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All That Remains unveil album artwork
All That Remains have unveiled the album artwork for their upcoming fifth album, For We Are Many. The artwork for the album was provided by artist Travis Smith, who All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte praised during an interview with Noisecreep. "This is the first time I've had the idea for a cover before we started,” Labonte said. “Other discs, I would tell the artist, 'I can tell ya what I don't want, but I can't tell ya what I want.' Travis Smith is really cool to work with. He'd done 'The Fall of Ideals,' so I knew him and he's great to work with. I'd told him what I wanted, and it came together pretty fast. Hope people dig it like we do." The artwork for For We Are Many can be viewed here. The album was produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and will be released via Prosthetic Records/Razor & Tie October 12. All That Remains will be touring Australia as part of Soundwave 2011.
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The Sword new album details
Austin, Texas metal band The Sword are aiming for the stars with their third full-length album by announcing that it will be a ‘concept album’ based on science fiction. Titled “Warp Riders”, the new album reportedly follows an interplanetary science fiction narrative that deals with temporal themes of death and rebirth (sounds trippy ey?) The Sword guitarist/vocalist John "J. D." Cronise recently elaborated on details of the album during an interview with Decibel magazine. "This is what you'd technically call a 'concept album,' though I'd describe it as more of a soundtrack to a story I came up with. All the songs are about aspects of the story, but they don't cover every detail from beginning to end. It's a science fiction story, and it deals heavily with themes of light and dark and perceptions of time. One of the main settings is a planet, which has experienced tidal locking, creating a side of perpetual day and a side of perpetual night. The reason for creating a narrative to...