Listen to the ferocious new album by ANTERIOR, ‘Echoes Of The Fallen’, right here – courtesy of Metal Blade Records. The album has seen its European release on August 26th, 2011 (September 12th, 2011) and is to be unleashed upon American population come September 13th, 2011 through Metal Blade. The 10-track long player was recorded at Grindstone Studios with producer Scott Atkins. Buy ANTERIOR stuff here.
“It’s been quite a while since our last release and we’ve matured a lot as a band, especially with the addition of some new members,” [commented guiarist Leon Kemp] “We’ve managed to retain all the great aspects of our first album ‘This Age Of Silence’ and improve on them. The songs are more concise than before and we’ve really worked on making each song as strong as it can possibly be. We haven’t settled for anything less, and at times it’s been tough working to the benchmark we set ourselves, but it’s brought the best out in everyone and after hearing the finished product it’s definitely been worth it.”
ANTERIOR was formed in 2003 in Tredegar, Wales, by 17-year old friends, guitarist and vocalist Luke Davies, lead guitar player Leon Kemp, bassist James Britton and drummer Ross Andrews, whose memorable live performances quickly caught the attention of local promoter. Helped by social networking sites, record labels took notice and ANTERIOR signed a worldwide deal with Metal Blade in 2006. They recorded their debut album, 2007's ‘This Age Of Silence’, with producer Tim Hamill:
“The music here is bone-crushing thrash with elements of metalcore, progressive metal, and death metal. There is an incredibly high degree of creativity and technical acumen,” [wrote Thom Yurek, AllMuisc Guide] The finest thing about the sound is how clean it is. Given the attention to detail in these songs, it couldn’t have been presented any other way. Big double bass drum assaults, blastbeats galore, and the wall of guitars provide a fine platform for Davies' vocals, which are shouted as well as sung.”
Former MENDEED lead guitarist and long time friend, Steven Nixon, was made a permanent addition to ANTERIOR during the period of relentless touring that ensued. Their original drummer was replaced by James Cook in 2009. In October 2010 the band played a one off special show to air their new material and to record the official video for the single ‘Dead Divine’ (off ‘This Age Of Silence’) – available below.
ANTERIOR features: Luke Davies – vocals, Leon Kemp – guitar, Steven Nixon – guitar, James Britton – bass and James Cook - drums
ANTERIOR: Tyranny – courtesy of Metal Blade Records
ANTERIOR: Blood In The Throne Room – courtesy of altsounds
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