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Violet Sun - New Album Streaming Online
Italian Symphonic metal act Violet Sun are streaming their entire debut album Loneliness In Supremacy on their MySpace page.
Violet Sun is the new band of Dario Grillo who fronted Thy Majestie in a former life. The line-up is completed with Alessandra Amata on vocals and piano, and Alex Grillo on drums. The ex-Thy Majestie vocalist takes care of the guitars, bass, keyboards, some vocal work, orchestral scores, synth and the production. Next to oriental instruments, the album also features several guest musicians, including a saxophonist and an opera choir.
Loneliness In Supremacy was mastered last January at Finnivox Studios (Nightwish, HIM, Stratovarius, Masterplan etc.) by Mika Jussila.
Visit this location to check it out.
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Violet Sun is the new band of Dario Grillo who fronted Thy Majestie in a former life. The line-up is completed with Alessandra Amata on vocals and piano, and Alex Grillo on drums. The ex-Thy Majestie vocalist takes care of the guitars, bass, keyboards, some vocal work, orchestral scores, synth and the production. Next to oriental instruments, the album also features several guest musicians, including a saxophonist and an opera choir.
Loneliness In Supremacy was mastered last January at Finnivox Studios (Nightwish, HIM, Stratovarius, Masterplan etc.) by Mika Jussila.
Visit this location to check it out.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Thy Majestie |
Reminder: Fear Factory Live Webcast Tonight
TheRaveLive.com presents a free live webcast from Fear Factory on Saturday, May 29th. The free live broadcast will begin at 8:30pm ET / 7:30pm CT / 5:30pm PT / 12:30am GMT, and is scheduled to also include sets from Prong, Silent Civilian, and Thy Will Be Done as part of the Fear Campaign Tour.
There will be a re-broadcast on Saturday, June 5 at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT / 11:00pm GMT.
The live webcast will feature up to seven camera angles and near-CD-quality sound via the website http://www.theravelive.com, which has streamed many live concerts, including bands like Shinedown, Underoath, Cannibal Corpse, Rusted Root, Nonpoint, and more.
TheRaveLive.com is a service of TheRave.com, the official website of The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI USA. The Rave/Eagles Club is a 180,000 square foot entertainment complex with six concert halls in one building, four of which are wired for simultanteous live broadcasts with anywhere from three to eight camera angles. Over 2000 bands performed at The Rave/Eagles Club in 2009.
To access the free live stream:
Point your web browswer to this link
If you're not already a member, click on the "Free Signup" button at the upper right of the page
Choose the "Fan" option and fill out the information
Sign in on May 29th and click on the "Fear Factory Live Webcast" icon, and you're all set
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There will be a re-broadcast on Saturday, June 5 at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT / 11:00pm GMT.
The live webcast will feature up to seven camera angles and near-CD-quality sound via the website http://www.theravelive.com, which has streamed many live concerts, including bands like Shinedown, Underoath, Cannibal Corpse, Rusted Root, Nonpoint, and more.
TheRaveLive.com is a service of TheRave.com, the official website of The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI USA. The Rave/Eagles Club is a 180,000 square foot entertainment complex with six concert halls in one building, four of which are wired for simultanteous live broadcasts with anywhere from three to eight camera angles. Over 2000 bands performed at The Rave/Eagles Club in 2009.
To access the free live stream:
Point your web browswer to this link
If you're not already a member, click on the "Free Signup" button at the upper right of the page
Choose the "Fan" option and fill out the information
Sign in on May 29th and click on the "Fear Factory Live Webcast" icon, and you're all set
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| Source: | theravelive.com |
| Band profile: | Fear Factory |
| Event: | Fear Campaign Tour II |
Carcass - Replacing Mastodon On Graspop Metal Meeting
Earlier this week, we informed you that Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelleher was diagnosed with pancreatitis (a sudden inflammation of the pancreas) forcing the band to cancel all summer live shows, including their appearance on Graspop Metal Meeting.
