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SECT To Play Three California Shows This Weekend + March Midwest Dates Announced; No Cure For Death LP Out Now Via Southern Lord

Posted on: January 31, 2018

American/Canadian vegan straightedge outfit SECT – comprised of members of Cursed, Left For Dead, Catharsis, Undying, Earth Crisis, The Path Of Resistance, Day Of Suffering, Racetraitor, and more – will perform three shows across California this weekend in support of their second LP, No Cure For Death, which is out now through Southern Lord.

With the latest installment of live actions supporting the new album, SECT will hit California on a three-day show run this weekend, February 2nd through 4th. The band will play Berkeley on Friday, Los Angeles on Saturday, and Fullerton on Sunday, joined by Die Young on all three shows.

SECT has also just confirmed a new trio of Midwestern US shows for March. The band will play Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago March 16th through 18th, with support acts to be announced.

SECT Tour Dates:
2/02/2018 924 Gilman – Berkeley, CA w/ Die Young, Dying For It, Jawstruck [info]
2/03/2018 Bonnerhaus – Los Angeles, CA w/ Die Young, Hesitation Wounds, Entry [info]
2/04/2018 Programme – Fullerton, CA w/ Die Young, Rats In The Wall, Foreign Pain
3/16/2018 Eagles Club 34 – Minneapolis, MN
3/17/2018 The Dad Palace – Milwaukee, WI
3/18/2018 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL

Stream No Cure For Death at Bandcamp HERE and see SECT’s “Day For Night” video directed by Justin Reich (Black Label Society, Crowbar, Hatebreed) at THIS LOCATION.

Unloading a brutalizing barrage of grinding crust and metallic hardcore wrath, SECT unites vocalist Chris Colohan (Cursed, Burning Love, Left For Dead), guitarists James Chang (Catharsis, Undying) and Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis, The Path Of Resistance), bassist Steve Hart (Day Of Suffering), and drummer Andy Hurley (Racetraitor, The Damned Things). No Cure For Death was recorded with Kurt Ballou at God City studios, mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. Fueled by socio-political vitriol, for SECT, the purpose of hardcore as they know it is to convey an urgency that transcends age, credentials or scene politics, to convert desperation into real talk and action.

No Cure For Death is out now on LP, CD, and digital formats; find merch bundles via Southern Lord’s US webshop HERE and Euro store HERE, and find the record at iTunes HERE, Spotify HERE.

“the album finds the scene vets taking a stand against the sociopolitical status quo… The doomsday clock is ticking, and there’s no time to waste.” – Revolver Magazine

“the metallic hardcore is filthy and sinister, laden with a guitar tone resembling a power tool and with feedback akin to the noise one would make scraping on steel.” – Exclaim!

“The pedigree of SECT is incredible. Stacked with hardcore punk vets in each slot, their five contributors have cultivated a rich history, but none seems interested in touting any one single member’s past. The music and, more importantly, the message are immediate, harvesting concern and motivating fury from the present tense. Blasting ugly, confrontational D-beat crustcore, steeped in savage commentary regarding society’s conflicts, SECT presented No Cure for Death on Southern Lord.” – New Noise Magazine

“the video is an all-action affair that captures the intensity of both the band’s performance style and the song at hand… the song sounds both massive and mean.” – No Echo

“The album was produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, so you should know what it’s going to sound like already – total fucking Armageddon.” – Metal Injection

For review copies of No Cure For Death and interviews with SECT contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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EAGLE TWIN: Utah Duo Prepares To Issue The Thundering Heard(Songs Of Hoof And Horn) Via Southern Lord In March; Artwork And Track Listing Released

Posted on: January 30, 2018

Salt Lake City-based duo EAGLE TWIN will release their long-awaited third LP, The Thundering Heard (Songs Of Hoof And Horn), on March 30th via Southern Lord.

EAGLE TWIN‘s commanding sound delivers like a tectonic force, where doom and blues collide. Gentry Densley’s dominating low-end vocal tone is like an instrument in itself, rumbling alongside towering riffs, and Tyler Smith’s powerful rhythmic propulsion. It is a compelling combination, particularly when you add melodious bluesy romp to the equation.

