Gwen Stacy will premiere a new track (The First Words) from their forthcoming album A Dialogue on their myspace page this Friday.  The album will be released on October 20th on new home Solid State Records (Underoath, Norma Jean).  Speaking on the record which was produced by Andreas Magnusson (Haste The Day, Black Dahlia Murder), drummer TJ Sego said “This record is a lot more of everything we were doing before but at the time, we didn’t have the time, knowledge, experience, or tools to accomplish this record.  We studied a lot of musical theory and every song on the album has some form of musical theory in it.  We didn’t just sit at a guitar and bang out some riffs, everything has purpose.  This is the album we always wanted to do.  This time around to us, we did it right.”

 
The band's previous album The Life I Know (2008) was released on Ferret Music and debuted on the Billboard "Heatseekers" Chart.  The album was hailed by media touchstones like Absolute punk.net who claimed "if you need something to kick your current music rotation in the ass, then The Life I Know is what you want to check out." 

The band has toured nationally numerous times including stints with The Devil Wears Prada, Unearth, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Poison The Well, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, 36 Crazy Fists and Haste The Day. A national headlining tour around the album release will be announced shortly.  www.myspace.com/gwenstacy

News Article Posted: September 2, 2009

The Destro announced their sophomore full-length Harmony Of Discord will be released on Oct 13th.  The band possess the aggression and directness or hardcore but it’s not metalcore, they have the thick sludge toned riffage and big bottom groove of metal while tossing off any flashy leads or instrumental obliqueness that have dominated that genre of late.  “On writing this new album we threw away multiple riffs going on in songs, we cut out any soloing and it’s twice as heavy as our other material and totally focused” says guitarist Nick Emde.  “As a guitarist I’m influenced by Napalm Death as they are completely fast, completely brutal with no filler but it leaves you satisfied.” 

Speaking on the new material Emde said ”  The new songs exorcise a lot of demons for the band. “Inbetween albums we just had a lot of trying experiences including deaths of family members, deterioration of personal relationships and general homelessness.  Those negative emotions and experiences went straight to our writing to the point where I can honestly say playing these new songs completely release all those feelings for me” Emde reveals.

Signed by Trevor Phipps of Unearth for his Ironclad Recordings, the band released their debut As The Coil Unwinds in 2007.  The album received praise from the metal elite including national publications such as Outburn who said “The band harkens back in time when renegades like Metallica wrote grand masterpieces of metal compositions… pure metal sans the trends and flashy gimmickry.”  The usually reserved Decibel Magazine whole heartily concurred saying “The Destro nailed it pretty spectacularly from the percussive drum production and groove-heavy song tempos to the raw-throated vocals and squealy drop-tuned guitar riffs.”  Following release was a never ending series of live shows and tours 

The band has just confirmed a U.S. Tour with Arsonists Get All The Girls and It Dies Today from Sept 10th through October 19th.  Dates and info at: www.myspace.com/thedestro

News Article Posted: August 31, 2009

Knoxville TN-A Different Breed Of Killer have announced they are preparing their second full-length to be titled The City.  The album will be produced by the band’s drummer Nija Walker, who has been a student of recording technologies for 8 years, and worked directly under world-renowned mastering engineer Seva at SoundCurrent Mastering in Knoxville, TN. The album will
also be mastered by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, Through The Eyes Of The Dead) at The Basement Recording NC in Winston-Salem, NC.  Also unique to this recording is plans to record, mix and master the entire album in
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound.  The band stated “to our knowledge this is the first time this process has been applied to a death metal record.”

While the band’s first release I, Colossus (2008) was a concept album about a man made monster on a rampage, The City will also have a story more global in scale dealing with a city in post world war 3 North America.  The band also commented on changes in the music by stating “the material on this album is more derivative of our older death/prog metal influences, like Cannibal Corpse and Cynic. Expect more bass and drum work, as the rhythm section of ADBOK has gotten a lot tighter over the past year due to immense
training. The vocals from new member Klint Monroe will be more mature and developed than our previous release. Also, new guitarist Jared Bivens brings a polished, heavy riffing style that "I, Colossus" lacked.  We're all maturing and learning constantly. Having entered the music industry at ages 17-20, we feel that we're this next effort will produce a more refined sound that is much closer to our original ideas at the time of the band's inception.”

The band has also announced that they have left Rise Records and are in the process of securing a new label for The City.  I, Colossus received national coverage in magazines such as Outburn and Metal Edge.  The band proceeded to complete multiple national tours with such artists as Carnifex, With Blood Comes Cleansing, Impending Doom, Whitechapel and Through The Eyes Of The Dead.   Expect more news shortly and more info can be found at http://www.myspace.com/adifferentbreedofkiller

News Article Posted: August 31, 2009

From Sin City, This Romantic Tragedy hasannounced their Tragic Hero Records’ debut album!  The newest band on the THR roster, This Romantic Tragedy will release their white hot EP Trust in Fear on September 22nd.  Tying in electro-dance synth beats with a concoction of screamo and pop, This Romantic Tragedy have spent enough time in the lab creating a high octane mixture, making explosive tracks that sparkle and shine.  The track listing of the album will be:

1. The Worst Part of Waking Up
2. Trust in Fear
3. I’ll Shut You Down
4. Gray’s a Shade of Black
5. Sound’s Delicious

This Romantic Tragedy are currently on the road in support of their upcoming album with label mates Confide as well as Agraceful and Memphis May Fire until September 23rd.  To get information about their upcoming album or tour dates, please visit : http://www.myspace.com/thsromantictragedy. 

News Article Posted: August 31, 2009

Serjical Strike Records have announced Death Is My Only Friend the upcoming full length by Death By Stereo will be released on July 7th.  This  will be a week sooner than the original release date announced.  According to  the label, whose President is Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) the record will  have a new national distributor in ADA and it was more beneficial to everyone  to move the release date up a week. 

The band is currently on a national tour with Strung Out and press coverage is confirmed for Outburn, Revolver, Alt Press and more.  Death Is My Only Friend  is the band's first album in four years.  This work finds Death by Stereo¹s sound venturing into uncharted musical waters.   "We cover all ends of the musical spectrum with this album." Guitarist Dan Palmer explains, "There are songs with blast beats and songs with no guitars at all."  Diverse and melodic this is the band that Decibel said wrote "hardcore songs you could
 actually remember" and Outburn praised for "biting down on personal emotions and social issues through some heavy and dramatic music." More info and music can be found at www.myspace.com/deathbystereo. 

News Article Posted: June 14, 2009

Legendary 90’s metal-core outfit Disembodied have been announced as special guests at the St Paul Minnesota stop at Station 4 of the $10 For 10 Hardcore Tour.  The reunited band recently took part in shows in Chicago and California.  Speaking on the $10 For 10
appearance bassist Tara said “This is a good show for us as it will give us the opportunity to play for a bunch of new kids who may have never heard us before.  It also will give us another opportunity to play with Poison The Well who we have done many shows with in the past.”  Also nostalgic is the fact that Disembodied where one of the first artists to release music on Ferret Music, who are one of the tour’s main sponsors.  For more info on the tour head to http://www.myspace.com/10for10tour

News Article Posted: June 14, 2009