Tooth and Claw (Earth Crisis, Sect, Magnitude) release debut LP 'Dream of Ascension'

TOOTH AND CLAW RELEASES DEBUT FULL-LENGTH
DREAM OF ASCENSION

OUT NOW VIA GOOD FIGHT MUSIC

FEATURING MEMBERS OF EARTH CRISIS, DIE YOUNG, SECT,
AND MAGNITUDE

LISTEN: Dream of Ascension

"It's a dose of chunky, chugging metalcore, but it's got a brooding, atmospheric side that gives things an experimental, artful twist.” - BrooklynVegan

“About as close to a tour de force as we’ve seen in metallic hardcore in some time.” - Decibel Magazine

“Metallic hardcore and streaks of death metal collide throughout, both of which are driven by a varied collection of riffs that do more than just set the pace.” - Heaviest of Art

“Both exhilarating and chilling.” - No Clean Singing

Metallic hardcore group Tooth and Claw released their debut full-length Dream of Ascension today via Good Fight Music. The relatively new group of veteran musicians formed just last year to delve into new avenues of aggression, while mixing hardcore and death metal. Their debut effort achieves that mission in spades, exploring the duality of human existence through a harsh sonic onslaught that is full of surprises. While the band stays on the attack throughout the nine tracks that make up Dream of Ascension, they set themselves apart with a haunting atmosphere, adding an unexpected but welcome layer to the dynamics found on the album.

Speaking on their debut, vocalist Daniel Austin says:
“While we clearly set out to be a “heavy” band, we had ambition to make this a band that would at least flirt with brief ethereal soundscapes, not just bludgeon you with chunky riffs the entire time. Hence the synth parts, hence the chanting and singing parts, hence the flourishes of melody all throughout the record. Tooth and Claw was not meant to be one thing–not musically, and not lyrically either.”

About Tooth and Claw
Formed during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders of Spring 2020, Tooth and Claw features Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis, Sect), Daniel Austin (Die Young), James Chang (Undying, Catharsis, Sect), and Cameron Joplin (Magnitude) exploring new realms of aggression. On their debut album, Dream of Ascension, Tooth and Claw skirt the typical tropes found in hardcore by mixing their bludgeoning attacks with sinister melodies, achieving a balance of innovation and pure aggression. Dream of Ascension is due out May 21st through Good Fight Music.

Tooth and Claw (Earth Crisis, Sect, Magnitude) share haunting new single "Seventy Times Seven"

LISTEN: “Seventy Times Seven”

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"It's a dose of chunky, chugging metalcore, but it's got a brooding, atmospheric side that gives things an experimental, artful twist.” - BrooklynVegan

“About as close to a tour de force as we’ve seen in metallic hardcore in some time.” - Decibel Magazine

“Metallic hardcore and streaks of death metal collide throughout, both of which are driven by a varied collection of riffs that do more than just set the pace.” - Heaviest of Art

“Both exhilarating and chilling.” - No Clean Singing

Metallic hardcore group Tooth and Claw shared their haunting new single “Seventy Times Seven” today via a premiere with BrooklynVegan. Taken from the band’s upcoming debut full-length Dream of Ascension, the track starts out with eerie clean guitar before quickly shifting into a harsh chugging attack. The band continues to mix these extreme dynamics throughout “Seventy Times Seven”, exploring out-of-the-box elements that the accomplished members haven’t delved into on previous projects. This duality matches the track’s concept of exploring the existential horror of what lies beneath the surface of one’s psyche. Listen to “Seventy Times Seven” here ahead of the release of Dream of Ascension on May 21st via Good Fight Music, which is available for preorder here.

Speaking to BrooklynVegan about the creation of the song, vocalist Daniel Austin says:
“So Scott sends me the song and warns me there is a spooky clean part in it, and I laughed, but I immediately thought I have to do something different here, that there was a lot of potential in this song to strike some deep, uncomfortable chords in myself, and listeners, too. I didn’t think it would be appropriate to scream over the clean part. I don’t consider myself someone with a knack for singing (to speak of myself kindly), so I tried to channel my inner Leonard Cohen. I figured if I could hold two notes like Leonard while delivering some hard-hitting, heavy lyrics, I might be able to make this work! I feel satisfied with the result. Both Scott and I tried something new here, and it really caused us to develop a fondness for this song.”

