The Sword have released a new video today for the track ‘Mist and Shadow’, off of their upcoming new album High County (Razor & Tie). You can watch the video at this link .
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Audio: Crossfaith Featuring Caleb Shomo – Ghost In The Mirror
Crossfaith has released the first single from their forthcoming album Xeno (Razor & Tie), due out on September 18th. ‘Ghost In The Mirror’ features Beartooth vocalist Caleb Shomo. You can hear the track at this link or below:
Crossfaith front man Frontman Kenta ‘Ken’ Koie has commented on ‘Ghost In The Mirror’:
“This song is about the fight against myself. Everyone has some bad habits, and self-control can be very difficult for humans. And we invited our new best friend, Caleb Shomo of Beartooth, to contribute a guest vocal on the track. His voice made this song more aggressive and offensive. I can’t wait to play this song with him at our show.”
Pre-order the album and get ‘Ghost In The Mirror’ and ‘Xeno’ and an instant grat download: http://smarturl.it/CrossfaithXENO
Crossfaith has been performing ‘Ghost In The Mirror’ this summer with Shomo on the Vans Warped Tour. The band is also planning a UK tour with Skindred this fall.
Brainwashing The World – While She Sleeps
While She Sleeps
UK metalcore outfit While She Sleeps made their big return to North America doing this year’s edition of the Vans Warped Tour. While they are here in support of their latest album Brainwashed, they are going through the usual first day chaos of the tour. Aside from working on their long overdue suntans, they are managing to get their adventures started.
“It’s fucking hot though. It’s starting in California. It started in the deep end of the heat. It’s cool though,” says bassist Aaran Mackenzie, about dealing with the Southern California dry heat.
“We’re trying. We’ve got some sunscreen on. Obviously you can’t burn,” he adds, talking about getting a tan while not sunburning at the same time.
Loz of While She Sleeps. Photo Credit: @hennythepooh (via Facebook)
Another minor dilemma was their vocalist Lawrence “Loz” Taylor did not arrive with the rest of the band, due to visa issues on the US embassy’s side. Fortunately the problems were resolved quickly and he only missed one show.
“They said it was a problem with the visa. I think the printing system went down,” said Savage.
“It was worldwide in the US Embassy. We got through it first and then Loz was a little later,” added Mackenzie.
Fortunately this got resolved quickly with friends coming to the rescue. “We have Beartooth’s singer [Caleb Shomo], We Came As Romans’ singer and Capsize [Daniel Wand] filling in. They’re all filling in a song each. Everyone’s supporting us and it’s a good family based thing. It’s cool everyone’s helping us out,” explained Mackenzie.
“The thing is the kids are there and will still enjoy it. It’s something different. Whatever will happen,” added drummer Adam Savage.
This is their second time on this tour and they admit they have learned from their experiences from the first time on how to better prepare themselves to last on this lengthy journey. 52 days is quite a while and they were up for the challenge.
“It either makes you or breaks you. You’ve got to be pretty tough to last the whole thing. It tests you but being British, we rarely get to America and it’s a novelty for us. You see it in movies your whole life. To be here and being in the mountains in Los Angeles is like a dream come true,” explains MacKenzie about what being on this tour means to him as well as the rest of the band.
While She Sleeps on Warped Tour 2015 (via Facebook)
Brainwashed is their latest album (out now via Razor and Tie in North America and Search and Destroy in the UK), and continues their growth process from their debut album.
“It’s kind of the same, like our previous albums. It’s a natural progression in our band really,” said Savage.
“It seems like some concepts like we’re sung about on This is the Six, but we’re not beating around the bush any more. The title Brainwashed, we’re trying to tell people how it is about this stuff. We did the writing in a similar style as we did to our first mini album (2012’s The North Stands For Nothing). We all moved in together and we tried to really clinch the four live parts of the writing than writing the whole album on a computer and then on ProTools. We all moved in together and played stuff live together as much as we could. I think it’s come out really good,” added MacKenzie.
“A lot of things we’ve learned and many things are different learning curves. You learn a lot of things from this session and put it into this one and all sorts of different stuff on the next one,” concluded Savage.
Being that While She Sleeps have began to venture across the globe and reaching new fans everywhere they play, their longtime fans and friends back home have been supportive of their ambitions. Mackenzie summed it best about their longtime supporters: “We’ve been in this band since school. This is all they’ve known us to do and that’s all we’ve known. So they get it.”
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Video: All That Remains – For You
All That Remains today released a new video for their track ‘For You’ from their album The Order of Things, which released earlier this year from Razor & Tie. You can watch the ‘For You’ video at this link or below from ATR’s Vevo channel:
Audio: The Sword Stream New Single Empty Temples, Pre-Orders Start Tomorrow
The Sword are streaming a new single, ‘Empty Temples’, from their forthcoming album High Country (Razor & Tie) due out on August 21st. You can hear the track at this link:
Pre-Order sales for High Country begin tomorrow on iTunes. with ‘Empty Temples’ being the free grat track with purchase. Physical versions of the album are available from High Country is also available for physical pre-order at http://www.theswordofficial.com.
