OUT TODAY!

 

artist | Elimination
release title | The Blood of Titans
release date | November 28th 2011
format 1 | digital 9-track album
format 2 | physical album
label | Transcend Music

One of the best bands at the moment truly representing all that is British and Metal is due to be release their debut album with Transcend Music, on November 28th 2011.

After the success of their 3-track EP released earlier this year, ELIMINATION took to the road supporting Evile on their UK Tour and have since been committed to writing and recording and the result is one giant ball of British Steel forged in Middle Earth:

“THE BLOOD OF TITANS demonstrates a definite progression in terms of both our songwriting and musicianship from our last record. This has been helped to no end by the amount of shows we’ve played together, and the intense rehearsing, and writing schedule we’ve had over the past year” says guitarist Dave Spicer, “The sound on this record is much more refined, and totally representative of where Elimination are right now.”

THE BLOOD OF TITANS has progressed beyond the confinements of their previous ‘Thrash‘ tag; embracing melodic interventions and a heightened dynamism, they have now outgrown the predictable content of Thrash.

Normally, in avoiding their fate, most bands fall into the path of a hyper-clinical ‘modern’ sound, but Elimination have remained true to their musicianship and songwriting skills and turned their attention instead to the production:

“The production on this album is more akin to records like ‘Clayman’ and ‘Slaughter of the Soul’. We spent a lot more time in the studio with this record, and we think that it really shows. There has been a lot more care put into the making of this record, both by the band and James Dunkley, who engineered, mixed and produced this album.”

It has not gone unnoticed that the Gilbert & Sullivan of Metal, Imperial Vengeance, have a wealth of knowledge behind the musical genius they possess. The insurmountable depth of insight and knowledge of all that they apply themselves to as attracted fans and media alike and held them, fixated …intoxicated, as they get taken on a journey that not even past life regression could bestow upon you.

Now, Charles Hedger, along with band member James Last (Imperial Vengeance, Elimination, Fornost Arnor),  will be inviting you to join them on TOTAL ROCK RADIO at 12pm on Friday, November 25th to delve into the darker realms of Metal:

“We wanted to play some tracks that represented the various influences and tastes that have brought us together under the IV flag. Since we suspected Total Rock wouldn’t let us play Wagner’s entire Ring Cycle, we chose some Metal instead, including a couple of delightful bands from the Colonies!”

The one hour epic will also include some of Imperial Vengeance’s own material, taken from their own masterpiece BLACK HEART OF EMPIRE which will tie together a collection of music that will have you updating your playlists this weekend!

The Dying Reflex: A New Menace is Born

- By Gordon Laws (FHM)

The real deal, folks. That’s what four-piece, UK metal powerhouse The Dying Reflex bring. And they’re about to bring a whole lot more of it in the form of their highly anticipated new album, Conducting the End, which they’re about to record in far-away South Africa and then release via their new label, Transcend Records in 2012. This press-release serves to prepare – and to forewarn – the entire universe of an impending audio-visual cataclysm. Furious riffs, uncompromising heaviness and thunderous metal grooves approach. Hard and fast. Brace yourselves. Make right with your loved ones…

Despite their tender years (the four members of The Dying Reflex’s average age is a mere 22) the band has been slaughtering stages and audiences throughout the UK and the world under the name “Seven Year Kismet”  since 2005. And they’ve left an impressive trail of destruction in their wake.

Today, though, they are reborn under a new name and new management in the form of The Legacy Agency, and they’re set to unleash a new, freshly sharpened shard of metal upon the universe. Having undergone several line-up changes since the release of their last album as SYK, the band have written all-new material, with an all-new technical approach, and a fresh desire for blood, carnage and general ruin and devastation.

Behold: The Dying Reflex. A new band has risen. And their time is now.

“They came to our country, murdered our people and left us beaten and broken,” says prominent South African music journalist, Gordon Laws (mojodojo.co.za and FHM Magazine South Africa) of the band’s two recent headline tours to the African Continent. “And we’re dying for them to return. These kids have got it all; righteous technicality, blazing riffs, vocals straight from hell and, crucially, they’re genuinely nice dudes. May their rise to dominance be swift, and their reign lengthy. I’m dying to hear their new material, and very excited about their name-change and reinvigorated energy. They’re realer than Global Warming, these dudes. And far more dangerous.”

Hailing from the small, South England Island of Sheppey, The Dying Reflex (then “Seven Year Kismet”) formed in 2005, whilst still in high school. Since then, they’ve finalised their now-ferocious line-up, perfected their mighty signature sound, tightened their screws, changed their name, and brought their malicious blend of thrash, death and heavy-in-general metal to the world.Having played close to 700 live shows, and extensively toured the UK, Europe and the world at large, The Dying Reflex are finally prepared to release their debut full-length album early next year. After that, their aim is to take their glorious brand of murder and destruction to the USA, Canada and Australia.

The Dying Reflex is Shannon Wellby (bass), Luke Sohn (vocals), Jack Price (guitars) and Joe Ward (drums). Their single Behold the Eve of Ruin – from their up-coming new album, Conducting the End, has just been released through Transcend Music. It’s also available on Youtube and their Facebook profile.
You have been warned.

***Behold The Eve of Ruin***

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