For Today Announce Fight The Silence Tour and Album

For Today’s new album, Fight the Silence, on February 4^th 2014.  The band has also launched the new album pre-order bundles with unique items such as headphones and canvas art prints. Pre-Order now HERE.

The band will head out this January as headliner on the Fight The Silence Album Release Tour with Like Moths to Flames, Stray From the Path, The Plot In You and Fit For A King (tour dates below).

For Today Tour Dates
w/Like Moths to Flames, Stray From The Path, The Plot In You and Fit For A King
January 30 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
January 31 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
February 3-  Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theatre
February 5 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
February 6-  Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
February 8 - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
February 9-  Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
February 10 - Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom
February 11-  Toronto, ON @ Opera House
February 12-  Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
February 13-  Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
February 14-  Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
February 15-  Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
February 16 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
February 18 - Springfield, VA @ Empire
February 19 - Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street
February 20-  Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
February 21-  Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
February 22 - West Palm Beach, FL @ The Box
February 23 - Jacksonville, FL @ Roc Bar
February 25-  Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco
February 26 - Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
February 27 - Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre
February 28 - Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
February 1 - Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose
February 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre, Studio B

Review: Stray From The Path - Anonymous

Stray From the Path are known for their Hardcore Punk sound, but their seventh studio album is their most mature and hard-hitting release yet, only paving way for further excellent future releases.

Anonymous kick-starts its aggressive assault on the senses with the ball-gripping ‘False Flag’. Taking you from the get-go, it attacks you with furious power and grips you, never letting you go. Furious Punk Metal inspired guitar riffs and face-smashing drumming is only filled together by the consistent, ever-present bass-lines that fill the track. Drew York provides you with some of the greatest Hardcore Punk vocals known to mankind. It’s one heck of an opener and the album only ever seems to get better. Moving into the second single from off the album, ‘Badge & A Bullet’ grips you with some intense stuff that just seems to pour out of the guitars and bass whilst the drums apparently just seem to get pounded. Not the fastest song on the album but filled with some great riffs and truly severe amounts of ass-kicking drumming, it is a brilliant track filled with Drew’s hard-hitting and aggressive vocal style. It also contains some great hooks that make the song
strangely catchy.

The album aggressively drives forward its fast and brutal onslaught with tracks ‘Radio’, ‘Black Friday’, ‘Tell Them I’m Not Home’ and the title track ‘Anonymous’. It feels like you’re taking a hammer to the face but yet you can’t help enjoy it as Williams provides a shed load of truly great Punk Metal riffs, filled by the ever-present bass-lines that Anthony just seems to pour. Not to forget Dan Bourke’s fast, furious beating of his drum kit as he spreads endless amounts of destruction throughout the album, making it seem so easy. And as for the vocals by Drew… they’re simply wow. Aggressive in his approach, Drew grips you from your private parts and pounds your face in with the astonishing force that his vocals provide. You can’t help but smile as he screams and shouts catchy hook after catchy hook, controversial line after controversial line directly into your face. Everything in this album is great and not one track can be considered for even being slightly weak. All of them powerful and dealing with strong lyrical subjects such as politics, freedom and friendship (may not seems strong but Drew makes sure that it is), you can’t argue with the power of the album.

Not to forget the great ending to the albums other single, ‘Landmines’, which leads into the final track (the album’s title track) of the album. Along with the great amount of power, aggression and force that the album portrays, it is apparent that a lot of thought has gone into the production of the album. Production is often over-looked when people listen to music but yet it is more important than the songs themselves. Seeming as production is about how the track/album is mixed and the audio quality of the tracks, it is highly important. Luckily, Anonymous doesn’t suffer from the bad production and is helped along with the great mix and quality of its tracks. With the production keeping the aggression in place and making everything so free-flowing and
consistent, it is time to mention the two guest vocal contributions on the album.

As mentioned before, there are two appearances on the album and they come from Jesse Barnett (Stick To Your Guns) and Jason Aalon Butler (letlive). Jesse is featured on the third track on the album, ‘Radio’ and Butler makes his appearance on the albums fourth track entitled ‘Scissor Hands’. The contributions on the album are easy to spot and help add a bloody good punch to the tracks. The appearances are something which people can enjoy and adds a little more to the album as a whole. It is safe to say then, that this album is downright bloody great.

Stray From the Path have crafted a Hardcore Punk Metal masterpiece here with Anonymous. Fast, aggressive, consistent, intense and gripping, it is an album that grabs you from the start and only intensifies as it progresses, letting go of its grip at the end but making sure that it still remains within your head. Featuring ground breaking drumming, intense and consistently aggressive guitars, supportive, ever-present bass-lines and ferocious, intense and head-crushing amounts of vocal power, Anonymous is an album rammed to the brim with awesomeness. This is like a modern day Rage Against the Machine album only more aggressive.

