Mastodon Hit the UK with Intimate Club Shows

Mastodon’s masterful fusion of colossal riffage and deft prog has seen them tipped to inherit Metallica’s throne - **** Mojo

“Unquestionably the band’s most spectacular release” 10/10 Rock Sound

“Mastodon’s strength once again lies in making such gargantuan epics flow seamlessly, constantly executing musical left turns that take the songs in invigorating new directions” KKKK – Kerrang!

“Rejoice: the only metal band that muso snobs profess to like are back! ” 8/10 NME

“Yet again, the hype surrounding this band is entirely justified. Prepare to be blown away”
9/10 Metal Hammer

“Metal’s most important band right now” * * * * 1/2 The Sun

“Fascinating” * * * * The Observer “Saving Metal” The Guardian

SPECIAL UK WARM UP SHOWS ANNOUNCED!!!

New Single – “Oblivion”
Release Date: June 8th
Formats: Download, ITunes Exclusive
Plus Ltd Edition CD / T-Shirt Bundle (available only through www.cracktheskye.co.uk)


Prog metal behemoths Mastodon, release their massive new single Oblivion on June 8th. Taken from their critically acclaimed new album, “CRACK THE SKYE”, Oblivion takes you on a magical journey through time and space and leaves you wanting more…

Since forming in 2000, Mastodon have essentially lived on the road. After non-stop touring, the band,
Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders and Brent Hinds decided to record a demo, which would ultimately be released in a shortened EP form on Relapse Records as Lifeblood.

The success of the EP spurned more touring, and even greater success. Their first full-length album Remission, followed in 2002. True to form another round of touring ensued and then Leviathan an album critics were quick to embrace. But it's with the band's legion of fans that they have really delivered. Mastodon's "blue collar" touring ethic has earned them constant accolades from fans that have grown accustomed to their accessibility, approachability and dedication as a working mans band. Rare is the artist who achieves that critical balance coupled with the level of fan support Mastodon has attained. Blood Mountain was released in September of 2006 to critical acclaim and was also nominated for a Grammy award.

As previously announced, MASTODON will tour Europe with Metallica this summer. Before they head out on their European trek, the band will be playing 4 very special shows in the UK. The dates are as follows

June

5th Sheffield Corporation
6th Manchester Academy 2
7th Glasgow ABC
9th London, Islington Academy

Tickets go on sale priced at

In addition, they have been invited to perform as part of the Sonisphere Touring Rock Festival this summer in Europe and the UK with Metallica, Linkin Park, Lamb of God and more. Go to http://www.sonispherefestivals.com/ for details, dates, etc.

EVITA Debut Album on Basick Records - July 12th!

Debut Album “Minutes and Miles” out July 12th on Basick Records

"Metalcore Heavyweights beware - you're about to be challenged!"
ROCK SOUND

"Oh yes, we like this a lot. Prolapse inducing riffs and soaring
sing-along choruses."
METAL HAMMER

On July 12th, EVITA are set to make their mark on the international metal scene with the release of their explosive debut album, “Minutes And Miles” (on Basick Records). EVITA combine the melodic and hardcore sensibilities of bands such as Circa Survive and Shai Hulud and the straight out grit and edge of Misery Signals and Underoath.

Hailing from Bristol, in the UK, the band recorded the album in the winter of 2008 with producer Chuck Creese (Trigger The Bloodshed/ Burning Skies). Highlights on the record include the brutal “When Losing Everything Means Nothing” and the pit-inducing “Myself To You”.

EVITA will be out on the road this summer. Be sure to check out this exciting new band at one of the following venues:

June:

8th Exeter, The Cavern (Headline Show)
27th Leeds, Ghostfest (with Whitechapel, Despised Icon, The Eyes of A Traitor and more)

July:

17th Weston Super Mare, Hobbits (With Shaped By Fate and Honour is Dead)
18th Yeovil, The Orange Box (With Shaped By Fate and Honour is Dead)
19th Southampton, Joiners (With Shaped By Fate and Honour is Dead)
20th Brighton, Engine Rooms (With Shaped By Fate and Honour is Dead)
21st Bournemouth, The Gander (With Shaped By Fate and Honour is Dead)

August:

2nd Newport, TJ’s (with Annotations of An Autopsy, Viatrophy and more)
3rd Middlesborough, Warehouse (all dayer with Others)

EVITA are:

Aaron Beider – Vocals
Daniel “Fajjz” Cranney – Guitar
Mike Thompson – Guitars / Vox
Paul Perkins – Bass / Vox
Johno Fisher – Drums

For further press information please contact Emma Van Duyts at Public City on +47949554666 or Em@publiccitypr.com

www.myspace.com/evitaband www.basickrecords.com

The Gaslight Anthem Summer Invasion!

The Gaslight Anthem Summer Invasion
New Single “The ’59 Sound” out June 15th

“This band could be born to run and run ****” - The Guardian

“Simply one of the most inspirational rock shows we've seen all year” - NME

"They have the ability to conjure both feelings of joyous celebration and powerful pangs of nostalgic yearning that hit deep in your gut and send chills racing across your back” KKKKK -Kerrang!

“Rarely is a gig with this much hype attached to it played with such genuine passion and conviction.” - Rock Sound

“Simply awesome.” - Classic Rock

One of the albums of the year – Q Magazine

“One of the year’s most exciting new albums” – Music Week

New Jersey’s favourite sons The Gaslight Anthem return to the UK this summer twice, for a headline show at The Forum in London on June 4th and again on June 28th in support of “The Boss” at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park. Tickets for The Forum show are priced at £15.00 and are available from www.livenation.co.uk. Tickets for Hard Rock Calling are already sold out.

June 15th also sees the release of the title track “The ’59 Sound”. This single will be available via download, as well as in 7” and CD versions. The B-sides include Gaslight’s brilliant cover version of “State of Love and Trust” by Pearl Jam and “We Came to Dance” off the band’s first full-length SINK OR SWIM.

One of the hardest working bands in rock n roll (they have performed over 200 shows in the last 8 months), The Gaslight Anthem will bring their explosive live performance to the following shows and festivals in the UK and Europe this summer:

June:

1st Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival
3rd Finland, Tavastia in Helsinki (headline show)
4th England, The Forum in London (headline show)
6th Germany, Nurburgring - Rock Am Ring
7th Germany, Nuremberg - Rock Am Park
9th Netherlands, Effanaar in Eindhoven (headline show)
10th Netherlands, Doornrosje in Nijemegen (headline show)
11th France, Maroquinerie in Paris (headline show)
12th France, Toulouse – Skabazac Fest
13th Italy, Milan - Rock In Idro
15th Germany, Zenith in Munich (w/Social Distortion)
16th Germany, Stadt Halle in Offenbach (w/Social Distortion)
17th Germany, Philippshalle in Dusseldorf (w/Social Distortion)
19th Austria, Nickelsdorf - Nova Rock
20th Germany, Neuhausen Obeck - Southside
21st Germany, Schessel - Hurricane Festival
22nd Denmark, Radio House Studio 2 in Copenhagen (headline show)
24th Norway, Hove - Hove Festival
25th Sweden, Goteborg - West Coast Riot
26th Switzerland, St. Gallen - Open Air
28th England, London - Hard Rock Calling




July:

2nd Germany, Roskilde Festival
3rd Germany, Munster - Vainstream Fest
4th Germany, Wiesbaden - Vainstream Beastfest
5th Finland, Turku - Ruisrock Festival
9th Spain, Bilbao - BBK Live Festival
10th Portugal, Lisbon - Alive Festival
11th Ireland, Dublin - Oxegen Festival
12th Scotland, Glasgow - T In The Park
16th Switzerland, Bern - Gurten Festival


17th France, Briouze - Art Sonic Festival
18th Belgium, Dour - Dour Festival
25th Japan, Fuji - Fuji Rock

August:

29th UK, Leeds - Leeds Festival
30th UK, Reading - Reading Festival

Hailing from New Brunswick, New Jersey, The Gaslight Anthem’s anthemic tales of American life have captured the imagination and hearts of fans and media alike. THE ’59 SOUND was hailed as one of the best albums of 2008 and Kerrang! magazine put The Gaslight Anthem on the cover before they had ever written a word about them. NME called THE ’59 SOUND one of the “best albums of 2008”, and immensely positive press poured in from Q Magazine, Rock Sound, Big Cheese, Clash and The Sun as well as great American press, including a cover feature in Alternative Press and major features in Rolling Stone and SPIN. Playlist action at Radio One, XFM and 6 Music are also media highlights of this band’s incredible rise to success over the last 12 months.

We Are Disturbed....

Disturbed Return to the UK
New Single – “Indestructible” out on Oct 6th on Reprise Records


Nearly a decade after the release of their groundbreaking debut, The Sickness, Disturbed have become one of the most passionate and well-respected bands in the hard-rock universe, a dependable source not only of pummeling riffs and jackhammer beats, but of personal and political insights into our troubled times. Their previous albums, The Sickness, Believe and Ten Thousand fists have all achieved platinum –plus status in the US with over 9 million albums sold!

