Though we admit to not having kept up with much of what Jason Newsted did after he left bass playing duties in Metallica, his newly-formed band Newsted seems pretty interesting on a first listen.

Featuring Newsted himself on bass and vocals, Jessie Farnsworth on guitar, and Jesus Mendez Jr. on drums, the band already has a 4-song EP set for January 18th, titled, plainly, Metal – a move which the frontman compared to Down‘s series of EPs.

The first track from the EP, Soldierhead, was recently unveiled, showing a sound that reminds little of the Black Album/Load/Reload period during which Jason Newsted performed with Metallica, and goes back to a more primitive metal sound.

Listen to the track below: