Get Scared's SURPRISE Announcement!
Get Scared had gotten their fans hyped up for a surprise announcement and you can find out what it is by checking out the video they made about it below!
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Mutiny Within's MIGHTY Return with Chris Clancy!
New Jersey metalheads Mutiny Within formed way back when in 2002 by bassist Andrew Jacbos being a cover band at the time covering various tunes from Finnish act Children Of Bodom. After years of touring and releasing several records, Chris Clancy as well as the rest of the band had decided to go on an indefinite hiatus as of 2011. But now one whole year later the metalheads are back! Thus includes Chris Clancy reprise his role as vocalist for the band as well as an all new album called "Mutiny Within II: Synchronicity" coming out within the New Year! So it looks as if everything worked out for the better and vocalist Chris Clancy discusses the band's brand new release and what the future holds for here on out.
1. Can you tell me how the band got it's name?
Chris: We were originally called "Mutiny" but had to change our name after we were signed. We came up with Mutiny Within as we felt it kept the same meaning as the original name. Some argue that the name makes makes no sense, but they have too much time on their hands.
2. What type of band are you?
Chris: We are a metal band. There's been so many discussions on our videos and forums about what type of metal we are, but to us, it's metal. All types of metal wrapped in one sound.
3. How has the band’s sound evolved from your first release onto this one?
Chris: I feel the new album is slightly more vocal orientated. It focuses a little less on technical ability on more on songwriting as a whole. I guess you could describe it as more mature, but without losing the fundamentals of our sound. After Drew (Keyboards) moving on to college a few years ago, we had to write songs which didn't rely on keyboards, this obviously developed the sound, but it couldn't be avoided, and we're 100% happy with the evolution of the band.
4. Was your songwriting and recording process any different than usual for this CD?
Chris: The process was totally different. We did everything ourselves this time. Some songs were written when the band were still together in the USA, but almost half of the album was written over the internet. AJ was sending Chris instrumentals and together, they crafted them into full songs. It was a totally different way of working, but we had to work around the restrictions of our situation. The album was essentially pieced together from demos and then produced and mixed in a room in Chris' house. It's amazing what can be accomplished now with some dedication and a simple setup.
5. What inspired the album title? Is it a concept album?
Chris: Bill, myself and AJ are particularly into the idea of Synchronicity. Things happening not entirely by chance. Sequences of events unfolding to create a certain outcome. I live my life by following intuition and that gut feeling, and when it came to making the second album, it seemed the obvious choice.
6. Who write's the songs what are they about this time around?
Chris: AJ and I write the songs. AJ writes the instrumentals and I writes the vocals/lyrics and produces the material, having AJ re-write parts in certain ways if a vocal idea needs some changes to work properly. The songs on the record are about everything from the unfortunate news of a friends suicide, to songs of hope out of despair and philosophy on life.
7. Are you using any new instrumentation you've never used in the recording process before?
Chris: Not on this album. There's a little more orchestration in some songs, but it isn't too dissimilar from the keyboards from album one.
8. Can you go into one or two tracks on the new album? If so, can you give us the track title and brief description of how the track sounds and how it came about?
Chris: There is a song called Lights which is about somebody I knew who committed suicide. I was heavily involved in making this track a certain way because of the obvious attachment to the lyrical theme. We tried to create an atmosphere that draws the listener in, encouraging reflection, but without focusing too much on sadness and despair. Keeping the track up beat for the most part helped create the mood. The simple analogy of "Turn out the lights, I close my eyes and say goodnight, Turn out the lights, Remember me, goodbye, I'm sorry" help keep a personal touch to the song without being overly descriptive. I like to keep lyrics open to interpretation in most songs.
Embers is a more driving song which we wrote when we knew the band could be facing an uncertain future with the label. It was our song of keeping something burning, keeping something alive. It was relevant at the time and we find writing honestly has far more impact on ourselves and others that writing about something you have no connection with. I think this song will be a favorite for most.
9. What are your expectations for the release?
Chris: We don't really have any expectations. We just wanted to put out the music because it sat on my hard drive unfinished. It seemed such a shame that so many months of work went into the music only for it to go unheard. We talked earlier in the year and decided it would be great to release it. We really hope the fans enjoy the music and it's mainly for them that we're releasing it. We were hit extremely hard by music piracy on our last album which was directly responsible for the band coming to an end and we ask people to please buy this album to help support us. We amassed a lot of debt on the previous album personally and we're hoping that the sales of this will help us.