The Sword is preparing to perform at a slew of dates in Europe to promote the release.
The Sword tour dates:
Aug 21: Pstereo Festival- Trondheim, NO
Aug 22: Parkteatret- Oslo, NO
Aug 23: Sticky Fingers- Goteborg, SE
Aug 25: Tavastia – Helsinki, FI
Aug 27: Debaser Strand- Stockholm, SE
Aug 28: KB- Malmo, SE
Aug 29: Lille Vega- Copenhagen, DK
Aug 30: Rock Café St Pauli- Hamburg, DE
Aug 31: Magnet – Berlin, DE
Sept 2: Arena – Wien, Austria
Sept 3: Magnet- Munich, DE
Sept 4: Legend- Milan, Italy
Sept 5: Rockhouse- Salzburg, AT
Sept 6: Salzhaus- Winterthur, CH
Sept 7: Universum- Stuttgart, DE
Sept 9: Trix Club- Antwerp, BE
Sept 10: Extase- Tilburg, NE
Sept 11: Luxor- Cologne, DE
Sept 12: La Boule Noire- Paris, FR
Sept 14: Basement- Nottingham, UK
Sept 15: King Tuts- Glasgow, UK
Sept 16: Academy 3- Manchester, UK
Sept 17: Slade Rooms- Wolverhampton, UK
Sept 18: Underworld- London, UK
Sept 19: The Thekla- Bristol, UK
Interview: Sworn In – Lovers Or Devils?
For the members of Illinois metalcore outfit Sworn In, the past four year’s worth of hard work and roughing it on the road has slowly paid off into their latest album The Lovers/The Devil seeing a release through Razor and Tie this past April 7th.
“We have a record before this [2013’s The Death Card] and two EPs [2011’s Catharsis and 2012’s Start/End]”, explained frontman Tyler Drennen, about their history. “It’s three or four years of solid shit eating and get where we need to get to, and biting the bullet to do the shitty shit. Being at the point where we’re doing [Rockstar Energy] Mayhem Fest and stuff like that, we’re grinding it out and doing whatever tours come our way, staying on the road and playing music.”
Like their previous recordings, The Lovers/The Devil is a concept album that sticks to a theme based on tarot cards. But aside from that, their songs are also built around personal stories relating to that theme as well, which became relatable to Drennen.
“For Sworn In, all of our full length CD’s are conceptual albums based on tarot cards. So this album combines two tarot cards into one. There’s the Lovers card and the Devils card. The whole idea is that it’s a two part CD – part one is songs one through seven, and eight through thirteen is the devil’s side. If you follow the story of the destructive relationship, with one character being the lover and one being the devil and on the CD it switches and the characters switch too. So it starts off as the lover and then the devils side starts up. It’s a long way of saying everyone has a lover and the devil side of them.”
He went into depth about how the songs tied into his own personal life. “I wrote all of the lyrics. It was a collection of observations that I made on love. My parents didn’t have a great relationship. I wasn’t in a great relationship while I was writing that CD. So there’s some personal stuff in there too.”
“I mean the entire time I was writing the record, I was dating a girl and we didn’t have a very good relationship. That was a lot of what I was thinking about while I was writing it.”
Musically, The Lovers/The Devil showcases a mix of heavier metalcore-esque tunes on the Devil half of the CD, while the Lovers side experiments with a darker yet melodic flavor less featured on past recordings. He talked about their wide range of musical influences that have been within the band and how tastes have changed over the years.
“The early days we were a lot heavier than we are now. We were listening to bands like Between The Buried And Me, Meshuggah, The Acacia Strain, Emmure and stuff like that. But we also have more mainstream-y influences like pop music. We all like rap music. I’m way into My Chemical Romance, Thrice and stuff like that. It’s a nice little potpourri of stuff we’re into.”
“We wanted the Lovers half of the CD to be a bit more straight forward and mainstreamy with singing and catchy choruses. We wanted the Devil’s side to be the same. So that’s what we did,” said Drennen.
At the time of the interview, the band just endured a minor dilemma when Drennen sat out a leg of their recent support slot with Chelsea Grin with throat problems.
He explained what exactly happened. “The day we left, I got strep throat and that led into bronchitis and straight into laryngitis. Then from there I went straight into some walk in clinics and they were worried that whatever infection I had got septic and got into my blood. So they suggested me to go see my primary healthcare physician, so I went home for a few days and he said it would take a few days of no talking with antibiotics. Long story short, after I stopped yelling every night I got better.”
“It was a matter of my larynx got super inflamed from a symptom of being sick. It got all swollen and was hard for me to talk and scream and do anything. Our merch guy Kenny was [filling in for those shows].