About Tooth and Claw
Formed during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders of Spring 2020, Tooth and Claw features Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis, Sect), Daniel Austin (Die Young), James Chang (Undying, Catharsis, Sect), and Cameron Joplin (Magnitude) exploring new realms of aggression. On their debut album, Dream of Ascension, Tooth and Claw skirt the typical tropes found in hardcore by mixing their bludgeoning attacks with sinister melodies, achieving a balance of innovation and pure aggression. Dream of Ascension is due out May 21st through Good Fight Music.

CRYPTODIRA ANNOUNCE A STORM CALLED PROGRESS LIVESTREAM HAPPENING MAY 11th & 12th

PERFORMING THEIR NEW ALBUM THE ANGEL OF HISTORY IN FULL

The New York-based progressive death metal group, Cryptodira, have announced their upcoming 2-day livestream event titled A Storm Called Progress, an in-studio, full performance of their newest album The Angel Of History. Captured at Graphic Nature Audio, the session was engineered by Matt Guglielmo, and mixed and mastered by Jamie King. Happening on May 11th and 12th at 7pm ET, the stream will be available to watch for free on the band's Twitch channel (twitch.tv/CryptodiraBand) while the band will be present to virtually chat with fans. Following the full album performance, fans can expect play-throughs, lyric analysis, and the individual song performances to be released every month.

Speaking on the event, vocalist/guitarist Scott Acquavella says:

"As a band that's always done things the old fashioned way of writing, recording, and touring, pandemic life has been a particularly weird adjustment for us. Having put out a record in the middle of it, we were hellbent on finding a way to bring people closer to The Angel of History than anything else we've done before, and the answer to that was A Storm Called Progress.

A Storm Called Progress is centered around a live, in-studio performance of The Angel of History recorded at Graphic Nature Audio and mixed/mastered by Jamie King that will be premiered as a two day live stream event on our Twitch Channel. From there, the following months will see a series of video releases, with each month being dedicated to a different song on the record. For each song there will be an instrumental play-through video, a deep dive lyrical analysis video, and a video cut of that individual song from the live performance to explore The Angel of History in a completely different context.

We weren't content to just put out any old video performance in a sea of COVID-inspired live streams and it was important to us to release a body of work that would be engaging for listeners and creatively challenging for us, pandemic or not."

Their sophomore full-length The Angel Of History, out now via Good Fight Music, marks their most dynamic and intricate efforts yet. Put best by BrooklynVegan, the band achieve a balance of, “mind-meltingly complex as it is headbangingly abrasive as it is genuinely tuneful.” Co-produced by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, The Contortionist, Vatican) and Cryptodira, The Angel Of History is available to buy and stream here.

THE CONTORTIONIST ANNOUNCES CLAIRVOYANT

A FULL ALBUM PERFORMANCE
TAKING PLACE ON MAY 15, TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW

FIND TICKETS & VIP PACKAGES HERE

April 20, 2021 - The Contortionist, the champions of progressive rock, announced their virtual performance experience, Clairvoyant - A Full Album Performance, taking place on May 15th. The band’s latest full-length album, Clairvoyant, was originally released in 2017 to critical acclaim and marked their highest charting effort to date. Since releasing their 2019 EP, Our Bones, The Contortionist has been quietly working in the background, until recently when they headlined eOne Heavy’s virtual concert earlier this spring. On May 15th, the band’s performance of Clairvoyant in its entirety will air at 7pm ET and be available to view on-demand for 48 hours afterwards. Tickets are on sale now alongside a very limited number of VIP tickets that include a pre-show hang with the band via Zoom. Find tickets and VIP here.

