26 Tuesday Mar 2013
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Born of Osiris have announced that they will enter the studio next week on April 1st to record their new full length album with produced Nick Sampson (Asking Alexandria, I See Stars, etc) and mixer Joey Sturgis (Emmure, The Devil Wears Prada, etc). A summer release through Sumerian Records is expected. Born of Osiris guitarist Lee McKinney had this to say on the upcoming record:
22 Friday Mar 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Death Metal, Deathgrind, djent, Extreme Metal, Mathcore, Metal, Metalcore, News, Prog Metal
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Aeon, Animals As Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, metal blade records, Norma Jean, periphery, Razor & Tie, relapse records, Revocation, sumerian records, Summer Slaughter, The Dillinger Escape Plan, the ocean
I know there are more than a handful of you who hit up the Summer Slaughter festival every year, even if it’s for a single band. Every metal site looks forward to this tour for the simple reason of wanting to see who has been announced will be a part of Summer Slaughter. This years line-up looks fucking killer, if I say so myself. Check out the full line-up and poster below. Continue reading »
12 Tuesday Mar 2013
Posted in Avant Garde, Mathcore, Metal, News, Now Playing..., Streaming Songs..., Upcoming Shit
Holy balls, dudes! It’s here! Our first taste of new music from The Dillinger Escape Plan! Aaaaand it’s good! No, great! I think I just shit my pants. I was slightly worried about The Plan‘s new album after their last one. It seems to me that they will be tapping into their roots and aurally raping us once more. I, for one, can’t wait. Stream the new song “Prancer” below. Trust me, you have to do this. Continue reading »
02 Saturday Mar 2013
While it has been a few months of relative quietness since his last studio update, bassist Evan Brewer has finally returned with a fairly massive bit of news.
Check out the studio video for some session footage and words from Evan himself and stream Alone below. Be sure to follow evanbrewerbass on YouTube for continued studio updates.
11 Monday Feb 2013
Posted in News, Non-Metal, Rock, Upcoming Shit, WTF?
Hmm… If you are anything like me and you hear the name Florence + The Machine, you scratch your head and say “huh?”. I had no idea who the hell Florence was before writing this post and I didn’t know anything about her Machine. Or why she chose to use a + instead of just using the word “and.” I know none of these things.
Something I do know is that someone at Sumerian Records is angry that Florence + The Machine lost their pop vocal Grammy to Kelly Clarkson. Why is this news? Check after the jump. Continue reading »
10 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Metal, News, Rap/Hip-Hop, WTF?
In what is probably the most disturbing headline I have ever written, I hate to say that it is true: Ice-T-fronted metal band Body Count have indeed signed with Sumerian Records (who we announced recently signed The Dillinger Escape Plan). Body Count is looking at 2013 for the release of their new album. The main thing I am wondering about is did Bizzy Bone (who released his last album Crossroads: 2010 on Sumerian Records) give Ice-T a call and tell him to send Ash a demo? Fuck it. It’s done. Maybe the new Body Count album will stand up to the bands eponymous debut (not fucking likely). Anyway, that’s that. Another WTF? marked down in my book. Continue reading »
21 Wednesday Nov 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Hardcore, Mathcore, Metal, News, Upcoming Shit, WTF?
The Dillinger Escape Plan announced earlier today that the band has found a new label home. That label is apparently Sumerian Records; the home of Veil of Maya, The Faceless and others. Sumerian will be partnering with the band’s own label, Party Smasher Inc, for distributing purposes. On the new signing the band said:
27 Thursday Sep 2012
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Bassist Evan Brewer (The Faceless, ex-Animosity, Climaxes) has chosen the song “Vertigo” to be the background track of his virtual NYC walk through music video. “Vertigo” is the single off of Brewer‘s solo bass album, “Alone” which was released on Sumerian Records last year.
The video is basically just high def shots of the NYC skyline, and like street shots from a Gopro. The song does compliment the overall video though. I did think it was kind of weird to choose New York as the location for this video seeing as I am pretty sure the cover art for “Alone” is Washington D.C…. Whatever.