After a busy summer of touring Europe and performing at sold out festivals including Rock and Ring and Download, and a nationwide tour of the US with Mastodon and Slipknot, Disturbed will bring their electrifying live performance back to the UK with the following dates:

October

4th London, Brixton Academy
6th Manchester, Apollo
7th Glasgow, Academy
8th Nottingham, Rock City
10th Birmingham, Academy

The new single, “Indestructible”, (out on October 6th) the title track from the album, is a blistering ball of metal goodness. Taken from their US number one album (as well as being No1 in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and as already racked up worldwide sales of 1 million) of the same name, the band set out to make an “all killer, no filler” gutsy metal record and they achieved that in droves. ‘Down with the Sickness” their legendary anthem is featured in the new “Rockband” game which is currently taking the world by storm.

Be sure to catch Disturbed on the Indestructible tour!

Be Quiet and Parkway Drive

Altamont NEVER SAY DIE! 2008 TOUR HITS THE UK!!

Avocado Booking has always progressively pushed the envelope in providing the most memorable tours with cutting edge talent from all over the globe. Never ones to rest on their laurels, their hugely successful Never Say Die! club tour will return this November in collaboration with Altamont Apparel in what will be the most hard-hitting tour of 2008.



Altamont Never Say Die! 2008 Club Tour line-up: 
Parkway Drive, Unearth, 
Despised Icon, 
Architects, 
Protest The Hero, 
Whitechapel, and 
Carnifex. 


The tour will be sponsored by Altamont Apparel, the innovative clothing brand which uniquely captures the youthful spirit of counterculture warriors - a perfect fit for those attending Never Say Die!. “Altamont Apparel was founded with music at its core, so we are both happy and proud to be the official partner of this tour” commented Scott Sentianin, Altamont Apparel. Marco Walzel, Avocado Booking, adds, “The link between punk, metal and hardcore with skateboarding and extreme sports/lifestyles has always been a strong bond. It makes perfect sense for Altamont to be a big part of this tour and I’m very happy to have them on board.”




The lineup will include PARKWAY DRIVE (Burning Heart Records) who have proven their headline status for this tour with their titanic barrage of riffs, breakdowns and high energy performances - as best evident on their many European tours (the last of which had the majority of their shows sold-out). Also no strangers to touring Europe, UNEARTH will join the tour as co-headliners in the UK and direct support in mainland Europe, and just in time as their brand new album on Metal Blade Records will be hitting the streets. DESPISED ICON have exploded onto the scene with loads of touring and have helped define deathcore destruction with a highly acclaimed new record on Century Media Records. The UK is represented by ARCHITECTS, recently signed to Century Media, who bring the chaos factor to the bill with their vicious metalcore assault. Bringing a flair for the technical and progressive end of the spectrum, PROTEST THE HERO have been lavished with rave reviews from the press for their new album and tireless touring. Rounding out the package are two up-n-coming brutal acts from the U.S. that are rapidly gaining steam and buzzing in the underground, WHITECHAPEL (Metal Blade Records) and CARNIFEX (Victory Records) who will both have new records in time for this tour.




“We’ve worked very hard to raise the bar for this tour,” says Ivonne Davies-Kreye, Avocado Booking. “It is easily the best line-up and will prove to be the best concert going experience of 2008. ”

From the organization, to the talented acts from around the world, Avocado Booking is setting a new standard in the concert-going experience and Altamont Never Say Die! is a testament to this ideal.




UK dates are as follows:

10th November Yeovil, Westland 

11th November Manchester, Academy 2 

12th November Glasgow, The Arches 

13th November Sheffield, Corporation 

14th November Peterborough, Cresset 

15th November London, Forum 





For more Information go to:

http://www.neversaydietour.com

http://www.avocado-booking.com

http://altamontapparel.com


Deftones

are mixing the new album in seattle.... very exciting..

TGA return! Whoo!

The Gaslight Anthem
Return to the UK!

“The Best New Band You’ll Hear In 2008”
– Kerrang! Cover feature (Aug 9, 2008 issue)

“Behold. Rebel Without A Cause Reincarnated! Imagine the end of summer when those whirlwind romances, jealous hearts and unbridled backseat desires face the untimely fate of blowing away with the changing leaves. Harvesting deeply entrenched emotions of love, loss, lust and looming change, modern punk mavericks The Gaslight Anthem know these notions all too well…”
– Alternative Press “4 out of 5” album review (Aug 2008 issue)

After an incredible UK debut at the Reading Festival (followed by blinding sets at Leeds and 3 small hectic headline shows in Manchester, Nottingham and London) The Gaslight Anthem return to the UK in December to finish up what is becoming a very successful 2008.

