Transit Method "Othervoid"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $8.00 / CASSETTE - $7.50
LP UPC: 197190290646
STREET DATE: 2/2/24
CAT#: BPR-93
LABEL: Brutal Panda

Othervoid marks the prog-metal quartet's most bludgeoning, infectious and ambitious album to date. The result of years of internal turmoil and triumph... Transit Method charged into the eye of the storm and emerged on the other side with a fresh lineup and the strongest album of their career. The path was challenging, unpredictable and exhilarating - just like the album itself.

Othervoid's seven tracks show the breadth of the band's songwriting. The punk-metal riffs and dueling guitars of "Psychometry" evoke Mutoid Man and Iron Maiden, while the vocal harmonies and trad-metal gallop of "The Outside" recall Mastodon and Thin Lizzy. The album reaches its astonishing climax on "Frostbite," a shapeshifting, nine-minute epic inspired by the 2021 freeze that left millions of Texans stranded at home without power and claimed hundreds of lives.

The album was produced by Charles Godrey at Scary American Studios in Austin, TX (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Third Eye Blind, Whiskey Myers, Holy Wave), mastered by Dan Shike at Tone and Volume Mastering (Meat Puppets, Third Eye Blind, Larkin Poe) and features incredible album art from Marald van Haasteren (Metallica, Kvelertak, Gost).

TRACK LISTING:

1. Into Your Mind
2. Nightmare Machines
3. Psychometry
4. Another Wasted Life
5. The Outside
6. Savage Creatures
7. Frostbite

MARKETING POINTS:

• 3rd full-length from ATX progressive / alt metal quartet
• Produced by Charles Godrey (Swans, (...And You Will Know Us By The) Trail Of The Dead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Artwork by Marald van Haasteren (Metallica, Baroness, Converge)
• Mastered by Dan Shike at Tone and Volume Mastering (Meat Puppets, Third Eye Blind, Larkin Poe)

FOR FANS OF:
Cave In, Voivod, Torche, Protest the Hero, Propagandhi, Iron Maiden

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Melancholia "Book of Ruination"

LP - $16.60 / CD - $7.50 / CASSETTE - $7.00
LP UPC: 197189583865
STREET DATE: 11/3/23
CAT#: BPR-88
LABEL: Brutal Panda

True to its name, Bellingham WA's MELANCHOLIA explores dread and anguish in all of its malformed glory. Unified by bleak lyrical themes, suffocating atmosphere, dissonance and striking visual art, MELANCHOLIA exist to push the boundaries of extreme music. Formed in 2018, the duo has already released three EPs that have made waves through the underground. Book of Ruination, their most ambitious release to date, is a meditation into the void of sonic darkness and esoteric philosophy… an immense journey through life, death, and what lies beyond.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Ode to Ruination
2. Sunscathed
3. Circadian Throes
4. Yersinia in Bloom
5. No Place of Honor
6. Caught in Eternity's Jaws
7. Din of Gangrene Angels

MARKETING POINTS:

• Coverage and reviews confirmed with Revolver, Decibel, New Noise Magazine, Metal Injection, Metal Sucks, Stereogum, Invisible Oranges, Sick Drummer, etc.
• Debut full-length from Washington State black/doom/sludge duo. Featuring ex-members of Wild Throne (Roadrunner Records)
• Stunning artwork by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Gage

FOR FANS OF:
Leviathan, Mizmor, Deathspell Omega, Thou, Innumerable Forms, Worm, Tomb Mold, Aosoth

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Sexless Marriage "This Is Not Love"

LP - $14.00
STREET DATE: 11/3/23
CAT#: PRO-081
LABEL: Protagonist

Returning for their second album, Sexless Marriage burst forth with more of their frantic yet driving frustration and self-deprecating dirge. Crafting raw and unsettling hardcore that is unmistakably punk, they drag you through the shards of shattered convention as the story of "This Is Not Love" is told. The battering is delivered by the hands of players who've done service in Doomriders, Deafheaven, Umbra Vitae, Weak Flesh, The Red Chord, and Wear Your Wounds, across 15 grimy tracks including two with guest vocals by Jacob Bannon of Converge. Heavy doses of workaday grit and desperation are purged at every turn along the way, buoyed by tensely creative yet unforgiving musicianship that is guaranteed to make your ears bleed and your head bang. This Is Not Love...This Is Necessity.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Burnt Beginnings
2. Sundowning
3. Abstract Optimistic
4. Harsh Light
5. Enduring Love
6. Fortune Favors the Fortunate
7. Cardiac Arrest
8. Brainless Heart
9. Wet Room
10. Tethered
11. Arrogant Pessimist
12. Delicate Flesh
13. Flirting with Disease
14. Tapeworm
15. Tourist of Grief