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20 Monday Aug 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Bummer, djent, News, Now Playing..., Prog Metal, Tour Dates
If any of you on the West Coast were looking forward to seeing Periphery on this years Summer Slaughter tour, I regret to inform you that you won’t be seeing them. Due to a family emergency, the band has pulled out of the remaining dates of the tour. You can read Periphery‘s statement below followed by a new track. Speaking of new tracks, be sure to pick up the band’s new album Periphery II, which is out now via Sumerian Records. Good luck, Periph. Remaining Summer Slaughter dates after the jump.
Hello Peripherals and metal fans alike, it is with great regret that we must announce Periphery’s withdrawal from the rest of the Summer Slaughter tour, due to a family emergency we are unable to continue onto the west coast. We also want to take this moment to thank all the amazing fans old and new who came out to support us on this awesome tour and we also want to thank all the bands we played with, Cerebral Bore, Exhumed, Goatwhore, Job For A Cowboy, Veil of Maya, The Faceless, Between The Buried And Me, and Cannibal Corpse as well as all the amazing crew who made this tour happen – we miss all of you and we had the greatest summer ever hanging and jamming out with all of you. -P:.
03 Friday Aug 2012
Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, Now Playing..., Prog Metal, Tech Death, Upcoming Shit
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Akeldama, Autotheism, Jazz., planetary duality, prog, sumerian records, tech death, the faceless
The Faceless are an anomaly. While containing similar elements between releases, each release nevertheless remains unique in standing. Starting as an interesting meld of technical death metal, prog, jazz, and deathcore, the band grasped my attention and quickly took hold of my ears with their debut, Akeldama. While seemingly held back by some minor chains of the contemporary sound at the time with their debut, The Faceless came into their own with their sophomore release, Planetary Duality, having solidified their status as one of the tech death god greats. Planetary Duality saw the band in their own light, containing mind-melting technical and progressive guitars, blaring vocals, and precise yet flowing drum work that rivaled and perhaps surpassed many of their contemporaries. Come August 14th, it seems The Faceless will have yet more titles attributed to their myriad of genre descriptions. Running for less than a minute, the new sample contains vocals reminiscent of Opeth, riffs reminiscent of Extol yet a sound that can only be described as The Faceless. Be sure to pre-order the album on CD, on vinyl, or digital here, here, and here respectively. Also, be sure to catch the band on any of the remaining Summer Slaughter dates below. Continue reading »
17 Tuesday Jul 2012
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Autotheism, death metal, Evan Brewer, Geoffrey Ficco, michael keene, Prog metal, sumerian records, the faceless
Progressive death metallers The Faceless have completed and have finalized the release date for their third debut album, Autotheism, out August 14th on Sumerian Records. Peep the strange Microsoft SAM narrated trailer above and pre-order the album here.
03 Tuesday Jul 2012
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Well, I really like this music video. I dig the fast pace of the video, the stellar execution and the song overall. Very well played, Periph, very well played. I’ve already stated that I really dig Periphery’s sound these days, as they have finally matured into a fully-functional band. Bravo, dudes. Check out the video below and be sure to grab Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal which was released today! Pick it up on iTunes here. “Facepalm Mute” owns.
26 Tuesday Jun 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Bummer, Just Kill Me..., News, Now Playing..., Videos, WTF?
Bleh. That is the exact response I give whenever the name Born Of Osiris is uttered. Their prog-noodling, keyboard deathcore absolutely disgusts me. Their original tracks bore me to tears and annoy the shit out of me. Well, now I have another reason to despise this band: they have released a new lyric video for their cover of System Of A Down‘s “Science.” I love System Of A Down and this is an abomination. Don’t go there. Just don’t. Fuck me, I’m gonna go jump off of my roof until I forget this exists.
15 Friday Jun 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, djent, Metalcore, Now Playing..., Streaming Songs..., Upcoming Shit
Djent heroes Periphery are currently streaming their new song “Scarlet” online. The track actually premiered on the radio (?) yesterday and a not-so-great rip has been posted online, which you can check out below. I don’t dig this song as much as I did “Make Total Destroy” when I posted about it but it is still a big leap forward for the band.
“Scarlet” will be on Periphery II: This Time It’s Peripheral which will be released on Sumerian Records on July 3rd.
09 Saturday Jun 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Hardcore, News, Upcoming Shit
According to a recent tweet, Stray From the Path are nearly four songs into their next record. No other details have been revealed just yet. This is probably the only band on Sumerian Records aside from T.R.A.M. worth listening to. Check out a cut from their latest album, Rising Sun, below.
