Artist : Burden Of A Day
Genre : Screamo / Hardcore / Christian
Album : One One Thousand
Location : Sarasota, Florida, United States
Website : http://www.myspace.com/burdenofaday
Label : Rise Records
Releases : May 12th, 2009
Available Format : CD/DVD, Digital Download


Description :

Burden of a Day will stake their reputation on their ability to perform. They’ve exhibited an energy and a presence seldom paralleled by even their more accomplished peers. Hailing from Sarasota, Florida - a retired people’s town with a music scene as cold and unforgiving as the winters most move there to escape - they’ve managed to accumulate a following that keeps even their smallest shows well populated.

Track Listing :

01. Remember
02. Fool Me Once
03. The Mason
04. Oceans
05. The Shame In Shedding Wool
06. Sly Foxes
07. Isadora Duncan
08. One One Thousand
09. Modern Gentleman
10. My Forfeit

Line Up :

Josh Sommers (guitar)
Mike Sommers (guitar)
Kyle Tamosaitis (vocals)
Terry Clark (bass)

Press Release :

Biography 2009

Burden of a Day will stake their reputation on their ability to perform. They’ve exhibited an energy and a presence seldom paralleled by even their more accomplished peers. Hailing from Sarasota, Florida - a retired people’s town with a music scene as cold and unforgiving as the winters most move there to escape - they’ve managed to accumulate a following that keeps even their smallest shows well populated.

Formed in January of 2004, they’ve fast developed a natural chemistry, allowing them to constantly evolve as musicians, aiming beyond the simple, straight-forward songwriting that plagues a lot of bands in their genre. Genre is a bit of a tricky subject... When asked, they’d probably tell you Post Hardcore/ Screamo or something along those lines. Although watching them play, one might be prone to question the ’Post’ part of that description. These boys are hard. Heartfelt and melodic, but not afraid to throw in a breakdown or two... which is more than occasionally. Influences include the likes of Thrice, The Bled, Life in Your Way, Saosin, New Found Glory, and many more. While staying true to the music they love and grew up with, Burden of a Day is ready and able to progress forward and pass the message on to the next generation.
http://www.myspace.com/burdenofaday



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Artist : ZAO
Genre : Metal / Hardcore
Album : Awake?
Location : Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Website : http://www.myspace.com/zao
Label : Ferret Music
Releases : May 5, 2009
Available Format : CD/DVD, Digital Download


Description :

AWAKE? is the tenth studio album by metalcore band Zao. It is scheduled to be released on May 5, 2009, on Ferret Records. It contains 9 previously unreleased tracks and a re-recording of the track Romance of the Southern Spirit. Only 8,000 physical copies of the album are being made. Each copy is numbered and has 6 different cover artwork.

Track Listing :

01. 1,000,000 Outstretched Arms Of Nothing
02. Entropica
03. The Eyes Behind The Throne
04. Human Cattle Masses Marching Forward
05. Romance Of The Southern Spirit
06. What Will You Find?
07. Awake?
08. Quiet Passenger Pt. 1
09. Reveal
10. Quiet Passenger Pt. 2 / The World Caved In


Line Up :

* Daniel Weyandt (1997–) – Lead vocals
* Scott Mellinger (1999–) – Guitar/backup vocals
* Marty Lunn (2005–) – Bass guitar
* Jeff Gretz (2005–) – Drums


Press Release :

ZAO - "Awake?" - Biography 2009


"If the melodic end of the kingdom has been taken by Killswitch Engage then the extreme end belongs to Zao. No question." - Metal Hammer Magazine

Awake? will sound immediately familiar to anyone who has followed Zao’s convoluted, controversial and altogether exciting career, with its signature all-out heaviness and beautifully simple memorability. Awake? stands easily beside the best and brightest of the Zao catalog, with the kind of production (courtesy of guitarist Scott Mellinger himself together with As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis and Daniel Castleman) that Zao has always deserved.

Thunderous, epic, and full of passion, Zao (Greek for “alive”) is driven by vocals that exorcise singer Daniel Weyandt’s demons as if his life depended on the songs. His words reshape a personal history wrought with tragedy, suicide and death into beautiful musings that connected with their brutal honesty and naked self-observation. Mellinger, the band’s primary songwriter, adds melodic vocals as well.

Zao’s storied career was documented on the two-disc The Lesser Lights Of Heaven DVD and the luminaries of today’s heavy music scene are well aware of their debt to the band. Underoath and Unearth opened for Zao. Thrice, As I Lay Dying and Demon Hunter love Zao. Matt Heafy from Trivium joined the band onstage during a tour together.