MARKETING POINTS:

• Sexless Marriage features members of Doomriders, Deafheaven, Umbra Vitae, & The Red Chord
• Album features 2 tracks with guest vocals by Jacob Bannon (Converge, Umbra Vitae, Wear Your Wounds)
• Recorded by Chris Johnson (Cave In, Deafheaven, Cult Leader) at New Alliance.
• Mastered by Zach Weeks (Acid King, Into It. Over It.) at God City.

FOR FANS OF:
Filth Is Eternal, Black Flag, Pig City, Rabbit, Public Acid

Birds In Row "You, Me & The Violence"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 791689665733
STREET DATE: 11/3/23
CAT#: DW137
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

"You, Me, & The Violence" explodes out of the gates with "Pilori", a statement of personal independence among society's faults and fractures. Birds In Row continue down this road, expressing disdain in songs like "Cages", "Guillotine", and "Walter Freeman". All of them musically harboring a tangle of emotional vocals and rabid distortion. Just when it feels like the album is almost too overpowering, Birds In Row unfurl a moment of clarity in "Last Last Chance", a haunting guitar and vocal break. The control of their dynamics is masterful work. "You, Me, & The Violence" and "Grey Hair" are near perfect examples of this, shifting between searing and serene in tone. And if you weren't in awe of Birds In Row in the first eleven songs, the twelve minute closer "Lovers Have Their Say" will leave you floored.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Pilori
2. There Is Only One Chair In This Room
3. Cages
4. Guillotine
5. Walter Freeman
6. Last Last Chance
7. You, Me, & The Violence
8. Grey Hair
9. Cold War Everyday
10. The Illusionist
11. Police & Thieves
12. Lovers Have Their Say

MARKETING POINTS:

• Available again on new color vinyl
• Features the track "Pilori"
• EU Tour October 10th - November 4th

FOR FANS OF:
Touché Amoré, Loma Prieta, Modern Life Is War

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Feverchild "Altering a Memory"

Feverchild "Altering a Memory"

LP - $16.60
STREET DATE: 11/3/23
CAT#: SDR104
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Feverchild seemed to have mastered their sound of late 90's post-hardcore/emo on their latest and most thorough release yet, "Altering a Memory". Following a self-titled EP and two-song single (the latter appearing on this album) in addition to their first tour, the band is at their strongest yet. "Altering a Memory" is primarily driven by melody--something the band has always incorporated, but now more attentive to. The intro track and "Eva" show the band stripping away some of the abrasiveness of their sound, and pull back to incorporate more quiet and atmospheric elements; ultimately creating a more diverse album where both the quiet and louder moments are more noticeable. "Altering a Memory" may be a stepping stone--not just for Feverchild--but perhaps for a new wave of emo to come.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Intro
2. City of Flowers
3. Altering a Memory
4. Coming Down
5. See Through Wedding Gown
6. Eva
7. Witching Hour
8. You Know I Can't

MARKETING POINTS:

• Released on Re-Ignition Records in EU and Sunday Drive Records in USA
• First 12" Vinyl from Feverchild

FOR FANS OF:
Texas is the Reason, Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate

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Birds In Row "We Already Lost The World"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 791689665726
STREET DATE: 11/3/23
CAT#: DW204
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

Birds In Row are a melodic/abrasive band from Laval, France. Blurring the lines between hardcore, punk, and related sub-genres, Birds In Row offer something of substantial weight to their listeners. Collectively carrying somber hearts and poignant souls, they navigate through melancholic seas to shape beautifully hook-laden songs unlike anything else out there today.

“We Already Lost the World” is their latest, a stunning nine song album that blends post punk and angular rock influences into something emotional and electric. Recorded and mixed by Amaury Sauve at The Apiary, and mastered by Thibault Chaumont at Deviant Lab.

TRACK LISTING:

1. We Count So We Don't Have To Listen
2. Love Is Political
3. We vs. Us
4. Remember Us Better Than We Are
5. I Don't Dance
6. 15-38
7. Triste Sire
8. Morning
9. Fossils

MARKETING POINTS:

• Available again on new color vinyl
• Features the track "15-38"
• EU Tour October 10th - November 4th

FOR FANS OF:
Touché Amoré, Loma Prieta, Modern Life Is War

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