Chicago prog rock/metal/alternative/classical/pop/jazz outfit District 97 is streaming a trailer for their third studio album In Vaults, out June 23, 2015 via Laser’s Edge. The album was recorded at IV Lab Studios in Chicago, engineered by Chris Harden with additional engineering by Shane Hendrickson, mixed by Shane Hendrickson and Jeff Fox at The Mouse House Studio and mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain, and features brilliant cover art designed by Björn Gooßes.
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The Custodian is a new side project by Xerath vocalist Richard Thompson. Originally started as a bedroom project it has taken the shape of a genuine band ready to hit the road. Let’s see whether The Custodian has any staying power. 
In The Silence traces its roots back to 2007 when guitarist James Burke decided he needed a creative outlet to write progressive and melancholic metal in the vein of Katatonia and Opeth. A record entitled Fair Dream Gone Mad is the fruit of his dexterous labour. Let’s see what it has to offer.