The dates are as follows:

December

3rd: Glasgow, Garage
Box Office: 08444 999 990 / www.gigsinscotland.com
4th Manchester, Academy 3
http://www.gigsandtours.com/?s=the+gaslight+anthem&site=thegaslightanthem
5th London, LA2
http://www.gigantic.com

Tickets are priced at £12.00 for the regional shows and £12.50 for London and are available from the usual agents

The Gaslight Anthem hail from New Brunswick, New Jersey and their anthemic tales of Americana life have captured the imagination and hearts of fans and media alike.

The bands sophomore album “The ’59 Sound” is heralded as one of the best albums of 2008. Kerrang! magazine put the band on the cover before they had ever written a word about them, NME calling it the “best album of 2008”, other immensely positive press coming from RockSound, Big Cheese, Q magazine and The Sun as well as other great American press in the form of Alternative Press, Rolling Stone and Spin. The album debuted at number 70 in the Billboard Top 200 and “The ’59 Sound” will be the ITunes “single of the week” next week (7th September).

Hot New Band Alert....

Imperial Leisure
“Great British Summertime”
Single out July 28th
on Steamroller

“An amazing track…this is a tune of epic proportions.”
Colin Murray, Radio One

“In a world of cookie-cutter wannabes, Imperial Leisure standout like a clown at a funeral.” Kerrang! February 2008

“Ones to watch in 2008.” Daily Star

“Absolutely outstanding.” Nihal, Radio One

“…Like the Beasties and De La Soul, playing Less Than Jake at a cult-rock party. An amazing live band.” drownedinsound.com
“Honest, playful, full of inebriated insight… if I had a plane ticket to London hanging out of my pocket, and I really wish I did, I would happily fly the ten hours to see them. ' Brendan Turrill, Pulse Now USA
Imperial Leisure spent 2007 conquering crowds across the UK. They (legitimately) played festivals such as The Secret Garden Party, Exeter Respect, Blissfields and The Brick Lane Festival, not to mention (illegitimately playing in the car parks at) Reading, En-Dorset, Fruitstock and LoveBox, as well as springing spontaneous gigs on unsuspecting but hugely appreciative crowds in shopping centers, parks, and on beaches around the UK.

Last November saw the boys successfully supporting US hip-hoppers Ugly Duckling on 14 dates, a highlight of the year for all concerned. Recent supports have included Roots Manuva, Gym Class Heroes (at their recent sell-out London Forum show), the legendary Sugar Hill Gang, The Beat, Sway and Skinnyman.

The fan-base Imperial Leisure have built through their live activity has paid off with their debut single, “In A Letter”, selling out on the day of release. Radio support has been extensive, with both the first single and the follow-up, “Man On The Street” playlisted by Colin Murray at Radio One, Xfm in London, Manchester and Cardiff and Virgin Xtreme, with additional enthusiastic plays from BBC London’s Gary Crowley, Shaun Keaveny at BBC 6Music and Kerrang! Radio.

Imperial Leisure have received huge support from Myspace, where they have twice been Myspace Featured Artists, and where their videos have been included on the Cool New Video section of the home page. Recently they heard they have made it through to the final 14 bands, selected from over 2000, in this year’s “Road to V Festival” competition.

Building on these solid foundations, the band have been in the studio with Russ Keffert aka Junk Scientist (Larrikin Love, The Rakes), recording their next single, “ Great British Summertime” out July 28th, and completing their debut album due to be released in September.

Imperial Leisure are a phenomenon: a ten-piece band playing their own particular blend of ska, rap and rock music, complete with live brass section, rhythm section and fronted by two MCs and a singer. Their music is a killer combination of great beats, great tunes and irresistibly catchy lyrics.

Influences come from all over the place: in addition to a huge admiration of great British bands such as The Specials, Madness and The Prodigy, each band member brings his own flavour to the mix. Some of the guys have been mates since attending secondary school in North London. The sense of unity and familiarity that comes from years of friendship and hanging out together is very much evident in both the band’s sound and relationships. Based at their own rehearsal/recording studio in Tottenham, (right next door to the Spurs ground at White Hart Lane) they work together and party together, and put equal energy into doing both.

