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Phinehas Announces The Shredding and Sledding Tour!
Phinehas will be headlining The Shredding and Sledding Tour joining them will be Death of an Era! Find out where and when below!
TOUR DATES:
12/5 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
12/6 Marietta, GA @ Swayze's Venue
12/7 Chattanooga, TN @ Cloud Springs Deli
12/8 Covington, KY @ The Loft
12/9 St Louis, MO @ The Mad Magician
12/10 Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room (Phinehas Only)
12/11 Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog Bar
12/12 San Antonio, TX @ Limelight
12/13 Amarillo, TX @ The Wreck Room
12/14 El Paso, TX @ Electric Banana
12/15 Scottsdale AZ @ Pub Rock
12/16 San Diego, CA @ Woody’s
12/17 Henderson, NV @ Eagle Aerie Hall
12/18 Canoga Park, CA @ Cobalt Cafe
12/19 Walnut Creek, CA @ Red House
12/20 Santa Rosa, CA @ Arlene Francis Center
12/21 Anaheim, CA @ The Music Hall
Death Of An Era's Daniel Breaksdown Debut Album that's Accompanied by its Music
Metal outfit Death Of An Era have released their debut album "Black Bagged", via Artery Recordings/Razor and Tie Records. Frontman vocalist Daniel Simpson discusses that album and plans these guys have in-store for themselves and us in the coming future.
1. Can you give those of us who aren't familiar with Death of an Era a brief history of the band and can you please describe your sound for those who have yet to hear your music?
Daniel: We're just a group of guys making music, doing what we love. We built our fan base over the years with smaller release and regional shows and just built from there. We signed in early 2013 with Artery Recordings and Razor & Tie. We put out an EP called "The Great Commonwealth" and have been touring off it ever since. Our first full length dropped the 23rd of June. Without getting too muddled with sub genres and whatnot, I'd say we're a heavy band with a good amount of technicality, accompanied by choruses and breakdowns.
2. Could you describe your song writing process? What comes first – the music or the lyrics?
Daniel: The music always comes first. I usually keep concepts in mind before writing, but I prefer to write lyrics to the music, rather than force them where they don't fit.
3. Why did you think and want "Big Brother" and "The Global Movement" as your two singles? Will you also be releasing videos to accompany these or will other songs be chosen?
Daniel: Both tracks had the variety of musical and lyrical content that we wanted people to hear first. We did our best to represent the album with those songs. You'll just have to wait and see about those videos!
4. What was the recording process like this time around? Was there anything different that happened or was it the same old studio thing?
Daniel: This was our first time to be able to stay in a studio and write for a month straight. Working every day really kept things moving and didn't give ideas the chance to die out.5. Can you tell us how this album differs from the previous EPs? What can we expect and what is the message behind it?
Daniel: The full length is more or less an expansion of the last EP. It contains a lot of the same concepts, both lyrically and instrumentally. We were able to take certain parts and really run with them through the 12 tracks. This release is heavily political but also has other themes to keep things from getting monotonous.
6. What does “Black Bagged” mean to you all?
Daniel: For those of you who aren't familiar with the term, it refers to the clandestine actions of "powers that be" when throwing sacks over the heads of rebellious or outspoken citizens and throwing them in the back of a van never to be heard from again.
7. How does the album art relate to the music on the album?
Daniel: Its conceptual in nature and tied to the title. In the foreground, there's hooded figure that represents the "Black Bagged' part of things, while there are several screens displaying acts of terrorism by the American government.
8. “Black Bagged” the title portray a political appeal, can you expand on the title's representation?
Daniel: Sure just refer to the previous answer in question 7.
9. Kevin Lankford produced this album what was it about him that you saw would fit Death of an Era's style?
Daniel: He was the same producer we worked with on the last release and it just felt like a natural fit.
10. Do you think there is an element of the band’s sound that you would like to push out further on the next batch of songs? With so much going on in your sound, obviously there are elements that might get further explored?Daniel: As we just released a full length album, a lot could change in how we want to the next album to sound before we sit down and record it. We'll just figure it out along the way.
11. What is in the future for Death of an Era? Any tours or shows on the horizon?
Daniel: Management always has things in the work, but nothing we can say just yet.
Death Of An Era - Black Bagged
Death Of An Era's debut album "Black Bagged" brings forth their classic style except it's enhanced sounding more ground breaking, aggressive, impulsive, just all of the intensity terms that can pop into your head will fit upon this release. Death Of An Era have only released some EPs to grasped upon their name, building something for themselves, and while all of that has paid off, with songs like "We The People", "Big Brother", "The Global Movement", and "Prescription Poison", everything that was there before is again enhanced having more guitar riffs, solos, drum beats, bass lines, and of course the vocal chords, that all work together with ease. Building the music upwards sounding more intense with each captivating lyric and musical piece. These guys bring to mind a lot of Crown The Empire meets Capture the Crown both of these acts collide with one another while leaving behind those remains that sound a lot like Death Of An Era's work. "Black Bagged" has intensity written all over it and brings forth an act that will express and expose themselves for all their worth, taking their music to the next level of successful because that is what this release is it's succeeded that sucess.