The festival organization has now confirmed they will replace awesome with awesome, which means that none other than the legendary Carcass will take Mastodon's slot on the main stage Saturday afternoon.
Other recent line-up changes inlcude: Rise To Remain out, Iron Mask in; Steel Panther out, The Poodles in; Hell Yeah was already replaced by Evergrey, and also Billy Talent has been added to the line-up.
Graspop Metal Meeting will take place June 25th-27th in Dessel, Belgium. For an overview of the must-see bands, head to this location.
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The festival organization has now confirmed they will replace awesome with awesome, which means that none other than the legendary Carcass will take Mastodon's slot on the main stage Saturday afternoon.
Other recent line-up changes inlcude: Rise To Remain out, Iron Mask in; Steel Panther out, The Poodles in; Hell Yeah was already replaced by Evergrey, and also Billy Talent has been added to the line-up.
Graspop Metal Meeting will take place June 25th-27th in Dessel, Belgium. For an overview of the must-see bands, head to this location.
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| Source: | graspop.be |
| Band profile: | Carcass |
| Event: | Graspop Metal Meeting 2010 |
Soen - New Band Of Ex-Amon Amarth, Ex-Opeth Drummer
Martin Lopez, ex-drummer of Amon Amarth and Opeth, was so kind to inform us he's been working on a new project, entitled Soen. Lopez will be handling the drums duties, and he has formed the band together with bassist Steve DiGiorgio (ex-Death, ex-Testament, ex-Iced Earth, and a shitload of other bands), Kim Platbarzdis on guitar and vocalist Joel Ekelöf.
Lopez described the music as "melodic, heavy, intricated, and very different than everything else." He added: "We are currently writing material, and as soon as we have more news you'll be informed." Which means you'll be informed too. So keep checking the news section regularly for updates.
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Lopez described the music as "melodic, heavy, intricated, and very different than everything else." He added: "We are currently writing material, and as soon as we have more news you'll be informed." Which means you'll be informed too. So keep checking the news section regularly for updates.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Atheist - Enter The Studio
After 17 years, the wait is finally over... Atheist are set to enter LedBelly recording studios in Atlanta, GA on July 5th to lay the tracks down on their long-awaited, yet untitled, fourth studio album. Engineering the recording session will be Matt Washburn. Additionally, the band have secured the services of one of metal's most significant talents of the past decade, Jason Suecof (Trivium, Chimaira, Devildriver and many others), to handle the mixing of what promises to be a modern classic from the pioneers of technical metal.
"I can't believe we are about to record this album finally", vocalist Kelly Shaefer states. "We have been working our asses off for a year, and have taken great strides to make this the record we, as fans, would want to hear from Atheist. It's ferocious, intelligent, and dead balls heavy as shit! When people hear this they're going to say, 'It's Atheist!'"
"We are also honored and totally stoked to have Jason be a part of this album with us" says drummer Steve Flynn. "He went to great lengths to make this happen for us, and we are grateful. We anticipate collectively taking extreme metal to new places. Jason has quickly become one of the most sought-after engineers/producers in the industry, and we're excited to be working with him. He truly understands the legacy of the Florida Death Metal scene, and the importance of this record. We're confident that Jason will deliver an absolutely monster production. Additionally, we DO realize that the record has taken a long time to create. However, there are so many twists and turns in the average Atheist song, and we felt like it was very important to have enough killer material written so as to make it the most interesting record we have ever created. We wanted to make sure we took the next logical step in the evolution of our music. According to the critics out there, it's a tall - almost impossible - order. However, we feel like we have done it."
"Our late and great friend and foundational element of the Atheist sound, Roger Patterson, was always with us in spirit in the process of writing" adds Shaefer. "In fact, that frantic, technical Patterson spirit has come shining through once more in the form of Jonathan Thompson, our newest guitar player. "JT" is a young-spirited multi-talented player - he also plays bass for Flynn's band Gnostic. As long-time Atheist fans, JT and Chris Baker understand what Atheist is at its core and what the fans expect. Both have proven to be invaluable in bringing out that classic Atheist sound and have been instrumental the course of writing this long-awaited record."