Speaking on the upcoming event, vocalist Michael Lessard commented:
"I can't explain how thrilled we are as a band to be able to stream this live performance of our album 'Clairvoyant.' This set is the first time in the band's history playing one of our records in its entirety, and we're all beyond excited for everyone to experience it!"

The Contortionist is fearless in their musical expression, creating progressive rock that is anchored in the heavy sounds that first drew the individual players to the stage, yet unmoored by convention or expectation. On the band’s fourth full-length, Clairvoyant, their distinctive fingerprints remain, even as their atmospheric flourishes broaden to encompass ever-richer textures and mine the beauty of simplicity. The 2017 release reunited the band with producer Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me), and took the best elements of The Contortionist’s past and reshaped them as the band followed their individual creative muses toward the future. The breakout album was praised by fans and critics alike, noted as a milestone in broadening the horizons of heavy music. Metal Injection praised Clairvoyant for its “impactful, ambitious, and unified” sound, likening the band’s creative and stylistic evolution to that of Opeth and TesseracT. In an enthusiastic 5 out of 5 review, MetalSucks called it “a perfect album” and rightfully declared, “The Contortionist have thrust themselves into the conversation for being one of metal’s all-time greats.”

TOOTH AND CLAW PREMIERES NEW SINGLE “YOUR CRUCIFIXION”

ANNOUNCE DEBUT FULL-LENGTH DREAM OF ASCENSIONOUT 5/21 VIA GOOD FIGHT

FEATURING MEMBERS OF EARTH CRISIS, SECT,
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PREORDER: Dream of Ascension

April 14, 2021 - Metallic hardcore band Tooth and Claw announced the impending release debut full-length, titled Dream of Ascension, via Good Fight Music on May 21st. The group also shared the scathing lead single “Your Crucifixion” and the accompanying music video via a premiere with Decibel Magazine. On the track, the band mixes pissed-off hardcore with hints of death metal, twisting menacing riffs in with plenty of groove before launching into an eerie chorus. Despite the unchecked anger found on the single and throughout the album, the band says, "Believe it or not, Your Crucifixion might be the most optimistic, uplifting song on our LP.”

Formed during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders of Spring 2020, Tooth and Claw features Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis, Sect), Daniel Austin (Die Young), James Chang (Undying, Catharsis, Sect), and Cameron Joplin (Magnitude) exploring new realms of aggression. On their debut album, Dream of Ascension, Tooth and Claw skirt the typical tropes found in hardcore by mixing their bludgeoning attacks with sinister melodies, achieving a balance of innovation and pure aggression.

Preorder the album Dream of Ascension here.

CRYPTODIRA RELEASE SOPHOMORE ALBUM THE ANGEL OF HISTORY

"A Tendency to Fall" from the new LP 'The Angel of History' - available everywhere on 12/4/2020 via Good Fight Music. Stream, Download, and buy exclusive mer...

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LISTEN: The Angel Of History

December 4, 2020 - The New York-based progressive death metal group, Cryptodira, released their sophomore full-length The Angel Of History, via Good Fight Music. Cryptodira’s intricate new effort finds the band pushing their boundaries even further without losing any of the focus on the songwriting that they’ve established themselves with, creating one of the most dynamic and exciting heavy releases of the year. To celebrate, the band is hosting a release day livestream at 7pm EST that includes a Society(1989) watch party, energy drink testing, and a discussion of the album at: twitch.tv/CryptodiraBand

Speaking on the release Scott Acquavella (guitar / vocals) says, "In the midst of such a uniquely stressful time, we're especially grateful for the opportunity to put The Angel of History in your hands. It was crafted through chaos, personal loss, and growth, and that heavy spectrum of emotions is well represented throughout the album. We were driven by excitement and curiosity while writing it and we've never explored such a wide variety of sonic territory before, so we truly hope these songs resonate with you the way they do with us."

Right off the heels of their new EP Better Left Unsaid, the band is preparing their sophomore album, The Angel Of History, which acts as the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2017 debut, The Devil's Despair. Everything Is Noise stated about the new LP that, “The Angel of History continues to be interesting regardless of how many times you’ve listened”. Produced by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, The Contortionist, Vatican) and Cryptodira, The Angel Of History is available for buy and stream here.

