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Animals As Leaders drop brand new song “Monomyth”

September 3, 2021

Ground breaking, genre defying instrumental trio, Animals As Leaders have dropped brand new track “Monomyth” today, their first in 5 years. The band also announced today that they have signed a new deal with their current label home, world renowned independent powerhouse, Sumerian Records. “Monomyth” comes accompanied by a high-concept music video directed by Telavaya Reynolds and featuring choreography by Tlathui Maza / Nohbords. Speaking on the band’s new release, Tosin Abasi shares: “’Monomyth’ is part fever dream, part ritual. Its imagery represents man’s ceaseless attempts to translate transcendent ideas into movement. The conflation of struggle with meaning. Pain with significance. The ultimate failure of distilling perceived patterns in the world into knowledge”. For more information on the band, follow their social media: https://www.facebook.com/animalsasleaders https://mailchi.mp/kinda/www.animalsasleaders.org https://twitter.com/AnimalsAsLeader https://www.instagram.com/animalsasleaders/

Asking Alexandria share new track and announce new record

March 5, 2020

Asking Alexandria shared a new video today for the song ‘Antisocialist’. Check it out here: They also shared the upcoming release of their new album ‘Like A House On Fire’. ‘Antisocialist’ is already the third single from their new record. ‘The Violence’ came out, along with a short zombie-movie, in July 2019. Three weeks ago they shared the new track ‘They Don’t Want What We Want’. Check them out too: ‘Like A House On Fire’ is the band’s 6th full-length record. It will be released May 15th through Sumerian Records. Pre-orders can already be placed at http://likeahouseonfire.co/ . Tracklist: 01. House On Fire 02. They Don’t Want What We Want (And They Don’t Care) 03. Down To Hell 04. Antisocialist 05. I Don’t Need You 06. All Due Respect 07. Take Some Time 08. One Turns To None 09. It’s Not Me (It’s You) 10. Here’s To Starting Over 11. What’s Gonna Be 12. Give You Up 13. In My Blood 14. The Violence Asking Alexandria will soon be out on tour with Falling [Read More]

Asking Alexandria at Regency Ballroom in San Francisco for the 10 Years In the Black Tour

December 7, 2016

Asking Alexandria have just wrapped up their last date on the Sumerian Records 10 Years in the Black Fall headlining tour! The tour featured Born of Osiris, I See Stars, After The Burial, Upon A Burning Body & Bad Omens. We had the chance to catch them perform at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on December 4th. It was incredible to see Danny Worsnop return to the stage and he took us on a trip down memory lane, sharing stories about the songs from their albums. The tour celebrates 10 Years that Asking Alexandria has been with Sumerian Records and we look forward to many more. The band sounded the best they have in a long time as the pieces of the puzzle were brought back together to bring out their kick ass signature sound. It is no doubt that many will consider it to be one of their best shows. Check out photos of their set by our Rockin Ryan: You can also watch a couple songs from their set here: Make [Read More]

Asking Alexandria announce dates for their “10 Years In the Black” Fall headlining tour!

July 19, 2016

Today Asking Alexandria have announced dates for their 10 Years in the Black Fall headlining tour! The tour celebrates the 10 years that Asking Alexandria have been with Sumerian Records and will feature Born of Osiris, I See Stars, After The Burial, Upon A Burning Body & Bad Omens. Tickets go on-sale this Friday at askingalexandria.com/tourr. Check the tour dates below: We are excited to see they will be returning to the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco and look forward to bringing you full coverage of the show. In case you missed it, check out their music video for one of my favorite songs, Here I Am, off their album, The Black: They truly kick ass live. We had the chance to chat with drummer James Cassells before their set in San Francisco earlier this year, check that out here: Also check out some photos from the SF Show: You can head over to iTunes and pick The Black. Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest [Read More]

Interview with Ruben of Upon A Burning Body

December 15, 2014

We recently brought you our coverage of Upon a Burning Body as they made a stop in San Francisco for The Moving On Tour. You can check out our full coverage of their show at The Regency Ballroom here: Upon A Burning Body in San Francisco. We were excited to see Upon A Burning Body perform and knew they were going to be fierce. We have been following them since seeing them play at one of the side stages out on Mayhem 2012. It was awesome to see them grown in the short amount of time and once again they killed it at Mayhem earlier this year. We had the opportunity to chat with guitarist, Ruben before their set and are pleased to bring that interview to you here: Their set at the Regency was brutal as they unleashed a heavy dose of metal to the immersed crowd. The crowd went wild as they created a circle pit that extended the length of the venue. It was awesome as the energy of the crowd mirrored the [Read More]

Upon a Burning Body unleashes a heavy dose of metal out on The Moving On Tour

December 2, 2014

We made it out to San Francisco on Sunday night for The Moving On Tour as it made a stop at the Regency Ballroom. We were excited to see Upon A Burning Body perform and knew they were going to be fierce. We have been following them since seeing them play at one of the side stages out on Mayhem 2012. It was awesome to see them grown in the short amount of time and once again they killed it at Mayhem earlier this year. Their set at the Regency was brutal as they unleashed a heavy dose of metal to the immersed crowd. The crowd went wild as they created a circle pit that extended the length of the venue. It was awesome as the energy of the crowd mirrored the band on the stage. When they perform, they give 150% percent of themselves and hold nothing back. Check out the photos from our Rockin Ryan of their set: If the Moving On Tour is coming to a venue remotely near you, do yourself [Read More]

Upon a Burning Body release lyric video for new song, Scars

July 3, 2014

Here we are only days away from the start of this year’s Rockstar Mayhem Fest coming to the Bay Area at the Shoreline Amphitheater on July 6th. One of the bands has been getting quite a lot of attention as they get ready to release their new album, The World Is My Enemy Now. They are Upon a Burning Body and we have featured them as one of our Mayhem Fest spotlight bands. Their new album is set for an August 12th release through Sumerian Records. Yesterday, we let you hear Red Razor Wrists and today they are releasing a lyric video for Scars. This is a fierce track that really highlights their heavy style. Check it out: I first saw Upon a Burning Body several years back at one of the festivals and they completely blew me away. They have such a charismatic energy when they are on stage and they deliver fierce and unapologetic metal that will pulse through your veins and make you feel alive! Band Members: Danny – Vocals CJ- Guitar Ruben- Bass Sal- [Read More]