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"I can't believe we are about to record this album finally", vocalist Kelly Shaefer states. "We have been working our asses off for a year, and have taken great strides to make this the record we, as fans, would want to hear from Atheist. It's ferocious, intelligent, and dead balls heavy as shit! When people hear this they're going to say, 'It's Atheist!'"
"We are also honored and totally stoked to have Jason be a part of this album with us" says drummer Steve Flynn. "He went to great lengths to make this happen for us, and we are grateful. We anticipate collectively taking extreme metal to new places. Jason has quickly become one of the most sought-after engineers/producers in the industry, and we're excited to be working with him. He truly understands the legacy of the Florida Death Metal scene, and the importance of this record. We're confident that Jason will deliver an absolutely monster production. Additionally, we DO realize that the record has taken a long time to create. However, there are so many twists and turns in the average Atheist song, and we felt like it was very important to have enough killer material written so as to make it the most interesting record we have ever created. We wanted to make sure we took the next logical step in the evolution of our music. According to the critics out there, it's a tall - almost impossible - order. However, we feel like we have done it."
"Our late and great friend and foundational element of the Atheist sound, Roger Patterson, was always with us in spirit in the process of writing" adds Shaefer. "In fact, that frantic, technical Patterson spirit has come shining through once more in the form of Jonathan Thompson, our newest guitar player. "JT" is a young-spirited multi-talented player - he also plays bass for Flynn's band Gnostic. As long-time Atheist fans, JT and Chris Baker understand what Atheist is at its core and what the fans expect. Both have proven to be invaluable in bringing out that classic Atheist sound and have been instrumental the course of writing this long-awaited record."
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| Source: | season-of-mist.com |
| Band profile: | Atheist |
Scientic - New Video Online
Danish metallers Scientic have debuted their first-ever video, called "Reality Lost". The video can be watched below and should please the Nevermore fans among you. The song appears on the band's 2010 demo.
According to the band's MySpace (where you can listen to another song "Holonomic Confusion"), "the intention of the band is to create a crushing, complex, technical and yet melodic and entirely accessible metal music based on skilled musicianship."
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According to the band's MySpace (where you can listen to another song "Holonomic Confusion"), "the intention of the band is to create a crushing, complex, technical and yet melodic and entirely accessible metal music based on skilled musicianship."
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Helstar - To Release 2CD/DVD Boxset
Helstar is without a doubt one of the originators of American Heavy Metal. Metal Blade will now release the Rising From The Grave boxset which includes remastered versions of the A Distant Thunder and Nosferatu albums. The boxset also includes the brand new DVD Twas The Night Of A Hellish Xmas. The Rising From The Grave cover art] boxset will be released the 2nd/5th of July 2010 in Europe.
The DVD was recorded live at the Backstage Club in Houston, TX on December 25th 1989 and features original Helstar members James Rivera on vocals along with Larry Barragan and Jerry Abarca. It's the first authorized Live Video recording by 80's Power Metal icons Helstar. Mastered by Ty Tabor (King's X) and James Rivera.
The setlist of that show was as follows:
01. Swirling Madness
02. The King is Dead,
03. Evil Reign
04. Abandon Ship
05. Baptized in Blood
06. To Sleep Per Chance to Scream
07. Harker's Tale
08. The Cursed Has Passed Away
09. Scorcher
10. Angel of Death
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The DVD was recorded live at the Backstage Club in Houston, TX on December 25th 1989 and features original Helstar members James Rivera on vocals along with Larry Barragan and Jerry Abarca. It's the first authorized Live Video recording by 80's Power Metal icons Helstar. Mastered by Ty Tabor (King's X) and James Rivera.