Equally prevailing are the stories that shape EAGLE TWIN‘s musical output, drawing upon folklore, and also strongly informed by recent happenings in the world. Observing our relationship to nature, and the band’s own surroundings in the dead salt seas of Utah are themes that feature frequently across their musical canon. The Thundering Heard continues where the previous album The Feather Tipped The Serpent’s Scale ended.

In the band’s own words, “As the great snake grew giant fractal antlers of snakes and turned in upon itself creating a new world, the mountains rise, and the antlers stab through like trees across the landscape. The record begins with the hoofed and horned animals of our world running from mountains and forests on fire. Eerily harkening to the recent events in California and the massive devastation by fire across the land.”

Southern Lord will release The Thundering Heard on LP, CD, and digital formats on March 30th. Audio previews, preorder info, tour dates, and more on the album to follow in the weeks ahead.

The Thundering Heard (Songs Of Hoof And Horn) Track Listing:
1. Quanah Un Rama
2. Elk Wolfv Hymn
3. Heavy Hoof
4. Antlers Of Lightning

EAGLE TWIN:
Gentry Densley – guitar/vocals
Tyler Smith – drums

Review copies of The Thundering Heard will be released shortly. For coverage of EAGLE TWIN contact dave@earsplitcompound.com; and in Europe/UK contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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BIG|BRAVE Announces First Round Of Tour Dates For 2018 Including Roadburn Festival

Posted on: January 23, 2018

Since their inception in 2012, BIG|BRAVE has demonstrated the fluidity of experimental rock and put everything into their music until there’s nothing left to give. Their art in musical refinement expands ever gradually, unfurling into a very heavy, strong, and elevating force. As comfortable as they are with tidal waves of sound, BIG|BRAVE is unafraid to experiment with silence, oscillating between sparse, gentle arrangements and deep swells of noise.

Swirling static, booming guitars, powerful drums – all the hallmarks that have made them one of experimental rock’s most exciting acts today. The band’s first wave of dates for the new year has been announced, with a Spring tour across Europe and into Russia confirmed for April and early May, which includes a set at this year’s massive Roadburn Festival. Watch for more tour dates to be announced.

See BIG|BRAVE’s official music video for “Sound” HERE, and hear the entire Ardor album featured with an interview at Bandcamp HERE.

BIG|BRAVE Tour Dates:
4/12/2018 Botanique – Bruxelles, BE
4/13/2018 Musikverein – Nurnberg, DE
4/15/2018 Underdogs – Prague, CZ
4/16/2018 Klub RE – Krakow, PL
4/17/2018 Protokultura – Gdansk, PL
4/18/2018 LAS – Poznan, PL
4/19/2018 Doom Over Leipzig – Leipzig, DE
4/20/2018 Hafenklang – Hamburg, DE
4/21/2018 De Kreun – Kortijk, BE
4/22/2018 Roadburn Festival – Tilburg, NL
4/23/2018 Schockoladen – Berlin, DE
4/24/2018 Pizzini – Bamberg, DE
4/25/2018 Jubez – Karlsruhe, DE
4/26/2018 Bad Bonn – Düdingen, CH
4/28/2018 Espace B – Paris, FR
5/04/2018 Zoccolo 2.0. – St. Petersburg, RU
5/05/2018 Model T – Moscow, RU

“the sound of the raw unconscious, turned up loud.” – Pitchfork

“sincere, long-form out-rock that ventures into different directions their music plays out in to moon-bleached grunge where serene vocals crumble over scraping guitars bled of melody. BIG|BRAVE chooses their silences carefully, oscillating between sparse, gentle arrangements and deep swells of noise.” – Cvlt Nation

“Montreal’s genre-defying post-rock combo BIG|BRAVE could very well be the most noteworthy recent heavy curiosity to come out of the city in recent years.” – Noisey

“…combines elements of Björk, Neurosis, The White Stripes, and Sunn O))) into a cohesive whole; but this whole is an ever evolving and challenging sonic mass.” – The Quietus