Sworn In will be spending this summer on the Rockstar Mayhem Fest across North America, sharing the side stage with Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder and many others. Drennen shared his thoughts on their upcoming summer touring plans.
“That was mind-blowing for us. One day we got a call from our manager and he was like ‘we got Mayhem [Fest]’ and we were like holy shit – can’t even believe it. We didn’t think we were going to get it and it worked out.”
He also shared what to expect from their appearance on the tour. “We’re going to play a couple songs off of The Death Card and the rest are going to be new songs. It’s going to be really cool. We’re working on some cool stage production so it should be an amazing show to watch.”
“I’m excited to see Slayer every night. It will be crazy. We’re really good friends with the guys from Thy Art Is Murder, so we’ll hang out with them a lot. I’m pretty stoked to see Code Orange every night.“
Crossfaith To Miss Start Of Warped Tour Due To Visa Issues
In a message to their Faccebook Page, Crossfaith announced they would miss at least the start of their expected appearance this summer on The Vans Warped Tour. The band is hoping to get the snafu alleviated in time to join some part of the tour. Read the statement from the band below:
Posted by Crossfaith on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Video: Nekrogoblikon – We Need A Gimmick
Nekrogoblikon’s new album ‘Heavy Meta’ (Mystery Box/Razor & Tie) is out today. To celebrate the band have released a new video with the bands trademark hilarity for ‘We Need A Gimmick’:
Guitarist Goldberg comments on the We Need A Gimmick video:
“For the last three years, Scorpion, Bready, Raptor, Fingers, Diamond Joe, John Goblikon, and I have been trying to come up with some kind of schtick to gain more notoriety for Nekrogoblikon. This video documents the process of us figuring that out.”
Yellowcard and New Found Glory Team Up For Upcoming North American Tour
Yellowcard and New Found Glory will be teaming up for an upcoming tour together and dates are posted below. Yellowcard is streaming their music video for “California,” off of their latest album Lift A Sail, out now via Razor and Tie below.
Oct 08: Livewire – Scottsdale, AZ
Oct 10: Gas Monkey Live! – Dallas, TX
Oct 11: House of Blues – Houston, TX
Oct 13: Maverick’s – Jacksonville, FL
Oct 14: Revolution Live – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Oct 16: House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
Oct 17: The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Oct 18: The Ritz – Raleigh, NC
Oct 20: The NorVa – Norfolk, VA
Oct 22: The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD
Oct 23: Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Oct 24: Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
Oct 25: Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
Oct 27: Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY
Oct 28: Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Oct 30: The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Oct 31: Sands Event Center – Bethlehem, PA
Nov 02: House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
Nov 03: Headliner’s – Louisville, KY
Nov 05: St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
Nov 06: Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
Nov 07: Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
Nov 08: The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
Nov 10: Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
Nov 11: The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 13: Showbox – Seattle, WA
Nov 14: Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
Nov 15: Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
Nov 17: Ace of Spaces – Sacramento, CA
Nov 18: House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
Nov 20: The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA
Nov 21: Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV
Nov 22: House of Blues – San Diego, CA
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Devour The Day Sign With Razor and Tie, Upcoming Tour Dates
Devour The Day will be releasing their forthcoming album, which is produced by Dan Korneff (Paramore, Lamb of God) and out later this year via Razor and Tie. The band has an extensive schedule of upcoming shows, including supporting Three Days Grace on select dates.
May 10: 7 Flags (Lazerfest) – Clive, IA
May 17: Juanita’s – Little Rock, AR (w/ Hellyeah)
May 21: Piere’s Entertainment Center – Fort Wayne, IN
May 23: Chevrolet Court (WKRL DFB) – Syracuse, NY
May 28: Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM (w/ All That Remains)
May 29: The Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO (w/ All That Remains)
May 30: The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 13: Genesee County Fairgrounds – Flint, MI (Loudwire Live w/ Rob Zombie)
Jun 14: St Joseph County 4H Fairgrounds (WRBR Big Growl) – South Bend, IN
Jun 20: Burlington Steamboat Days – Burlington, IA (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jun 21: Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jun 23: Mojoes – Joliet, IL (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jun 24: Austin’s Saloon – Libertyville, IL (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jun 26: Veterans Memorial Park – Bay City, MI (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jun 27: Indian Creek Amphitheatre – Oxford, OH (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jun 28: Centennial Terrace – Sylvania, OH (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 13: Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 15: Limelight – Peoria, IL (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 16: JJO Night at the Dane County Fair – Madison. WI
Jul 18: Piere’s – Ft Wayne, IN (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 19: House of Blues – Cleveland, OH (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 21: Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 22: State Theatre – Portland, ME (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 26: Gillioz Theatre – Springfield, MO (w/ Three Days Grace)
Jul 30: 7 Flags – Clive, IA (w/ Three Days Grace)
Sep 12: Festival Plaza (KTUX Xfest15) – Shreveport, LA