Come and join the party…


Be sure to catch this phenomenal live band at one of the following shows this summer:

June:

28th Glastonbury Festival, West Dance Tent

July:

12TH 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
18TH Camp Bestival, Dorset
26TH Sound Island Festival, Margate
30th Walkabout, Newquay
31ST Maker Festival, Cornwall

August:

1st Moles Club, Bath
2nd Standon Calling Festival, Hertfordshire
8th En-Dorset, Dorset
10th The Jail House, Hereford
16th The Square, Harlow
25th Beachdown Festival, Brighton
30th 360 Festival, Bristol
31st Cider Festival, Cheddar

September:

6th Bestival, Isle of Wight


www.imperial-leisure.co.uk www.myspace.com/imperialleisure

For further media enquiries please contact:

Press:
Emma Van Duyts at Public City PR: (+44)(0)7949 554 666 / Em@publiccity.com

TV and Radio:
Julian Spear at Red Shadow: Julian@redshadow.co.uk

Live Booking:
Serena Parsons at Primary Talent: Serena@primary.uk.com

Management:
Sue Wincott at Crucible Management ph: +44 (0)20 8292 4299 or 07976 910227 Email: info@crucible-management.co.uk

Unholy Cow!

"UNHOLY ALLIANCE TOUR, CHAPTER III" LAUNCHES ITS FIRST 2008 ASSAULT WITH METAL HAMMER SPONSORED UK DATES
BILL FEATURES SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON

The UK leg of the mighty "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" has been confirmed to kick off in Manchester, England on October 27. This third installment of what has been hailed as "the heaviest, darkest tour of the year," the "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" will feature Slayer, the undisputed kings of extreme speed/thrash metal, and two true princes of the genre, Trivium and Mastodon. An opening act will be announced shortly. While Slayer will close all of the shows, they will be co-billed with Trivium on the UK dates.

Matthew Heafy, Trivium's frontman commented "Trivium is honored that Slayer has invited us to tour with them on the 'Unholy Alliance Tour.' All of us in Trivium are diehard Slayer fans and we look up to them for their music and longevity. They are one of the true pillars of heavy metal and for us to share stages with them is both an honor and a privilege. We've also known the Mastodon guys for a few years and we're definitely looking forward to hanging with them as well." Guitarist Corey Beaulieu continues, "I can't wait to get out on tour with Slayer so we can watch them crush every night and then have the opportunity to share many drinks with them and Mastodon after the shows! I better get my liver in shape… it's going to be awesome!"

The Unholy Alliance tour first launched in Fall, 2004 with a European edition that featured Slipknot, Slayer, Mastodon and Hatebreed. The venture was so successful, the first North American trek, dubbed "The Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter II: Preaching to The Perverted," kicked off in Summer, 2006 with Slayer, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, Mastodon, and Thine Eyes Bleed stomping and screaming its way to 30 U.S. and Canadian cities. The European run of "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter II" took place in Fall, 2006, featuring Slayer, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, and Thing Eyes Bleed.

SLAYER
A journalist once wrote of Slayer, "If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he undoubtedly would be listening to Slayer." Indeed, in the beginning, when there were no blueprints, no set paths, no boundaries or steps to follow, SLAYER assaulted the world with its new hybrid of metal and punk. Heavier, faster and darker than the rest, Slayer set the new standard which all others continue to follow. Slayer is the band that all other heavy acts are measured against, defining not only a genre but an attitude. For more than two-and-a-half decades, Slayer's onslaught of sheer brutality has proven them to be the supreme thrash-metal band on the planet. Entire countries have banned their music, NARAS has graced them with two Grammy Awards. Slayer is currently writing material for a new album, release date TBD.

TRIVIUM
Orlando, FL heavy metallers TRIVIUM are delighted to be co-headlining with SLAYER on the UK leg of this year's colossal UNHOLY ALLIANCE tour. Having performed over 600 shows in the last 36 months alone, Trivium are no strangers to the stage and life on the road. Last year, the worldwide million-selling band toured extensively with Machine Head, co-headlining the impressive Black Crusade tour, as well as finding time to play shows with the legendary Iron Maiden amongst others. Since then, they have been hard at work on their next studio album for Roadrunner Records, due for release on September 29, 2008.

MASTODON
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Mastodon have been critically acclaimed by almost every publication in the US and Europe. Their Grammy nominated album, Blood Mountain, the group's third release, isn't just unconventional, it's surreal, progressive and unrepentantly heavy. Mastodon combined their favorite musical styles, including thrash, doom, prog and psychedelic metal to concoct something utterly original, undeniably devastating and irrefutably entrancing. They are currently in the studio with producer Brendan O'Brien recording their follow up to "Blood Mountain."