“a raw, evocative mix of slow-burning post-rock and metal that is somehow both wrecking-ball heavy and feather-delicate, with ferocious, barely-controlled feedback and mountainous, lingering chords. Wattie’s soprano both cuts through and lingers on the weighty sounds, with elusive vocalizations that verge on avant-pop.” – Bandcamp

“Ardor bides its time and it was made by a band brave enough to create music and a track listing that allows this spectacle of a record to satisfying inch towards a riveting pitch. It’s an album that evokes the ear blistering noise of Sunn O))) but it’s also emotionally charged music. BIG|BRAVE have somehow made a ruthlessly loud record that is also fascinating, and consistently elegant.” – Drowned In Sound

For review copies of Ardor and interviews with BIG|BRAVE in the Americas contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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CENTURIES: The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding Streaming At New Noise Magazine; Album To See Release This Friday Via Southern Lord

Posted on: January 23, 2018

This Friday, CENTURIES will release their second album, The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding, via Southern Lord. Advancing its release, the entire record is getting an advance stream courtesy of New Noise Magazine.

Formed in 2008 in South Florida, the current CENTURIES lineup now includes members based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Nashville, Tennessee, and in the UK from Manchester. Since their 2013 debut Taedium Vitae (Southern Lord), the group have refined their sound into something more focused, and intense, and The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding surges with ten new tracks of the band’s harrowing, metallic, punk/crust-influenced hardcore, delivered with a calculated, very deliberate approach. The album was recorded in February 2017 by Kris Hilbert at Legitimate Business (Catharsis, Torch Runner, The Body), mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Integrity, Black Breath, Halshug), and completed with artwork by Phil Trona.

The members of CENTURIES issue on behalf of their new album, “The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding is a record that really focuses on the fear and uncertainty in our lives as we get older. From bringing children into this world to slowly losing the ones we love and how we choose to cope with an always looming self-doubt.”

New Noise offers, “CENTURIES bring forth a record that is encompassed by grinding guitars and breakneck rhythmic paces – especially from the drums. Most tracks are quick to their punch, like ‘Bygones,’ a two minute explosion of pure chaos and adrenaline. For an early heavy release, The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding wreaks havoc with its incredible potency and abrasive nature.”

Stream CENTURIES’ entire The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding LP at New Noise Magazine RIGHT HERE.

Southern Lord will release CENTURIES’ The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding on LP and digital formats this Friday, January 26th, 2018. Find preorders at the label webstore HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

CENTURIES will tour Europe for the fourth time in April and May alongside Portrayal Of Guilt, with additional international as well as stateside tour dates to be expected this year. Stand by for an official video from the album and more to see release in the days ahead.

CENTURIES w/ Portrayal Of Guilt:
4//28/2018 Klex – Greifswald, DE
4/29/2018 Gothenburg – Sekten, SE
4/30/2018 Firestorm Fest – Stockholm, SE
5/01/2018 TBA – Malmö, SE
5/02/2018 TBA – Copenhagen, DK
5/03/2018 TBA – Hamburg, DE
5/04/2018 Utrecht Fest – Amsterdam, NL
5/05/2018 Privat – Cologne, DE
5/06/2018 Kavka – Antwerp, BE
5/07/2018 La Comedia Michelet – Paris, FR
5/08/2018 TBA – CH/FR
5/09/2018 Juha West – Stuttgart, DE
5/10/2018 TBA – Bielefeld/Weimar, DE
5/11/2018 Miss The Stars Fest – Berlin, DE

For review copies of The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding and interviews with CENTURIES in North, Central, and South America contact dave@earsplitcomound.com and in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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AGRIMONIA: Revolver Magazine Premieres “A World Unseen” From Swedish Outfit; Awaken LP Out Next Week Via Southern Lord

Posted on: January 19, 2018

As Southern Lord prepares to release Awaken, the epic fourth full-length from Swedish crust/metal outfit AGRIMONIA, the album’s opening track has been premiered through Revolver Magazine.