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YASHIRA SHARES NEW SINGLE “SHADES ERASED” FEATURING DYLAN WALKER FROM FULL OF HELL

"Shades Erased" from the album "Fail To Be" out December 11, 2020 on Good Fight Music. Guest vocals by Dylan Walker. Pre-order LP / CD / Digital and exclusiv...

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YASHIRA has released their latest single today titled "Shades Erased" that features Dylan Walker from FULL OF HELL. The new song is the third to be released off their sophomore full-length LP Fail To Be, slated for release on December 11, 2020, via Good Fight Music. "Shades Erased" expands further upon the band's devastating execution of unique song structures, mixed with plenty of doom and countless memorable riffs. This new drop follows the singles "Shards of Heaven" and "Impasse" that gathered critical acclaim earlier this fall. The cover art for Fail To Be was done by Jesse Draxler (DAUGHTERS/NINE INCH NAILS).

Speaking on “Shades Erased”, the band says: “‘Shades Erased’ centers on the growing disparity between human and technological capabilities. At the pace technology is advancing, we'll soon reach the point where the option of intellectual augmentation becomes a reality. Considering the likelihood that many will embrace any chance to enhance themselves, the title relates to the human condition as it's known turning obsolete; similar to the way physical products and processes transitioned to digital formats.”

Fail To Be is the anticipated follow up to Shrine, which garnered high praise when it was released in 2018. Metal Injection famously said, "Standing at six songs long and about 6,000 riffs, Yashira's ‘Shrine’ will completely and utterly flatten you in every way possible throughout its runtime."

Fail To Be was produced by Greg Thomas (MISERY SIGNALS, SHAI HULUD) and YASHIRA. Engineered and mixed by Greg Thomas and Chris Teti at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, Connecticut. Pre saves and pre-orders are available here.

The band continues, "Writing for this record began right after Shrine was released. Seth was still with us while we were writing for this; the sound was evolving a lot from the beginning stages up to when he passed. When we decided to move forward with Ryan, all we had were very blown-out voice memo recordings of the songs, so there was a lot of necessary reworking. For the tracks to be as good as they could be, we wrote to our chemistry and strengths with Ryan, and with a much more pinpointed idea of what we wanted out of our sound, we were able to get into a groove.”

"Recording ‘Fail To Be’ was a different experience for all of us. We'd never been in a studio setting like we were at Silver Bullet as far as putting aside three weeks to crank out a record. We learned a lot from working with Greg and Chris on so many different levels. This setting had us eating/sleeping/breathing this record, and that kind of environment brought out a focus none of us had ever known. We were all dialed in, and we think it shows. Us, Greg and Chris were able to create something we're all very proud of making."

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CRYPTODIRA SHARES NEW SINGLE, “WHAT CAN’T BE TAKEN BACK”

"What Can't Be Taken Back" from the new LP 'The Angel of History' - available everywhere on 12/4/2020 via Good Fight Music. Stream, Download, and buy exclusi...

SOPHOMORE ALBUM THE ANGEL OF HISTORY
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The New York-based progressive death metal group, Cryptodira, shared their newest single titled "What Can’t Be Taken Back" from their forthcoming LP The Angel Of History, due out on December 4, 2020, via Good Fight Music. “What Can’t Be Taken Back”, the second single that follows up “A Tendency to Fall,” punches in with a hard-as-nails sonic assault, mid-tempo progressive riffing, and dueling vocals before giving way to the walls of melody that make up the second half of the track.

Speaking on the lyrical content of the single, drummer Matthew Taibi says:

"The most valuable resource anyone has at their disposal is time. What makes it so valuable is the fact that it can’t be reversed—time cannot be taken back. Barring the larger philosophical implications of time’s unreserved movement, suffice it to say that an hour of time should be worth far more than $15."