OCTOBER
27 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
28 NEC, Birmingham, England
30 Hammersmith Apollo, London, England
31 Hammersmith Apollo, London, England

UK Tickets will go on sale shortly from: www.seetickets.com, www.ticketline.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk, www.stargreen.co.uk, www.gigantic.com, and www.lastminute.com as well as all venue box offices.

For Mastodon press enquiries please contact Emma Van Duyts at Public City PR.
Em@publiccitypr.com or 07949 554 666

For Slayer / tour enquiries please contact Adam Sagir at The Noise Cartel
adam@thenoisecartel.com or 020 7241 8966

Are you down with the sickness?

Indestructible
Out June 2nd 2008

David Draiman - Vocals
Dan Donegan – Guitar / Electronics
Mike Wengren - Drums
John Moyer - Bass


Nearly a decade after the release of their groundbreaking debut, The Sickness, Disturbed have become one of the most passionate and well-respected bands in the hard-rock universe, a dependable source not only of pummeling riffs and jackhammer beats, but of personal and political insights into our troubled times. Yet success (in the form of three platinum-plus albums, with both Believe and Ten Thousand Fists topping Billboard’s album chart and over nine million albums sold) hasn’t dulled this Chicago-based foursome’s taste for adventure. If anything, Disturbed’s loyal fanbase has pushed the band to newer heights of self-expression. So it makes sense that on the occasion of their fourth album, Indestructible, that frontman David Draiman, guitarist Dan Donegan and drummer Mike Wengren decided to take the reins and produce themselves in the studio.
“Doing three records with Johnny K taught us a tremendous amount,” Draiman says of the industry veteran who helmed The Sickness, Believe and Ten Thousand Fists. “We’re always trying to evolve and try new things and experiment,” adds Donegan. “So this time we wanted to do things a little bit differently.” Wengren says that Indestructible—which the band tracked over three months in Fall 2007 at Chicago’s Groovemaster Recording—afforded the band the “opportunity to prove to ourselves and to everybody else that we could do it.” The result of Disturbed’s experimentation in the studio is the group’s darkest, angriest outing yet. Inspired by two and a half years’ worth of challenging experiences, Draiman told the rest of the band that he was in the mood to purge. Fortunately, they were right there with him.
“We wanted to get back to some of the elements that were maybe lacking on the last two records,” says Donegan. “David’s got a great ability to sing really melodically, but we wanted him to get back to the rhythmic, animalistic, rapid-fire delivery he’s known for. He’s very hard to touch when he does that, and we wanted to give him music to provoke that.”
Indestructible reflects that intensity of emotion across a broad spectrum of songs: “Deceiver” takes to task a former girlfriend of Draiman’s whom he calls “a master of deception.”
“Divide” celebrates the will of the individual against the conformity of the masses. In “Haunted,” which Draiman calls a veiled critique of Los Angeles (where he lived for a few years before recently moving back to Chicago), a place of love becomes a nightmare landscape populated by demons masquerading in human form. “Inside The Fire” imagines the devil encouraging the singer to take his own life as a way of rejoining his dead girlfriend. (“Writing this record is the reason I don’t have therapy bills,” Draiman notes.)
Two of the album’s most powerful tracks address the situation in the Middle East, with “Enough” lamenting the causes of war and the suffering it causes, and the title track offering support for the troops “or anyone else looking to strip themselves of fear,” as Draiman says.
Throughout Indestructible, Donegan, Wengren and Moyer back up Draiman’s words with some of the most visceral, sophisticated music they’ve ever created. Donegan says his goal was to increase the dynamics—“to have the highs be higher and the lows be lower”—and to make more cohesive the relationship that exists between guitar, bass and drums and the band’s signature electronics.
“I don’t wanna sound arrogant,” says Wengren with a laugh, “but I think we’ve made the kind of record the industry needs right now. There are not a lot of heavy bands delivering these days. I think our fans—and fans of this genre—will go absolutely nuts for this.” “People never lose their desire for aggressive music,” adds Draiman. “And we’re happy to keep giving it to them.”

Be sure to check out Disturbed on Friday June 13th at Download Festival. The band will also be performing at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods on Monday 16th June

www.disturbed1.com

For more information, please contact Emma Van Duyts at Public City.
Em@PublicCityPR.com or 07949 554 666