Metal Riot

Canadian metalcore band Withdrawal are streaming their song “Guardian Angel” and you can check it out right here. The song is off the band’s upcoming split 7″ with North Carolina’s Young And In The Way.

The album is due out in March 2013 via A389 Recordings. The split will be the band’s first new material since 2011’s Faith Flesh And Blood EP.

The band has also announced a string of East Coast tour dates supporting their appearance at the A389 IX Anniversary Bash Pre-Show in Baltimore, MD alongside labelmates Integrity, Vilipend and locals Dead Gods. Click here to check out a list of tour dates, cities and venues.

Canadian metalcore band Vilipend has joined forces with A389 Recordings to release the band’s new full-length LP Inamorata. The band’s sound combines the technical proficiency/reckless abandon of 90’s metalcore ala Turmoil and Deadguy, crossed with the tortured desperation and nihilism of bands such as Buzz’oven and Eyehategod.

The band released an EP in 2008 titled Northern Hostility followed by their 2009 EP Love Left To Rot. As the band’s momentum grew, vocalist Christopher Gramlich incurred a frightening injury during a live performance, where he fractured an L-1 vertebra after leaping off a stage monitor. After being piled on by fans, who inadvertently broke his wrist and finger as well, he was ultimately forced to go to the hospital in an ambulance. The remainder of Vilipend finished their set.

In the wake of the injury, the band began working on their first full-length album Inamorata. This is their most ambitious offering to date. The album embodies the frustration, uncertainty, desperation, loss, resignation and hurt of that period, the desire to recapture what was lost and emerge stronger than before, tempered. The result is a developed, intelligent refinement of their abrasive aesthetic. It’s an album that features greater sonic lushness, conceptual richness and thematic depth.

No release date has been given as-of-yet but we’ll keep you informed. Meanwhile, click here to listen to their song “To Impede The Healing Process” which is off the new album.

Baltimore, Maryland grindcore band Eddie Brock are releasing a new album this spring via A389 Recordings. “Brand New Day” is the title of the band’s sophomore album.  Look for it to be released sometime in March 2012. No specific day has been given at this time but we’ll keep you posted.

The band has previously an EP on Photobooth Records as well as a split EP with fellow locals Lapse on To Live A Lie Records.

A389’s Domenic Romeo commented:

‘It’s always extra special when a band comes out of your city, and just knocks you off your feet. I’ve been super into what EDDIE BROCK has released so far, and jumped at the opportunity to release their new record.’

Vocalist Alex DeJong had this to say:

‘Dreams do come true because we are now on the same record label as a ton of our favorite bands and we just played with them all at the (A389 VIII Anniversary) Bash.’

You can click here to check out “Brain Squad” which is a song off the band’s new album. Click here to see a bigger picture of the album’s cover artwork.