Guitarist and vocalist Scott Acquavella adds:

"Despite most of our songs having an ever changing series of moods, there is something about "What Can't Be Taken Back" that we feel represents our sonic and emotional spectrum particularly well. It is as furious as it is delicate and there is a common emotive thread running through each section that well-expresses the urgent and weighty nature of the lyrical content."

Right off the heels of their new EP Better Left Unsaid, the band is preparing their sophomore album, The Angel Of History, that acts as the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2017 debut, The Devil's Despair. Heavy Blog is Heavy stated that the LP is the band's "contribution to the ongoing answer for the progressive metal conundrum. It shows that there's still reason and life in the genre, that in its sometimes over the top and too self-serious highs and lows, there are still interesting ideas and powerful emotions to be manifested." Produced by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, The Contortionist, Vatican) and Cryptodira, The Angel Of History is available for pre-order here and the new single “What Can’t Be Taken Back” is available to stream here.

EXTINCTION A.D. RELEASE A SURPRISE EP OF COVERS EXCLUSIVELY ON BANDCAMP

COVERED ARTISTS INCLUDE, DRI AND THE DEAD KENNEDYS

Long Island Thrash masters Extinction AD have released a fist full of covers today exclusively on Bandcamp. The tracks are all covers of American Hardcore bands from the 1980s including DRI and The Dead Kennedys.

"Early 80's American hardcore is one of, if not my favorite era of music," says vocalist and guitarist Rick Jimenez. "I've always wanted to pay homage to it. Doing it through the lens of Extinction A.D. was not just a lot of fun, but put focus on how much things haven't changed since the Reagan era of the united states."

This is the first bit of music we're hearing from the band since the release of Decimation Treaty in 2018. The sophomore full length was recorded and mixed by Joe Cincotta (Suffocation, Obituary) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Iron Reagan, Converge, Obituary). It featured tracks such as “Secret Worlds,” "Age of Revenge," and "In The Wake of Uprising." Decimation Treaty was received well by critics as well. Metal Injection raved that "each song is consistently engaging, evolving and introducing something different as the record flies forward. It's a wild record that guarantees you'll be tossing yourself into a pit." Dead Rhetoric gets straight to the point proclaiming that Decimation Treaty is "all about the riffs."

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Track List
When Ya Get Drafted (originally by Dead Kenndys)
Superficial Love (originally by TSOL)
Reaganomics (originally by DRI)
Who is Who (originally by Adolescents)
It's About Time That We Had A Change (originally by Youth Brigade)

YASHIRA RELEASES NEW TRACK FOR "IMPASSE"

"Impasse" from the album "Fail To Be" out December 11, 2020 on Good Fight Music. Pre-order LP / CD / Digital and exclusive merch here: https://orcd.co/failto...

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YASHIRA has released an all-new track today for their single "Impasse." The new song is the second to be released off their newly announced full-length LP Fail To Be, which is slated for release on December 11, 2020, via Good Fight Music. This follows the release of "Shards of Heaven" last month, along with a music video that was directed by Cameron Nunez. The cover art for Fail To Be was done by Jesse Draxler (DAUGHTERS/NINE INCH NAILS).

"Impasse is a track that uses religious devotion as a metaphor for drug addiction," says bassist/vocalist Luke Barber. "In many ways, drug dependence and the belief in a higher power are parallel. The damage they inflict on the psyche can be permanent. This song is about autonomy being stripped away in the search for relief."

Fail To Be is the anticipated follow up to Shrine, which garnered its own high praise when it was released in 2018. Metal Injection famously said, "Standing at six songs long and about 6,000 riffs, Yashira's Shrine will completely and utterly flatten you in every way possible throughout its runtime." 

Fail To Be was produced by Greg Thomas (Misery Signals, Shai Hulud) and Yashira. Engineered and mixed by Greg Thomas and Chris Teti at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, Connecticut. Pre saves and pre-orders are available today here.

The band continues, "Writing for this record began right after Shrine was released. Seth was still with us while we were writing for this; the sound was evolving a lot from the beginning stages up to when he passed. When we decided to move forward with Ryan, all we had were very blown-out voice memo recordings of the songs, so there was a lot of necessary reworking. For the tracks to be as good as they could be, we wrote to our chemistry and strengths with Ryan, and with a much more pinpointed idea of what we wanted out of our sound, we were able to get into a groove.