The setlist of that show was as follows:
01. Swirling Madness
02. The King is Dead,
03. Evil Reign
04. Abandon Ship
05. Baptized in Blood
06. To Sleep Per Chance to Scream
07. Harker's Tale
08. The Cursed Has Passed Away
09. Scorcher
10. Angel of Death
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| Source: | metalblade.com |
| Band profile: | Helstar |
Valefor - New Video Online
Below you can watch the first video clip of Valefor - the Izmir based depressive black metal one-man project of Sargathus. The track is entitled "Lifes Belongs to Darkness ", and appears on the album Screams Of Suicide. An album tracklist is to be found here, with further album-related developments to be announced soon.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
Kylesa - Ready To Enter The Studio
Between extensive tours of Europe, Kylesa will enter the studio on May 31st to begin recording the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed album Static Tensions. The new album is the band's debut for the band's new label Season of Mist Records.
The sessions will take place over the month of June at the legendary Jam Room in Columbia, SC with Phillip Cope (Baroness, Withered) at the helm as producer. The band is very excited about the new material, with writing ongoing since January of this year.
After the completion of the recording the band will return to Europe supporting Converge through August, with US touring plans to be announced shortly.
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The sessions will take place over the month of June at the legendary Jam Room in Columbia, SC with Phillip Cope (Baroness, Withered) at the helm as producer. The band is very excited about the new material, with writing ongoing since January of this year.
After the completion of the recording the band will return to Europe supporting Converge through August, with US touring plans to be announced shortly.
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| Source: | puregrainaudio.com |
| Band profile: | Kylesa |
Isis - Final Release Details
As announced last week with great sadness, Isis are calling it quits. The band's label has now announced the details of the band's latest release, a split CD with Melvins. Here's the official Hydra Head press release:
"The long running and the longer running. The finite and the perpetual. Two of the last studio tracks from a band now in their final days, and two songs from a band who will potentially outlive us all. Isis. The Melvins. If you enjoy music of the heavier variety and haven't heard either of these aural entities you are also probably unaware of other modern developments such as disposable contacts, the internet, and Snuggies.
As mentioned above the two Isis songs featured on this split are amongst the last recorded output to be released by the band, and are (relatively) exclusive to this 12". The first, "Way Through Woven Branches" has previously only been available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their most recent full length Wavering Radiant. The second track "Pliable Foe", has never been released anywhere, and believe or not (at the time of this writing anyway), has managed to escape being sucked into the shadowy vortex of illegal internet file sharing. Both tracks were recorded during the sessions of the aforementioned Wavering Radiant album and continue along the trajectory established therein - in other words, long and winding strands of melody wrapped around jagged blocks of shuddering distortion. A fitting close to a continually evolving but coherently developed cannon of recorded works, and appropriately paired with one of their early and admitted influences, that being The Melvins.
The Melvins tracks featured on the flipside of this platter are culled from their latest full length album "The Bride Screamed Murder", albeit in highly altered forms from what appears there and are exclusive to this release. Remixed and reworked by the band themselves along with the help of ever nimble and able engineer and ally Toshi Kasai, these tracks are prime examples of The Melvins persona as we've come to know it - alternately jarring, tuneful, heavy, and bizarre. While the album versions of these tracks may fall further on the side of the "heavy" and "rocking", on display as presented here is the dadaist/trickster tendencies of the band which has frustrated and delighted fans in equal measure since (very nearly) the beginning of their existence. Never content to let the listener settle into a comfortable groove, the will to disrupt and dismay may prove satisfying for some and confounding for others. In any case, if you know and love The Melvins (like we do) these songs will be another must have addition to their ever growing library of aural curios."
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"The long running and the longer running. The finite and the perpetual. Two of the last studio tracks from a band now in their final days, and two songs from a band who will potentially outlive us all. Isis. The Melvins. If you enjoy music of the heavier variety and haven't heard either of these aural entities you are also probably unaware of other modern developments such as disposable contacts, the internet, and Snuggies.