Zao’s hometown of Greensburg, Pennsylvania isn’t known for many things besides being in close proximity to the mall where George A. Romero filmed Dawn Of The Dead. And that isolation has allowed the band to steer clear of trends.

Zao’s original incarnation formed in the mid-90s with evangelical zeal. When that version of the band fell apart, Zao as it would come to change the course of heavy music was born. Recently hailed by Alternative Press as “one of the most important albums of 1998, Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest took the conventions of hardcore and heavy metal and turned them upside down.

When Scott Mellinger joined Zao for the following year’s Liberate te ex Inferis, it began a song-writing partnership with Weyandt that persists to this day. Self-Titled was written and recorded by Dan, Scott and Jesse Smith (the only remaining holdover from the pre-Blood&Fire days) and featured a vast amount of experimentation with electronics, dark soundscapes, and melodic interludes. “Five Year Winter” continues to be one of Zao’s most popular songs in the live setting. The trio created Parade Of Chaos together as well, pushing the envelope even further.

Zao’s first album for Ferret Music, The Funeral of God, was recorded as a five-piece with producer Eric Rachel (Atreyu, Every Time I Die). The album became Zao’s biggest selling record and saw them receive their first airplay on MTV2 and Fuse and major press accolades.

After tours with bands like Bleeding Through and Dillinger Escape Plan, the band – now Dan, Scott, Marty Lunn (bass) and Jeff Gretz (drums) – recorded The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here with Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Neurosis) manning the reel-to-reel. Next they hit the road with In Flames, Trivium, Demon Hunter & Throwdown.

Dan, Scott, Marty and Jeff reconvened for Awake?, their first album of new material in three years. The record was produced and engineered almost entirely by Scott in Pennsylvania, with Daniel Castleman and As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis producing drums in Southern California and handling the mixing. Longtime friend and Grammy nominated graphic designer Ryan Clark returned to handle the packaging, with some artwork from Dan’s close friend, Gabe Felice.

Zao’s latest album wants to step into your consciousness, unnerve you, make you think. Are you truly… Awake?
http://www.myspace.com/zao



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* Guitar features Single cutaway arch top body made from solid Alder (not plywood!)
* High quality humbucker pickups help reduce hum and noise and offer superior performance by giving a thicker fuller sound than single coils
* Amp features 10 Watts of power through a specially design 5.5" speaker


Product Description
This great package from SX fincludes guitar, amp, instructional DVD, strap, cord and carry bag! The guitar features are: Single cutaway arch top body made from solid Alder. Bolt on Maple neck with an adjustable truss rod Bound Rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo (2.7mm) frets and trapezoidal inlays, High quality humbucker pickups help reduce hum and noise and offer superior performance by giving a thicker fuller sound than single coils, Humbuckers also create a much larger magnetic field, which helps eliminate dead spots and increases overall power of the pickup, Two volume and two tone controls plus a 3-way pickup selector switch tailor your sound Stop Bar Tailpiece help transfer string vibration to the body for great sound and sustain. The angled headstock helps increase the tension of the string on the nut and therefore also helps transfer the vibrations of the string to the guitar All chrome hardware (including diecast sealed tuners and a stop-bar tailpiece), vintage cream body binding and pick guard compliments the guitar's beautiful vintage appearance Included Guitar Amp Features: 10 Watts of power through a specially design 5.5" speaker Master Volume Control Two Band EQ with Bass and Treble controls Headphone jack for quiet practice Weight of amp: 6.5lbs Overall dimentions: 9 3/4" wide x 10 5/8" high x 5" deep Guitar Specs: Actual Weight is only 8lbs. Bridge studs are 3" apart. Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16" Overall length, including the strap button: 40"; Scale length: 24.75" Width at the widest point: 13". Bridge studs are 3" apart

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Product Features

* Special Edition Black Scorpion Bass
* Includes matching GIG BAG & STRAP
* Black finish with black pickguard and all black hardware
* Special Scorpion Mother-of-Pearl inlay at 12th fret and on headstock
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Product Description
The bass also features: J-Style pickups offer superior output and two volume and one tone controls let you tailor your individual sound, and Truss rod adjustable Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard. Scale length is 34". Width of the neck at the nut: 1 9/16" at the 20st fret: 2 9/16" (yes it's a full size bass). Overall length 45". Width at the widest point: 13" Actual Weight is only 9 lbs

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