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So, as you've likely all been wondering, what's gonna happen now? We had plans to jump back into the studio in September after the un-named cover album was released, but now it's looking like we may jump in the studio quite a bit sooner. We've been on the road for quite some time, and it's given us time for quite a few jam sessions. A sophomore album is brewing behind the scenes, and Jimmy's managed to get a demo on Pro Tools of what will act as a intro to the album and a prelude to Track #1 (Rotting Salvation). The 2 minutes of music is currently called Hallow Grounds, here's a taste of it: Music: The whispering of an artificial howling wind, masked by mountains of effects, creeps in, joined by booms and whistles that sound faintly like bells, distorted heavily by cold, reverberating echoes. Mentally, images of freezing gray mausoleums and broken, decaying slate graves unfold, like dots amid a browning, dead forest. You can almost see the full moon, glowing wickedly over head, as a clang not far off from the sound of distant machinery snaps the near silence. Around the 35 second point, the bells, whose notes seem to sustain themselves for hauntingly infinite amounts of time, begin chromatically descending, building knots in your stomach. This is when a deep, demonic voice slithers into the mix, chanting indiscernible jumbles of words. The mans voice is doubled and looped, adding an unsteady and hypnotic effect. Just as the track seems to have completely mesmerized its listeners, a far of, metallic poly rhythm breaks the spell. At first, all that is heard is the distant, crunchy snare/guitar combo of 'buh-duh-buh-duh, buh, buh-duh-buh-duh', followed by the cryptic mass of noise that introduced the song. This pattern is repeated, until the fourth time through, which ends in a much more in your face, punchy chord. Corey counts out to four on a shimmery sounding hi-hat, and Black Gold Reign converges into actual song, Jimmy and Matt harmonizing wicked, Halloween-esque chord patters, which are chromatically "harmonized" by David, while Corey keeps with the steady poly-rhythm on the snare, all the while keeping the beat with quarter notes on his double kick pedal, tuned slightly higher than normal for the punchy, smash your jaw effect. They pass through this 4 times, and once again meet the single chord followed by hi-hat counting. This time they transition into a brutal chugging riff, embellished by sliding chord progressions and un-naturally tight diminished trills. Repeating the now established pattern, they hang on a single, distorted and knotty chord, and this time the track begins to fade, signalling the end of the song.We've released this track as an EP, simply entitled 'Hallow Grounds'. It has hit #3 in the world in it's first week, selling a quarter of a million records. Oh snap. Here's some pics from the road:  Corey in Seattle.  Signing shit. Corey to the left, and half of Matt in the gray shirt.  Jimmy and Scott on Scott's debut show, Jimmy to the left, Scott to the right.  Mind in Montreal, note Jason's hair.  The Voyd  David, that Latin fucker.  Due to the commercial success of 'Archetype', we can afford this place (for one night only, but that's not important). Yep, rockin the Westin. -Matt BGR OOC: Really happy with the rp, any thoughts? Edited by user 28 April 2010 11:17:58(UTC)
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