"Recording "Fail To Be" was a different experience for all of us. We'd never been in a studio setting like we were at Silver Bullet as far as putting aside three weeks to crank out a record. We learned a lot from working with Greg and Chris on so many different levels. This setting had us eating/sleeping/breathing this record, and that kind of environment brought out a focus none of us had ever known. We were all dialed in, and we think it shows. Us, Greg and Chris were able to create something we're all very proud of making."

CRYPTODIRA RELEASES NEW SONG, MUSIC VIDEO FOR "A TENDENCY TO FALL."

"A Tendency to Fall" from the new LP 'The Angel of History' - available everywhere on 12/4/2020 via Good Fight Music. Stream, Download, and buy exclusive mer...

ALL-NEW LP, THE ANGEL OF HISTORY, DUE
OUT DECEMBER 4, 2020 VIA GOOD FIGHT MUSIC

October 16, 2020 -- Cryptodira has released a new track and music video today titled "A Tendency to Fall" along with further details on their all-new LP The Angel Of History, due out on December 4, 2020, via Good Fight Music. Pre-orders are available now, and can be seen here. Directed by Anthony Altamura, this is the first music video we're seeing from the band from their new full length.

The new full-length news arrives only a few weeks after the band announced their EP Better Left Unsaid. The Angel Of History is the followup to The Devil's Despair released in 2017, which received critical acclaim. Heavy Blog is Heavy stated that the LP is the band's "contribution to the ongoing answer for the progressive metal conundrum. It shows that there's still reason and life in the genre, that in its sometimes over the top and too self-serious highs and lows, there are still interesting ideas and powerful emotions to be manifested."

The Angel Of History was recorded in January 2020 at The Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, NC, and produced by Jamie King and Cryptodira. The band weighs in below.

"Conceptually, this album comes from a place of suspicion towards several trends within postmodern (and contemporary) philosophy. Philosophy has developed an allergy to its driving force--i.e., collective action marching under the banners of liberation and ameliorating oppressed and exploited people. While 'The Angel of History' is not explicitly a work of philosophy, it is still intended to criticize these trends, especially their collaboration with individualism. As an ideology today, identity (whether rugged or nihilistic) has us steeped in depression, substance abuse, and suicide. A call for more historical and class-conscious forms of social being is made against the ideology of individualism. On the other hand, there are trends within postmodern thought that have labored to deconstruct this ideology (particularly queer, feminist, and post-colonial theories). So they are given space to update Walter Benjamin's image of the angel of history into the 21st century." - Matthew Taibi, on the concepts behind The Angel of History

"A climate catastrophe is not a distant reality. We are currently living through it, and we cannot rely on 'business as usual' to deliver us from this reality. Of course, there is a personal responsibility for each of us living in central economies: waste less, recycle more whenever possible, etc. However, this overly individualistic focus loses sight that only 100 corporations contribute 71% of global emissions. And the individuals who have the most to lose from this crisis tend to come from the most vulnerable, most oppressed, and most exploited among us. Rosa Luxemburg's adage 'socialism or barbarism' no longer captures the entire severity of the path before us--today, it is socialism or hellfire." -Matthew Taibi, on the concept/video behind the song "A Tendency to Fall."

"Our writing process gets a bit more refined with every song we write. I tend to write more traditionally with a guitar, notepad & recorder. At the same time, Matthew utilizes computer programs more, but they both seem to come together in similar ways, with the whole band working out fine details literally up to the minute that it is recorded. We are continually changing and tweaking."