Awaken was produced by AGRIMONIA, then mixed and mastered by Henrik Udd, who also worked on the band’s prior LP, Rites Of Separation, then under the Studio Fredman banner but now under his own name, Henrik Udd Recording Studios.

The band offers, “The opener of the album, ‘A World Unseen’ is for us a representative AGRIMONIA track, bringing in elements from our earlier material, while existing in the present and looking to the horizon. It sets the tone very well for the rest of the album.”

Revolver writes that the new track, “finds the five-piece moving fluidly from mid-tempo crust to soaring post-rock to black & roll to somber acoustic passages in the span of nine minutes, none of it feeling out of place or forced – just challenging and forward-thinking.”

Stream AGRIMONIA’s “A World Unseen” at Revolver Magazine RIGHT HERE.

Southern Lord will unveil Awaken next Friday, January 26th on CD, LP, and digital formats. Stream the title track “Awaken” with digital preorders at Bandcamp HERE, and find physical preorders at the Southern Lord webstore HERE.

Awaken arrives ten years since the release of AGRIMONIA’s first album, and the band has evolved notably over that period. While their sound has always been dense, immersive, ambitious even, on Awaken, the band has evolved their prog-infused form of expansive metal into something energetic, dynamic, and powerful. On Awaken, the band digs deep into their subconscious, trying to get an elevated state of mind, to connect the mind with sound and to find the combination of notes and melodies that evolves into a feeling or mood. AGRIMONIA channels the bittersweet aspects of life, and breathe air into thoughts that cannot easily be put into words.

For review copies of Awaken and interviews with AGRIMONIA in North/South America contact dave@earsplitcomound.com and in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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CENTURIES: “The Endless Descent” Debuted At Blow The Scene; Southern Lord Issues Preorders For The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding LP

Posted on: January 12, 2018

CENTURIES is preparing for the release of their second LP, The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding, through Southern Lord late this month. Advancing the record’s street date, the new single “The Endless Descent” has been premiered through an exclusive feature at Blow The Scene.

In a new Creation Formula series, Blow The Scene interrogates CENTURIES on the process behind the creation of their new LP, noting of the album, “Fusing elements of dissonant hardcore, d-beat punk, and a knack for walloping tones, the band has taken the last five years and honed the overall sound and writing approach. This latest effort affords a new level of intensity and artistry.”

Check out the feature on CENTURIES and stream “The Endless Descent” HERE.

Southern Lord will release CENTURIES The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding on LP and digital formats on January 26th, 2018.  Find preorders at the label webstore HERE and Bandcamp where the track “Bygones” is streaming HERE.

CENTURIES will tour Europe for the fourth time in April and May alongside Portrayal Of Guilt, with additional international as well as stateside tour dates to be expected this year. Stand by for an official video from the album and more to see release in the days ahead.

CENTURIES w/ Portrayal Of Guilt:
4//28/2018 Klex – Greifswald, DE
4/29/2018 Gothenburg – Sekten, SE
4/30/2018 Firestorm Fest – Stockholm, SE
5/01/2018 TBA – Malmö, SE
5/02/2018 TBA – Copenhagen, DK
5/03/2018 TBA – Hamburg, DE
5/04/2018 Utrecht Fest – Amsterdam, NL
5/05/2018 Privat – Cologne, DE
5/06/2018 Kavka – Antwerp, BE
5/07/2018 La Comedia Michelet – Paris, FR
5/08/2018 TBA – CH/FR
5/09/2018 Juha West – Stuttgart, DE
5/10/2018 TBA – Bielefeld/Weimar, DE
5/11/2018 Miss The Stars Fest – Berlin, DE

Formed in 2008 in South Florida, the current CENTURIES lineup now includes members based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Nashville, Tennessee, and in the UK from Manchester. Since their 2013 debut Taedium Vitae (Southern Lord), the group have refined their sound into something more focused, and intense, and The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding surges with ten new tracks of the band’s harrowing, metallic, punk/crust-influenced hardcore, delivered with a calculated, very deliberate approach. The album was recorded in February 2017 by Kris Hilbert at Legitimate Business (Catharsis, Torch Runner, The Body), mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Integrity, Black Breath, Halshug), and completed with artwork by Phil Trona.