As mentioned above the two Isis songs featured on this split are amongst the last recorded output to be released by the band, and are (relatively) exclusive to this 12". The first, "Way Through Woven Branches" has previously only been available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their most recent full length Wavering Radiant. The second track "Pliable Foe", has never been released anywhere, and believe or not (at the time of this writing anyway), has managed to escape being sucked into the shadowy vortex of illegal internet file sharing. Both tracks were recorded during the sessions of the aforementioned Wavering Radiant album and continue along the trajectory established therein - in other words, long and winding strands of melody wrapped around jagged blocks of shuddering distortion. A fitting close to a continually evolving but coherently developed cannon of recorded works, and appropriately paired with one of their early and admitted influences, that being The Melvins.
The Melvins tracks featured on the flipside of this platter are culled from their latest full length album "The Bride Screamed Murder", albeit in highly altered forms from what appears there and are exclusive to this release. Remixed and reworked by the band themselves along with the help of ever nimble and able engineer and ally Toshi Kasai, these tracks are prime examples of The Melvins persona as we've come to know it - alternately jarring, tuneful, heavy, and bizarre. While the album versions of these tracks may fall further on the side of the "heavy" and "rocking", on display as presented here is the dadaist/trickster tendencies of the band which has frustrated and delighted fans in equal measure since (very nearly) the beginning of their existence. Never content to let the listener settle into a comfortable groove, the will to disrupt and dismay may prove satisfying for some and confounding for others. In any case, if you know and love The Melvins (like we do) these songs will be another must have addition to their ever growing library of aural curios."
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| Source: | hydraheadlines.blogspot.com |
| Band profile: | Isis |
Buried Inside - Put On Indefinite Hiatus
Canadian metallers Buried Inside are going on an indefinite hiatus after a career of thirteen year.
Andrew Tweedy, vocalist and guitarist of the band, said the following in an interview with Exclaim!: "We've sort of refrained from calling it a break-up. We're playing a few more shows, which will be our last, and then taking a break with no intention of resuming as of right now. It's less dramatic, I suppose. Life is catching up with us, I guess. It's hard to just take one step back at this point. You're kind of in or you're out... we've been less and less available for shows and tours the last little while, and ultimately the timing seemed right. The idea of continuing on half-hearted is the opposite of what this band has always been about."
The band will do two more shows this week and one final goodbye show in Ottawa somewhere in autumn.
05/27/2010 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dee's (with KEN Mode, Titan, Engineer)
05/28/2010 - Montreal, QC - Katacombes (with Titan, Ensorcelor)
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Andrew Tweedy, vocalist and guitarist of the band, said the following in an interview with Exclaim!: "We've sort of refrained from calling it a break-up. We're playing a few more shows, which will be our last, and then taking a break with no intention of resuming as of right now. It's less dramatic, I suppose. Life is catching up with us, I guess. It's hard to just take one step back at this point. You're kind of in or you're out... we've been less and less available for shows and tours the last little while, and ultimately the timing seemed right. The idea of continuing on half-hearted is the opposite of what this band has always been about."
The band will do two more shows this week and one final goodbye show in Ottawa somewhere in autumn.
05/27/2010 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dee's (with KEN Mode, Titan, Engineer)
05/28/2010 - Montreal, QC - Katacombes (with Titan, Ensorcelor)
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| Source: | buriedinside.com |
...in Deviltry - Enter The Studio In July
...in Deviltry - the new band of ex-Theatre Of Tragedy guitarist Tommy Lindal - will enter the studio, which probably will be located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2010 to record their debut release. As the band is brand new and do not have any record-label present, it will be 100% self-financed which will result in a limited distribution for the EP.
After the recording the band will post 50% of the material available for registered users on this page under the menu "Audio". The real EP will also be available for mailorder trough the ...in Deviltry website.