"I can be inspired by art that I love and the art that I hate. Some of the songs I wrote for this record were a mixture of both. Outside of those inspirations, I was also riding the emotions that came with the two-year health battle that my dad, who was my best friend and single most significant influence, had leading up to his departure from this life last April. Lyrically this record doesn't reflect that, but sonically you can hear my sadness, anger, hope, and a lot more. It's safe to say I'll always carry that with me, and it'll affect the way I write forever." - Mike Monaco, on the writing process and journey of creating The Angel of History

"While we were writing 'The Angel of History,' Jamie King's name came up on a shortlist of people that we trusted to capture the essence of the music and give us the space we needed to make the best record we could. We all agreed that he was the perfect person to work with and would understand our band better than anybody else with almost no discussion. He has produced some of our favorite records of all time, so it was a dream come true to create in the same space that those timeless records were made in." - Scott Acquavella, on working with producer Jamie King

YASHIRA RELEASES NEW TRACK/MUSIC VIDEO FOR "SHARDS OF HEAVEN"

"Shards of Heaven" from the album "Fail To Be" out December 11, 2020 on Good Fight Music. Pre-order LP / CD / Digital and exclusive merch here: https://orcd....

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September 25, 2020 -- YASHIRA has released an all-new track and music video today for their newest single "Shards of Heaven." The new song is the first to be released off their newly announced full-length LP Fail To Be, which is slated for release on December 11, 2020, via Good Fight Music. The music video for "Shards of Heaven" was directed by Cameron Nunez.

An exclusive Q&A with Metal Injection outlining the details can be seen here.

"The song is about how violence is used to gain power over people, and specific situations," says the band. "It's about how violence and power are used perpetually throughout history to create false realities for those safeguarded and protected from and by the violence."

Fail To Be is the anticipated follow up to Shrine, which garnered its own high praise when it was released in 2018. Metal Injection famously said, "Standing at six songs long and about 6,000 riffs, Yashira's Shrine will completely and utterly flatten you in every way possible throughout its runtime." 

Fail To Be was produced by Greg Thomas (Misery Signals, Shai Hulud) and Yashira. Engineered and mixed by Greg Thomas and Chris Teti at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, Connecticut. Pre saves and pre-orders are available today here.

The band continues, "Writing for this record began right after Shrine was released. Seth was still with us while we were writing for this; the sound was evolving a lot from the beginning stages up to when he passed. When we decided to move forward with Ryan, all we had were very blown-out voice memo recordings of the songs, so there was a lot of necessary reworking. For the tracks to be as good as they could be, we wrote to our chemistry and strengths with Ryan, and with a much more pinpointed idea of what we wanted out of our sound, we were able to get into a groove.

"Recording "Fail To Be" was a different experience for all of us. We'd never been in a studio setting like we were at Silver Bullet as far as putting aside three weeks to crank out a record. We learned a lot from working with Greg and Chris on so many different levels. This setting had us eating/sleeping/breathing this record, and that kind of environment brought out a focus none of us had ever known. We were all dialed in, and we think it shows. Us, Greg and Chris were able to create something we're all very proud of making."

CRYPTODIRA RELEASES SURPRISE EP, BETTER LEFT UNSAID

"Better Left Unsaid" from the new EP "Better Left Unsaid" out NOW on Good Fight Music. Stream, Download, or buy exclusive merch here: https://orcd.co/betterl...

ALL-NEW LP, THE ANGEL OF HISTORY, DUE
OUT LATER THIS YEAR

September 11, 2020 -- Cryptodira have released a surprise EP today titled Better Left Unsaid with a visualizer for the title track. These songs are the first music the band is releasing since The Devil's Despair (2017), which received critical acclaim. Heavy Blog is Heavy stated that the LP is the band's "contribution to the ongoing answer for the progressive metal conundrum. It shows that there's still reason and life in the genre, that in its sometimes over the top and too self-serious highs and lows, there are still interesting ideas and powerful emotions to be manifested."

The band will also release an all-new LP titled The Angel of History later this year. The Angel of History and Better Left Unsaid were both recorded in January 2020 at The Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, NC, and produced by Jamie King and Cryptodira.