For review copies of The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding and interviews with CENTURIES in North, Central, and South America contact dave@earsplitcomound.com and in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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TOUR OF THE YEAR ALERT

Posted on: January 9, 2018

Power Trip + Sheer Mag Announce Full North American Run!

# – w/ Sheer Mag, Fury and Red Death
^ – w/ Sheer Mag and Red Death

1/13: Petaluma, CA – Phoenix Theater
4/27: Jacksonville, FL – Welcome to Rockville
4/28: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Fort Rock
4/30: Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade #
5/01: Birmingham, AL – Saturn #
5/04: Charlotte, NC – Carolina Rebellion
5/05: Richmond, VA – Broadberry #
5/06: Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit #
5/07: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
5/08: Washington, DC – The Black Cat #
5/10: Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere #
5/11: Boston, MA – Paradise #
5/12: Syracuse, NY- The Lost Horizon #
5/13: Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace #
5/15: Detroit, MI – El Club #
5/16: Chicago, IL – Reggie’s #
5/18: Columbus, OH – Rock on The Range
5/19: Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle #
5/20: Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line #
5/21: Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre #
5/23: Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ #
5/24: Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room #
5/25: Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub #
5/27: Vancouver, BC – Modified Ghosts #
5/28: Seattle, WA – Neumo’s #
5/29: Portland, OR – Hawthorne #
5/31: San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall #
6/01: San Jose, CA – The Ritz #
6/02: Los Angeles, CA – The Regent ^
6/03: San Diego, CA – Soma #
6/04: Mesa, AZ – Club Red #
6/05: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad ^
6/07: Austin, TX – The Mohawk ^

GUST To Support Burn On European Tour This March

Posted on: January 8, 2018

Sweden’s GUST has announced the band’s upcoming participation supporting New York hardcore innovators, Burn, on the band’s Do Or Die tour of Europe this March. Drawing from their harsh self-titled full-length on Southern Lord, and sharing some new material coming together for the follow-up album, the Gothenburg-based GUST crew is eager to hit the road again.

With ten tracks in just under a half-hour, GUST unleashes a maelstrom of cutting edge demolition, with cerebral elements continually emerging from the shadows with an almost ethereal effect on their self-titled LP. Self-recorded at Fvck Life Studios, and mastered at Audiosiege by Brad Boatright (Warcry, From Ashes Rise, Deathreat,) who also supplies guest vocals to the album, Gust is a crushing and incredibly dynamic album, displaying a unique style of crust-infused hardcore and talented songwriting from the young act.

See GUST’s video for “Reality Chokes” RIGHT HERE.

Highly recommended for fans of Cursed, Oathbreaker, Rise And Fall, and of course Southern Lord labelmates The Secret, Baptists and Dead In The Dirt, stream and purchase Gust at Bandcamp HERE.

GUST w/ Burn:
3/07/2018 MTC – Köln, DE
3/08/2018 Underworld – London, UK
3/09/2018 Willemeen – Arnhem, NL
3/10/2018 Hafenklang – Hamburg, DE (matinee)
3/11/2018 Revolver – Oslo, NO
3/12/2018 Underwerket – Copenhagen, DK
3/13/2018 Naumanns – Leipzig, DE
3/14/2018 Faust – Hannover, DE
3/15/2018 Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE
3/16/2018 Pogłos – Warsaw, PL
3/17/2018 007 – Prague, CZ
3/18/2018 Roter Salon – Nürnberg, DE
3/19/2018 Durer Kert – Budapest, HU
3/20/2018 Arena – Vienna, AU
3/21/2018 Circolo Magnolia – Segrate, IT
3/22/2018 Feierwerk – Munich, DE
3/23/2018 Stadtmitte – Karlsruhe, DE

“GUST meld the head-down take no prisoners approach of crust, the flair and technicality of metallic riffing and the wrecking ball power of pace-driven hardcore to create a deadly brand of devastation.” -Metal Hammer

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ALL PIGS MUST DIE Announces West Coast Tour With Baptists In February; Hostage Animal LP Out Now Via Southern Lord

Posted on: January 6, 2018

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In support of their monstrous 2017-released Hostage Animal, ALL PIGS MUST DIE has announced a string of West Coast shows in support of the album. These shows follow the band’s East Coast record release mini-tour which closed out the year, and mark their anticipated return to the West Coast in five years. With Vancouver-based labelmates Baptists on the lineup as well, this will be a tour not to miss. Tickets go on sale Monday, January 8th at 10am in each respective market; see the full routing below.