10. What are your upcoming touring plans?
Chris: We have no plans of any future tours, the band is strictly in the studio. The costs to tour for visas and equipment are way beyond us financially so we have no interest in touring.
11. Anything else you want to say or add?
Chris: Piracy ruins bands. People forget this, but we're living proof. Fans think it's fine not to pay for the album if they buy a shirt and a ticket. Unfortunately, a lot of tours are booked using CD sales as a measure of a bands success. We missed out on a lot of tours because of this and eventually ended up being removed from tours because our sales were low. In 9 months on the biggest metal label in the world, we sold only 7,500 albums. On ONE single torrent site alone, we had 65,000+ illegal downloads. If we'd sold another 5000 albums, we'd still be together now, touring and making music. Bands make money from shirts, and shows, but labels make money from CD's (as well as shirts and shows). A label invests money in a band like a bank gives somebody a loan. If the label loses money from a band, they're not profitable, and the band will be dropped. We weren't profitable. We were dropped. Music is unfortunately a business, there's a product that costs tens of thousands of dollars to make, which if goes unsold, loses money.If you walked into a car dealership and took a car without paying, you'd call it theft, but for some reason when it comes to stealing music, people think it's entirely different. It isn't. If a band wanted to put music out for free, they would. We didn't put our music out for free, it was our product that took years to make. And to all the people who say we weren't committed to music because of this, ask yourself this. If you worked full time as a restaurant owner and nobody ever paid for your food, what would you do? Would you buy all the food yourself and keep cooking it and serving it up because you enjoyed doing it? Or would it eventually take its toll on your when you couldn't afford to eat anymore or pay your rent?
We love music, we just couldn't survive the state of the industry.
Thanks to all of our fans for sticking by us through everything and we hope you enjoy this album.
THE RELAPSE SYMPHONY to Release Time's Running Out EP December 4th on Standby Records
THE RELAPSE SYMPHONY may have originated from Washington DC but their style, image, sound and attitude are straight from the Sunset Strip in its debaucheries-filled heyday. The five-song Time's Running Out EP announced their arrival to the world with passion and intensity, issuing a warning to pretenders that The Relapse Symphony means business. This is no fly-by-night outfit; this is the real rock n' roll deal. The EP is set to be released December 4th on Standby Records and is available for pre-order HERE.
THE RELAPSE SYMPHONY combine the bombastic, emotive theatrics of My Chemical Romance, the unstoppably melodic but jagged punk hooks of Green Day and the forceful, confident and party-going atmosphere of Skid Row in a way that's fresh and original. They've taken these components and structured a sound that sounds as vital today as "Youth Gone Wild" back in the day. It's the sound of the greatest bands of yesterday colliding with the anxiousness of today. THE RELAPSE SYMPHONY is combustible and ready to ignite across the globe.In other words, THE RELAPSE SYMPHONY is what rock is all about!
TRACKLISTING:
1) Forgotten
2) Make Your Move
3) The Other Side of Town
4) Burning Bridges
5) Panic! (Time's Running Out)
CROWN THE EMPIRE RELEASES PARTS 1 AND 2 OF EXTENDED MUSIC VIDEO SERIES FOR "OH CATASTROPHE"
CROWN THE EMPIRE released parts 1 and 2 of the group's extended music video series for the single "Oh Catastrophe." Check out part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE.
FALL CITY FALL INVITE FANS TO PARTICPATE IN LIVE MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT
Calgary, Alberta’s supreme hardcore outfit FALL CITY FALL invites fans to come out and take part in their upcoming LIVE music video shoot for “Lovebirds” and Dissentipede” from their forthcoming album VICTUS, out January 22nd, 2013. The event will take place on November 23rd at Albert Park Radisson Heights in Calgary and will begin at 6:30 pm.
Hurricane Sandy Relief Sparks Funds from Musicians
Various bands have contributed into helping with the hurricane tragedy by having relief funds available for people to pitch into. Help with the Hurricane Sandy relief fund with the links; Motionless In White HERE. Taking Back Sunday HERE. Bayside HERE. Circa Survive HERE. Blink-182 HERE. And many more!
