Cosmic Balance Machine, a project by Vince Mazzola, released its debut single entitled "Blackout" on October 23. The song length is 3:19 and Vince lists Rollins Band, Corrosion of Conformity, Motorhead, Royal Blood, Metallica, the Grunge movent, and Queens of the Stone Age as the main influences for this particular song.
The idea for the song came on a night out in Blacksburg, Va while still attending Virginia Tech. "I was at a bar in Blacksburg called Top Of The Stairs," he says as he recalls seeing tons of people packed together in a courtyard inside of the bar. "I could make a cool song about this," he thought to himself.
Getting the song completed and released has been a long time coming for Vince, as he said he first had the idea for the song in 2018. "The recording process was very stop and start, very... weeks between things happening. In some cases months," he revealed.
Vince continued to persist because he knew that the song could still be something he could be proud of. So in order to help elevate the song to the level that Vince knew it could reach, he enlisted the help of his friend Eirik Iversen to play on the song, and help produce it as well. The two met in college and played together in a band called sleep.year, which released a demo in October of 2018. Vince said he enjoyed getting the chance to work with Eirik again.
"It's a huge relief that I can put this one and be able to fully focus on some of the other ones. ." Vince said about releasing the song. "As opposed to having so many pots on the stove. Now I can finally take this one off."
When asked about when he will release other songs, Vince replied by saying that he has "a long term plan in mind" but is still debating as to when and how he will release future material.
A big part of his plan is a concept in which Blackout is a part. "A big theme of the overall project is growth," he told me. Writing songs that other people can recognize is important to Vince. Some of the references in his song are drawn from his autobiographical events, and things he saw while in Blacksburg, but it doesn't necessarily mean that one has to have gone to Virginia Tech as he did.
"There's not a bar called The Cellar, or PK's (here), but they could say 'hey, this is that bar I go to.' It's about portraying my experiences and trying to see what people can relate to... if they do." Anything that is considered relatable in his music would be a huge honor, but the most important thing for him is to continue to enjoy making music. "Blackout" is a good song within itself, as well as a good beginning to what Vince is trying to build under the moniker of Cosmic Balance Machine.
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