ALL PIGS MUST DIE, now a five-piece with the addition of Brian Izzi (Trap Them) on guitar, is comprised of some of the most well-seasoned musicians on the eastern seaboard – Kevin Baker (The Hope Conspiracy), Ben Koller (Converge), Matt Woods, and Adam Wentworth (both of Bloodhorse). Hostage Animal is their most dynamic collection of work thus far and is an aural representation of the band as a whole; concise, intense, aggressive, and carrying a bleak world view. Available now from Southern Lord, Hostage Animal showcases that ALL PIGS MUST DIE is far more than the sum of their parts, and their fusion of crust punk, hardcore, and metal is more ferocious than ever before.

Hostage Animal is available through Southern Lord on CD, LP, and all digital formats; stream the album HERE and find physical orders in the US HERE and Europe HERE.

Get pummeled by ALL PIGS MUST DIE’s live shows in the following cities…

ALL PIGS MUST DIE w/ Baptists:
2/16/2018 Astoria – Vancouver, BC
2/17/2018 Highline – Seattle, WA
2/18/2018 Tonic – Portland, OR
2/20/2018 Golden Bull – San Francisco, CA
2/21/2018 Hi Hat – Los Angeles, CA
2/22/2018 The Garage – Ventura, CA
2/23/2018 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
2/24/2018 Wayfarer – Costa Mesa, CA

“…an album that touches on many of metal’s myriad subgenres without ever succumbing to their comfort zones. Rancid riffs and infernal grooves collide, while vocalist Kevin Baker’s foul bark further projects the sort of misanthropy and nihilism inherent in their overall sound.” – Noisey

“one of the finest collections of extreme music 2017 has seen” – Outburn Magazine

“… satisfyingly sinister, almost unbelievably heavy riffage.” – SPIN

“A monstrous, seething racket that splits the difference between racing hardcore and monolithic thrash-metal.” – Stereogum

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AGRIMONIA Announces New Album, Awaken, Set For Release January 26th Via Southern Lord; Trailer Posted

Posted on: December 5, 2017

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AGRIMONIA returns with their fourth album release, and second for Southern Lord, Awaken, now set for release through Southern Lord on January 26th. The label has issued the artwork, track listing, and a trailer for the record.

Awaken arrives ten years since the release of their first album, and AGRIMONIA has evolved notably over that period. Their sound has always been dense, immersive, ambitious even, and on Awaken, the band has evolved their prog-infused form of expansive metal into something energetic, dynamic, and powerful. On Awaken, the band digs deep into their subconscious, trying to get an elevated state of mind, to connect the mind with sound and to find the combination of notes and melodies that evolves into a feeling or mood. AGRIMONIA channels the bittersweet aspects of life, and breathe air into thoughts that cannot easily be put into words.

About Awaken the band comments, “We are thrilled to see the release of our fourth album Awaken. We are very proud of the outcome and feel that the album is our most dynamic and vital yet, and contains more of everything that is AGRIMONIA. Awaken is the soundtrack to our existence, and I hope other people can feel that way too.”

Awaken was produced by AGRIMONIA, and mixed and mastered by Henrik Udd who also worked on the previous recording Rites of Separation, then under the Studio Fredman banner but now under his own name, Henrik Udd Recording Studios.

See the trailer for AGRIMONIA’s Awaken RIGHT HERE.

Awaken Track Listing:
1. A World Unseen
2. Astray
3. Foreshadowed
4. Awaken
5. Withering
6. The Sparrow

Further details on Awaken, including audio samples and more, will follow in the new year. For all coverage of AGRIMONIA in North/South America contact dave@earsplitcomound.com and in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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