This Divided World is American Brutality
"Brutal American Deathcore" is their slogan while
New York is their home. This Divided World takes Mark Young (vocals) and Micah
Brill (guitar, instrumentation) together was one when it comes to their
brutality that is "When Darkness Reigns" a debut release that steps
away and defines its own reality. These guys invade our reality welcoming to
the scene a unique way to dominate the metalcore scene in a whole another
fashion. Guitarist and instrumentalist Micah Brill discusses the band's current situation.
1. What type of band are you?
Micah: We are a deathcore band. One of our slogans is "Brutal American
Deathcore." Basically that means
that we take elements of death metal and metalcore/hardcore and mixing them
together. It's an intentionally brutal
genre of extreme metal with very fast and
very slow parts mixed together.
2. Tell us the brief history of your band.
Micah: What started as a solo studio project turned into a
two man studio band. It was definitely
started with a simple desire to make really heavy music but to have it be from
a Christian perspective/message and not the common metal message of
atheism/agnosticism/self-indulgence. That is still what it is but now Mark and I (Micah) do it together.
3. What’s the origin of the band’s name?
Micah: Our song "Falling Stars" from our album
"When Darkness Reigns" has a quote in it that says "If God is
not your Father then Satan is."
That's kind of what the name This Divided World is supposed to be
getting at. There are lots of divisions
in this world; Democrat/Republican, Communist/Capitalist, Mainstream/Counter-Culture etc. Honestly
there's so many but the most important division is whether or not your name is
written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
4. Who are your musical influences?
Micah: For me as a guitarist, I've been influenced by so
many different people over the years.
Musically I started with Acoustic then progressed into Emo,
Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Metalcore and then into Deathcore. It's been a downward
spiral into heaviness and I've never looked back. I love good songs more than I honestly love
guitar shred. I like bands like Suicide
Silence, Oceano, Impending Doom, Suffokate, King Conquer, The Red Shore, Boris
The Blade, Betraying The Martyrs and Rose Funeral. Mark has a lot more old school Death Metal
influences than me.
5. What are your dreams and goals?
Micah: As far as for the band we would like to take this as
far as it goes and as far as God is willing to take us. We are very DIY but aren't totally opposed to
a record label. If it seemed like it
would be beneficial and we could still feel like we had our musical souls, we
would consider a label. Personally, both
Mark and I want to be working family men that seek God on a daily basis. Music will always be a part of our lives but
not the focus.
6. Who writes the songs, what are they about?
Micah: I (Micah) write the guitar parts and the music and
then Mark is the vocalist/lyricist. We
want to write everything very together. We have different mind sets and musical approaches but both want to
write great deathcore music. Lyrically
our songs focus around God and the spiritual aspects of life. Some themes from our most recent album are
God's forgiveness, Satan's damnation to Hell, the frailty of this world and
living as a sold-out Christian.
7. What was the inspiration for the album name When Darkness
Reigns?
Micah: It comes from a passage in the book of Luke from the
Bible when Jesus is being betrayed by Judas into the hands of the people that
would eventually lead Him to His bodily death. He describes the moment as being a time "...when darkness
reigns." That moment in human
history seemed so dark and that evil was triumphant but it turned out to be
God's plan for the redemption of humanity and the eternal forgiveness of sin.
8. Why did you want to go and release it for FREE?
Micah: There are so many bands out nowadays. I find new bands all the time that I had no
clue about and they're actually really good.
To be successful you have to set yourself apart. Sometimes you have to do something out of the
box like putting out an album for free to get noticed. We think the music speaks for itself. At this point in the bands career, we just
want as many people as possible listening to our music. It helps create loyal fans that want to share
your music with their friends when they have something as cool as getting a
free album download to brag about.
9. What's your favorite song off it?
Micah: Personally I love "The East and The
West." I know Mark's favorite song
is "Falling Stars." It's been
a process and it's kind of come full circle.
It changed a bunch of times but now that it's out, I just love the
guitar riffs and the breakdowns on the first track "The East and The
West." It's the shortest song on
the album but I feel like it's the most concise, heavy and to the point song we
have.