Vocalist/guitarist Scott Acquavella and drummer Matthew Taibi comment:

"There's been no shortage of inspiration throughout our recent writing process, and upon stepping back and looking at the body of work we had amassed, there was a sense that these two songs fit together in an extraordinary way that makes them stand out on their own. We've always been a band that writes with a much larger picture in mind, but there was something uniquely rewarding about telling a sonically short story. So the Better Left Unsaid EP is our way of exploring that territory." - Scott Acquavella

"As it was written in the Grundrisse, "language is the presence of community," and a genuinely livable community begins where individualism ends. Language is not only a bridge between members of a community; language embeds communal being into the most private corners of mental life. An individual (or ego) can only know their hopes and desires by using language, i.e., something their community gifted them. Living in a community and using language properly both mean knowing where and when to decenter yourself. Sustainable happiness will be found sooner on the margins." - Matthew Taibi

'68 TO RELEASE NEW EP, LOVE IS AIN'T DEAD. ON SEPTEMBER 4

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August 31, 2020 -- Atlanta power-duo '68 has released an all-new music video today and will release a new EP this Friday, September 4, 2020. The EP is titled Love Is Ain't Dead., and the music video for "Bad Bad Lambo" is available to watch now. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz, this EP is the first crop of new songs we've heard from '68 since the release of Two Parts Viper in 2017. Pre-saves are available now.

Josh recently spoke with Alternative Press where AP states, "Scogin had written three new songs and was aching to get them recorded. Raskulinecz was available, and the band busted them all out in a week. Not an album but cooler than your typical stop-gap project, Love Is Ain’t Dead will sate fans and electrify new listeners." Read the full interview here.

How much noise can two people make? '68 is the sound of simultaneous implosion and explosion, destruction and creation, unbound. These are songs that could almost fall apart at any moment, yet never do, devilishly dancing between life and death. It's a primitive impulse delivered with postmodern purpose; a blacksmith's resolve with an arsenal of electric distortion and raw nerve.

Josh Scogin kickstarted his small band with the big sound in 2013, naming the two-person outfit he modestly undersells as "a little rock, a little blues, a little hardcore" after his father's old Camaro. And there's a muscle car-sized rumble beneath the hood of what the Atlanta, Georgia native and his percussive partner-in-crime, Nikko Yamada, unleash with an array of guitar, bass, drums, keys, and pedals, careening between swinging barnburners, wild haymakers, and moody atmosphere.

Like a Delta Blues reimagining of Bleach-era Nirvana or the disgraced punkish cousin of The Black Keys, '68 adheres to a single ethic: unbridled authenticity. There's no "plan" with '68 so much as a ride, with the duo hanging on for dear life in the eye of the storm every bit as much as the audience. The obstacle is the goal. The journey is the destination. Creative, disruptive, frantic, even when dipping into a bit of Otis Redding or James Brown-style funk, '68 sound urgent.

The '68 roadshow has taken them from Moscow to Tel Aviv, across Europe and Australia and all over North America, often splitting up 20-hour drives between the two guys. The passion, the hunger, the good humor, it all connects with diverse crowds. Deliciously stripped down and vibrant, '68 excels in intimate environments, to be sure, but is no less unignorable on giant festival stages or the road with Bring Me The Horizon, Stone Sour, Beartooth, Avatar, August Burns Red, The Amity Affliction, and Underoath, where they've earned new converts every day.

MICHAEL LESSARD DEBUTS "USE THE REST" MUSIC VIDEO

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HIS SOLO DEBUT

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June 12, 2020 -- The Contortionist frontman Michael Lessard has released a new single and music video today titled "Use The Rest," his first solo debut. The music video, directed by Lessard himself, is an emotional ride through a dynamic dreamscape that doesn't exactly end where it begins. "I'm beyond excited to announce the release of my debut song to the world!" says Lessard. "I've worked very hard to make a song and video that I thought would be the best representation of what is to come."

When asked about the possibility of new music, Michael states, "'Use The Rest' is the first of many singles/videos to be released. I've been lucky enough to team up with Good Fight Music, who have allowed me to build on the idea of creating standalone pieces of music and video for now. I look forward to sharing more music very soon!"

"Use The Rest" by Michael Lessard is available today on all streaming platforms via Good Fight Music. 

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