This is an album that feels like it is what Violent Delight could have done if they progressed with their career. Yet this is somehow more than just that too. This is more than just your usual modern day album. It is a downright statement on what our world has become that will grip you with every bass drum beat (which there is a lot of!) for months on end. It will make you think, it will make you want to rebel, it will even make you want to just destroy stuff and break everything within your sight. But yet in a good way. This is pure, relentless aggression and is the bans finest effort to date. This is an album that is as powerful as it is enjoyable.

This isn’t considered being just the one of the best albums so far this year because it IS the best album so far this year. It beats Black Sabbath, Asking Alexandria, Megadeth, DevilDriver and
Avenged Sevenfold by a pretty longshot. If you want something aggressive, something that has meaning and something that is downright bloody amazing to listen to, then pick this up. I must admit, it isn’t something everyone is going to enjoy but it is like that with every album. So be sure to check out one of the singles first (either ‘Landmines’ or ‘Badge & A Bullet’) but if you like what you hear then you must pick this up. If you like Punk, listen to this. If you like Hardcore, listen to  this. Screw it, if you just like Metal than give this a listen because it is guaranteed that you’ll like something about this. Astonishing, powerful and beautiful, all at once. The best album so far this year. Give it a try.

10/10

- Asa

Stray From The Path Release New Song; Tracklist

Stray From the Path have premiered a new song from their upcoming record Anonymous, called “False Flag”, which you can listen to below along with the tracklist.

01 – “False Flag”
02 - “Badge And A Bullet”
03 – “Radio” (Feat. Jesse Barnett from STYG)
04 – “Scissor Hands” (Feat. Jason Aalon from letlive)
05 – “Black Friday”
06 – “Counting Sheep”
07 – “Slice Of Life”
08 – “Tell Them I’m Not Home”
09 – “Landmines”
10 – “Anonymous“

Stray From The Path Announce iTunes Pre Order

iTunes pre-orders for Stray From Path’s new album ANONYMOUS go live at midnight TONIGHT. You’ll receive a FREE track, “False Flag” instantly when you preorder.

Stray From The Path Announce Headliner

Stray From The Path will be embarking on a headlining tour in October with Gideon, No Bragging Rights, and Rescuer. Dates are below.

10/03 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
10/04 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
10/05 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Gators
10/06 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies
10/07 - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
10/08 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory
10/09 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Tomcats
10/10 - Houston, TX @ Walters Downtown
10/11 - Birmingham, AL @ The Forge
10/12 - Savannah, GA @ The Dollhouse
10/13 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
10/14 - Douglasville, GA @ 7 Venue
10/15 - Nashville, TN @ The End
10/16 - Ringgold, GA @ Cloud Springs
10/17 - Carrboro, NC @ Local 506
10/18 - Springfield, VA @ Empire
10/19 - West Chester, PA @ The Note
10/20 - Long Island, NY @ Revolution
10/21 - Albany, NY @ Bogies

Show Review: Every Time I Die (All Stars Tour - Atlanta, GA)

Full disclosure; I showed up late and missed the first few bands.

When I finally arrived, For All Those Sleeping were in the middle of their set. I walked around and checked out merch for a bit. To be honest, I didn’t watch the next two bands, IWABO or CTC, for obvious reasons. Stray From The Path finally took the stage and got the crowd going with their new single, Badge and A Bullet. Which is very Rage Against The Machine influenced, if you ask me. Before they played, I made a comment to their guitarist Tom about dedicating their song iMember to CTC and FATS, which he thought was hilarious but they didn’t play the song unfortunately.

Up next was the legendary hardcore band, Terror. Scott Vogel, the vocalist, called for many stage dives, which the crowd happily obliged to. I was impressed that an actual hardcore band, let alone Terror, were playing this tour; I guess they were high up on the bill so they didn’t care who they played with.

Veil of Maya, who I have seen many times, were up next. The crowd noticeably dwindled down for them but I’m sure that the kids that left were the ones with the trendy Keepers of The Faith hoodies.

Cardona, a local GA metal band that played downstairs in the venue, were kicking butt as they headlined the local stage that night. After them, I walked back upstairs to see Chelsea Grin. Alex’s vocals actually sounded really good compared to when I saw then on their headliner last year. The newer material was awesome; Jason’s influence has definitely made the band step it up musically.

The lights go out. Paul Engemann’s “Push It To The Limit" is blaring over the PA. Every Time I Die walk on stage; chaos ensues. Buffalo, NY’s finest open their set with We’rewolf from “The Big Dirty” and the crowd goes nuts. The band convinced the venue to allow stage diving that night, which made the show so much better. The band played 23 songs, 12 of which were all from albums ranging from “Gutter Phenomenon” to their latest release, “Ex-Lives”. After the first 12 songs, they walked off stage for a short intermission and then returned to play their 2003 release, “Hot Damn!”, front to back. Nothing more needs to be said.