10. Do you guys have any new music in the works?
Micah: I record riffs on a weekly basis. I have about 2 hours worth of riffs for the
future already recorded. But honestly
we're taking a break from writing. We've
been working super hard on this album for the past year and are finally glad to
sit back for a minute and just enjoy the moment. We are planning on following up our album
with a standalone single and then eventually an EP or another full length. Money is definitely part of our thought
process. Also we live 75 miles apart so
that comes into play. Our next track is
going to be a step up from our previous album though because we are going to be
more cohesive as a writing team.
11. How do you promote your band and shows?
Micah: We promote anywhere and everywhere; Youtube,
Facebook, Blogsites, Webzines, Twitter, ReverbNation, Purevolume, Bandcamp,
Last.fm, Online Radio Stations and anywhere else we can. We are a studio band
so our online presence is basically our identity. I think we go about our
promotion in the right way. We're not
pushy and really appreciate any opportunities we get but we also aren't afraid
to ask, even if it means being told no. We think we have a good product (us as
a band) and want to "sell" it to anyone that's willing to buy. Our
album is free, we're nice dudes and we want promotion so lots of people have
been willing to help us.
12. Describe your show, visual and musically.
Micah: Since we are a studio band we do not play out
live. But our album is definitely
written with live shows in mind. We want
the intensity of a live show to shine through on the album. Writing technical death grind shred riffs and
epic progressive metal music is cool, but a lot of those bands don't translate
well live. If a bands music is so
insanely good then their show doesn't have to be that good. But if a band's music is simple and intense
and the show is crazy then that's a band worth paying attention to. That's our mindset. We have riffs but nothing insane. If we ever played out live it would be all
about the head bang and moshing/throwing down in the pit...and maybe a circle
pit or two!
13. What advice would you give to fellow bands?
Micah: Don't be cheap. Get legit artwork, legit promos and
legit recording. Give stuff away for free.
Promote everywhere and anywhere. Do something to go viral and set yourself apart and get noticed. Don't do 12 genres, do 1 and do it really
well.
14. How does music affect you and the world around you?
Micah: For the sake of a concise answer, it really helps
make the world a better place. It brings
people together. It helps people deal
with emotional problems. It sets the
tone of situations and changes the atmosphere. Watch a Disney movie without volume and you'll understand the importance
of music. I go to bed listening to music
most nights. It's my lullaby.
15. Anything else you want to say or add?
Micah: Thank you for the interview and the opportunity to
hopefully spread our music and find new fans. Be on the lookout for us in the future. We plan to be making brutal music in the name of our King, Jesus the
Christ, for many years to come. God bless!
Alex Calise - AC3
Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Alex Calise is back with
an all new release this time an EP entitled "AC3". This time around
isn't much different than before Alex still brings that easy go listening hard
rock vibe with all of the right melodies, riffs, and lyrics instated.
"Why", "Survive", and "Not
Crazy", are the pick of the litter being the one's that stand out above
the rest. For instance "Why", and "Not Crazy", consist of
that raw in your face adrenaline. Whereas "Survive", brings that
adrenaline down having it be more of a ballad or interlude type of tune. The
remainder of the EP picks it right back up where "Why", had left off
it being nothing but a rush!
All in all the music is indeed very uplifting and catchy and
just has an upbeat sensation pushing throughout the whole release keeping the
music refreshing after each and every listen.
Sonata Arctica and Arsis's Stones Grow Her Name Tour
Sonata Arctica and Arsis are going on tour together this December for a mini tour. Find out where at below!
TOUR DATES:
12/06/12 Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
12/07/12 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
12/08/12 The Note - West Chester, PA
12/09/12 Empire – West Springfield, VA
12/11/12 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA
12/12/12 The Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
12/13/12 Peabody´s – Cleveland, OH
12/14/12 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
12/15/12 Mojoes – Joliet, IL
12/17/12 Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
12/18/12 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM ARSIS ONLY
12/19/12 Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ ARSIS ONLY
12/20/12 Whisky A Go Go – Hollywood, CA
12/21/12 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV ARSIS ONLY
12/23/12 Chameleon Room – Oklahoma City, OK ARSIS ONLY
EMMURE PREPARE FOR 1000th SHOW
New York’s EMMURE has been touring relentlessly across the world since their signing to Victory Records back in August 2006. With five solid studio albums under their belt, these deathcore giants prove that hard work, dedication and determination along with millions of amazing and loyal fans pays off. They will be celebrating their 1000th show this Saturday in London at Roundhouse.