Death of an Era – The Great Commonwealth
Death Of An Era's new EP "The Great Commonwealth" is a follow-up to previous EP "Reviler" this time around the band's sound has improved and evolved like never before. The vocals are stronger, heavier, and more brutalizing than before with the instrumentals are done so well it's flawless. With the release of the new song "Shapeshifter" the rest of the material just falls into place like "American Dictation", and "The Helpless Settlement", for instance really bring out the ability that is built here. These Ohio go getters have got it going on and there is no telling as to where it will all end up next.
Death Of An Era's Daniel Simpson the Musical Shape Shifter
Five piece metal group, Death of an Era, is bringing a
refined sound to the death metal world by delivering a blend of unique
technical guitar work with a pile driving hardcore barrage. This Columbus, Ohio
based band is quickly becoming a staple amongst the favorite groups of heavy
music followers. Frontman vocalist Daniel Simpson discusses their all new EP
"The Great Commonwealth" and how it differs and defines them as a
band and whole.
1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Death of an
Era, and how long the band has been together.
Daniel: My name's Daniel Simpson I am the vocalist for a
band called Death Of An Era and the band has been together since 2009.
2. So what's it like to be a part of the Artery Recording's
family?
Daniel: So far so good, awesome managers, everyone is
working hard so everyone is pulling in their own weight.
3. You will be releasing your EP The Great Commonwealth via
The Artery Foundation/Razor and Tie how does this make you feel?
Daniel: We're pretty stoked put a lot of time and effort
into it so we're happy to share it with the rest of the world.
4. How does this EP differ and compare to your previous EP
Reviler?
Daniel: Most of our other stuff was immature. This one has a
lot more matured writing and lyrics and a lot more solid ground.
5. How would you say that the sound has evolved between the
two?
Daniel: Definitely incorporated a
lot of electronic programming and clean vocals.
6. Is there any story or concept behind The Great
Commonwealth title?
Daniel: We wanted to come up with something that all gears
towards us as young adults, we like calling out a lot of problems the kids are
dealing with so that's where the title comes from. I feel like we have a lot of
personal address because we're better than other Americans in our own ways.
7. Who produced The Great Commonwealth and what was it like
working with them?
Daniel: It was great we've been friends with the producer
for several years so everything just fell into place when we worked with them.
8. Who did the cover art for The Great Commonwealth and how
much input did you have on it?
Daniel: Mike Melferd did the artwork for it, he's also one
of our mangers so we talked about it sending designs back and forth about what
we wanted then went with a design we liked.
9. Did the band have any definitive goals they were shooting
for before the recording process began for this EP
Daniel: We definitely wanted lyrically to make a difference,
a lot of bands just do music for the
sake of music and no one cares about what they're putting out so I wanted to
put meaning behind the words.
10. Are you using any new instrumentation you've never used
in the recording process before?
Daniel: As far as programming everything is still except
7-string guitars everything else just sounds better.
11. How do you manage to do your vocals especially screaming
without cutting off your vocals?
Daniel: After all the years I've just gotten use to it so
even after a show I don't even get a scratchy throat.
12. What bands have influenced your band and its sound?
Daniel: We've all been obsessed with music since we were
young so putting it into words would be insane so every single band has shaped
us into who we are so we have so many bands to be thankful for from every
genre.
13. How did you guys come up with your band name?
Daniel: That would be when we first started and took our
music seriously so we all took it seriously so we knew we wanted to do music
for the rest of our lives so everything had changed and nothing else mattered
from there because it was a death of an era.
14. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?
Daniel: A lot of shows, maybe some tours, and new material.
15. Anything else you'd like to say to the fans out there?
Daniel: Just to see you soon and hope that our music can
really speak to you with everything we do.
DEATH OF AN ERA’S NEW EP, THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH, NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT MERCHNOW
Death of an Era’s new EP The Great Commonwealth (Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie) is available for pre-order in a variety of bundles at Merchnow HERE. The Great Commonwealth EP was produced by Kevin Lankford and will be released on May 21st.
Formed last year, the Columbus, OH based death metal band Death of an Era is the latest addition to join the Artery Recordings, the joint venture between The Artery Foundation and Razor & Tie. After a year supporting their self-released Reviler EP, this collective of high school friends had risen out of the Ohio underground and into the national spotlight. Alternative Press featured them in AP&R, and they carved out a rabid core of fans through relentless touring and an incomparable sound. Confronting everything from child abuse and drug addiction to deceit and bullying head-on, the group—Daniel Simpson [vocals], Nathan Stewart [guitar], Dustin Colling [guitar], and brothers Chris [bass] and Michael Cooper [drums]—offer catharsis in the face of chaos.
Listen to the new song “Shapeshifter” at Artery Recordings HERE.