Stray From The Path announce new record and song

Stray From The Path have announced their new record, “Anonymous” via a viral countdown. You can order a limited edition vinyl here. Dates for their upcoming appearance on The All Stars Tour and new video can be found below.

7/19 Long Island, NY @ The Paramount
7/20 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (no Stray From The Path)
7/21 Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall (no Stray From The Path)
7/22 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
7/23 Toledo, OH @ Rocket Bar
7/24 Chicago, IL @ Toyota Park
7/25 Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
7/26 Lawrence, KS @ Granada
7/27 Denver, CO @ Summit
7/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue (no Terror)
7/30 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
8/1 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
8/2 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
8/3 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
8/4 San Diego, CA @ Soma
8/5 Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theatre
8/8 Dallas, TX @ The Door
8/9 San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live
8/10 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
8/12 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
8/13 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
8/14 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
8/15 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
8/16 Reading, PA @ The Reverb
8/17 Hartford, CT @ The Webster

KTM Podcast - Episode 8 with Daniel McBride

Daniel McBride, in-house graphic designer for Sumerian Records talks about his work, and what’s it like seeing album covers he’s created on t-shirts. Past episodes can be found here. We are also on Stitcher.

Play here

Interview: Zak from Sworn In

Zak, one of the guitarists for Sworn In discusses The Death Card, pre show routines, and their time on We Are Triumphant.

Tell us your name and position in the band, please

Zak, guitar

What do you think draws people to your music, specifically?

I personally would say literature and film. However I can’t exactly speak for everyone else who is involved with writing our music.

What would you say is the biggest non-musical influence on the music?

Simple stretching really, it’s key to making sure we don’t pull any muscles.

How do you prepare for a show? Any flexing, exercises, ect …

Tyler our vocalist doesn’t really do warmups, and I usually just do a few scales before we play to loosen up. Drinking a lot of water helps as well.

What is your favorite album or songs to play on the long travel days?

Everyone is different, but when I drive I listen to nothing but Deftones, Limp Bizkit, and Mars Volta. I’ll also be playing the new Boards of Canada album a lot the next tour.

Being in a band is a struggle even when things are going well. What keeps you driven and pushing forward?

You know, I ask myself the same question every day. As cliche as it may sound, I would say the kids who come to our shows, buy our merch, and offer us kind words are what keeps me driven.

When a band reaches any level of success, it’s not uncommon to find covers of their songs on YouTube. Do you listen to these covers? Have any stood out to you?

We often times have fans post covers on our wall and we always watch them. One that really stood out however, was a guitar and vocal cover some kids from Canada did. They completely rerecorded the song and did a great job. I thought that was so cool.

Any guest vocalists on The Death Card? Like say, Drew from Stray From The Path?

No, we were originally considering reaching out to vocalists for a guest spot, however we decided it would be best to have it all us instead.

Can you comment about your time on We Are Triumphant? I know they had a recent controversy with Silence having their FB likes cut in half. Did you guys experience anything similar?

I can’t go in depth as it would be too long, however, Greg Long is a very snaky person and I would suggest no band ever work with him in any way shape or form.

Any other tour dates this summer for those who missed you on this tour with FTFD?

We’re taking off July to prepare the release of our debut album ‘The Death Card’ however a tour to support its release in both August and September are currently in the works.

I Call You Legion to Digitally Release Self-Titled Debut EP January 8th

Los Angeles’ I Call You Legion is excited to announce that their self-titled EP will be digitally released on January 8th. Speaking about the release, Kaleb Allen had this to say, “I think listeners are going to really get an Underoath vibe from the EP on some songs, while others will have a slightly thrashier feel. Either way, we think people are really going to dig what we’ve done.” The band has recently released their lead single “Our Experience, That Is, Ourselves” on YouTube that showcases that Underoath vibe while also marrying it with a Sleeping With Sirens influence. Throughout the entire release the band also shows their gritty side with influences from The Chariot, Every Time I Die, and Stray From The Path all represented.

The self-titled EP was recorded at Think Sound Studios with Drew Fulk and Kyle Odell. Kaleb Allen went on to describe the recording process, “Drew Fulk and Kyle Odell really did a fantastic job on this album for us. It was such a stress-free and professional situation. We wouldn’t have wanted to do this album anywhere else. The guys seemed really stoked to have us there and on top of that, like we said, they just did a great job capturing the essence of what we feel is ‘I Call You Legion’.” After the self-titled release, fans should be expecting a ton of shows and a new single sometime late next year.