With the release of this EP, the band will also announce their complete studio line-up. In the meantime, an orchestral version of the first-ever ...in Deviltry song "Theme" is streaming on the band's MySpace.
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After the recording the band will post 50% of the material available for registered users on this page under the menu "Audio". The real EP will also be available for mailorder trough the ...in Deviltry website.
With the release of this EP, the band will also announce their complete studio line-up. In the meantime, an orchestral version of the first-ever ...in Deviltry song "Theme" is streaming on the band's MySpace.
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| Source: | indeviltry.com |
Détente - New Video Online
US Speed Thrashers Détente have unveiled their new video for the opening track "In God We Trust", of their new album Decline. Decline, the bands first effort after the 1986 cult album Recognize No Authority, was released in Europe last week and will hit the shelves in North American on June 8.
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Détente |
Desultory - Finished Recording New Album
Reactivated Swedish Death metallers Desultory have recently completed the work on the upcoming album, which will be entitled Counting Our Scars.
The band recorded, mixed and mastered the effort with Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Unanimated, Deströyer 666, etc) in Alvik, Sweden. Work is also currently underway for the new album's cover artwork and layout, and more announcement on this will be made available soon.
Among some of the song titles to be included (in no particular order) on "Counting Our Scars" are "In A Cage", "Counting Our Scars", "Ready To Bleed", "This Broken Halo", "Uneven Numbers", etc.
The band commented: "What gets inside always stays inside. This music once shaped us and the marks it left will forever keep itching. Desultory never died, it just went down deep below and beneath the surface it slowly kept growing. Throughout the years, there are many of you out there who never stopped waiting, asking the same question over and over. Now when we finally meet again, Counting Our Scars feels like liberation, the bleeding is over. This album is for all of us who never stopped waiting."
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The band recorded, mixed and mastered the effort with Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Unanimated, Deströyer 666, etc) in Alvik, Sweden. Work is also currently underway for the new album's cover artwork and layout, and more announcement on this will be made available soon.
Among some of the song titles to be included (in no particular order) on "Counting Our Scars" are "In A Cage", "Counting Our Scars", "Ready To Bleed", "This Broken Halo", "Uneven Numbers", etc.
The band commented: "What gets inside always stays inside. This music once shaped us and the marks it left will forever keep itching. Desultory never died, it just went down deep below and beneath the surface it slowly kept growing. Throughout the years, there are many of you out there who never stopped waiting, asking the same question over and over. Now when we finally meet again, Counting Our Scars feels like liberation, the bleeding is over. This album is for all of us who never stopped waiting."
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| Source: | pulverised.net |
| Band profile: | Desultory |
Kryoburn - New Song Online
"Broken Hero", a brand new song from New Mexico metallers Kryoburn, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The video for the song is also going to be out soon.
The track comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, Three Years Eclipsed. A release date for the album should be announced in the coming weeks. The album was produced by vocalist/guitarist Todd Brashear and Kryoburn at the KryoLab in Carlsbad and was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (Halford, The Haunted, Mnemic, Sick Of It All, August Burns Red) at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark.
Three Years Eclipsed cover art] tracklist:
01. Broken Hero
02. Burning The Doubt
03. Event Horizon
04. Slaughtered With Lies
05. Introspective
06. Season Of Suicide
07. Reinvention
08. Mortal Instinct
09. The Sickening
All info about the band on MySpace.
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The track comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, Three Years Eclipsed. A release date for the album should be announced in the coming weeks. The album was produced by vocalist/guitarist Todd Brashear and Kryoburn at the KryoLab in Carlsbad and was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (Halford, The Haunted, Mnemic, Sick Of It All, August Burns Red) at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark.
Three Years Eclipsed cover art] tracklist:
01. Broken Hero
02. Burning The Doubt
03. Event Horizon
04. Slaughtered With Lies
05. Introspective
06. Season Of Suicide
07. Reinvention
08. Mortal Instinct
09. The Sickening
All info about the band on MySpace.
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| Source: | myspace.com |