Indiegogo.
Studio album by Foreign Objects
Released October 18, 2015

Contents Recorded 2014–2015

Studio Manifest Productions
Background
Studios
Track listing (Lake Forest, California)
Personnel Genre Alternative metal ·
References technical death metal ·
External links progressive metal
Length 43:33
Label Distant
Background
Producer Deron Miller
Deron Miller was originally inspired to produce another Foreign Foreign Objects chronology
Objects album after being contacted by a Canadian songwriter and
Universal Galactic
producer called Jon Masi, who was a fan of the group. Masi sent
Culture Prey
Miller a number of pieces of music, which the band's frontman
Shock
(2015)
said he "loved". The duo's idea was to collaborate on the writing
(2004)
and production of songs on the album, with Masi composing much
of the music and Miller writing all of the lyrics.[1] In an interview
in August 2015, however, Miller stated that the material Masi produced for the album was not of a high
enough quality for Galactic Prey, so he severed ties with him and rewrote the album himself.[2] The music
for the title track "Galactic Prey", written by Masi, remained.[3]

After disregarding the material written with Masi, Miller entered the Manifest Productions studio and wrote
the majority of the album during recording sessions. Speaking in an interview on The Sinner's Ball radio
show in August 2015, he explained that he entered the studio with no material and began playing
improvised guitar riffs to the accompaniment of a click track, upon which drummer Tim Luera added drum
parts and the songs were subsequently built. Miller praised the recording process, claiming that he would be
replicating it for future projects.[2]
Miller launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Indiegogo in order to fund the production of
Galactic Prey, with the aim of raising $13,000.[4] In March 2014, the title track "Galactic Prey" was
debuted on Miller's SoundCloud page.[5] By July 2015 the album was said to have been completed, with
Miller estimating an August release date.[6]

Track listing
All tracks are written by Deron Miller, except where noted.

No. Title Length

1. "Way Before the Beginning" (music by Miller and Saman Ali) 2:08
2. "Don't Ask" 5:00
3. "Chip in the Brain" 4:26
4. "Megadextria" 3:48
5. "On Course to Collide" 3:24
6. "Two Tickets to Heaven" 3:20
7. "A Host to Suicitis" 3:15
8. "Galactic Prey" (music by Jonathan Masi) 5:22
9. "Sunset on Saturn" 3:56
10. "Direct Contact with the Dead" 5:07
11. "(With a Smile) The Friendliest of Fire" 3:59
Total length: 43:50

Personnel
Deron Miller – vocals, guitars, production
Kenneth Hunter – lead guitar, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering
Dave Sudock – lead guitar
Shaun Luera – bass
Tim Luera – drums
Saman Ali – keyboards, orchestration, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering
Kyle Salzman – recording, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering
Jonathan Masi – guitars and bass ("Galactic Prey")
Michael Barnard – artwork
Phil Bowman – booklet design
Sam Evans - additional layout

References
1. Miller, Deron (April 30, 2014). "Deron Miller - heres the story on "Galactic Prey"...the 20th..."
(https://www.facebook.com/deron.miller.12/posts/680612901985110) Facebook. Retrieved
October 19, 2015.
2. "The Sinner's Ball Radio Show : Episode # 9 Return of Deron Miller of CKY" (http://www.blo
gtalkradio.com/thesinnersball/2015/08/10/the-sinners-ball-radio-show-episode-9-return-of-d
eron-miller-of-cky). BlogTalkRadio. August 10, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
3. Galactic Prey (Media notes). Foreign Objects. Distant Recordings. 2015.
 4. "Foreign Objects Launch Crowdfunding Campaign For New Album "Galactic Prey" " (http://
www.theprp.com/2014/04/13/news/foreign-objects-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-for-new-
album-galactic-prey/). Theprp.com. April 13, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
5. "Foreign Objects (CKY, Etc.) Streaming New Track "Galactic Prey", CKY Working On New
Album" (http://www.theprp.com/2014/03/31/news/foreign-objects-cky-etc-streaming-new-trac
k-galactic-prey-cky-working-on-new-album/). Theprp.com. March 31, 2014. Retrieved
October 19, 2015.
6. Miller, Deron (July 29, 2015). "Deron Miller - Galactic Prey album update: The new
Foreign..." (https://www.facebook.com/deron.miller.12/posts/892371684142563) Facebook.
Retrieved October 19, 2015.

External links
Galactic Prey (https://www.discogs.com/master/904487) at Discogs (list of releases)

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