US metalcore outfit The Autumn Offering have hit out at former record label Victory Records, labelling the company as "criminals".
Vocalist for the Florida based band, Matt McChesney recently took to the group's MySpace page to vent his frustrations.
"Now that the dust has settled a bit, here’s the story:
We could no longer function as a band on Victory Records. They are criminals of the worst kind, and care nothing about the artists on their roster. Not going to get into a bunch of boring shit about record labels and money, but anyone with half a brain can see what was going on here. We were never dropped or anything like that, and as far as I can see they still have us listed on their artist roster. Whatever. Maybe one day when heavy music gets cool again, we’ll make some more records…but in this current climate of “djent” shit and deathcore, no thanks.
Most of those bands sound like furniture being moved around in an empty room. In the meantime, Jesse and myseld have completed 14 songs with producer Logan Mader (Five Finger Death Punch, Divine Heresy, Cavelera Conspiracy) in Hollywood over the past 3 months. Its great stuff…kind of like Alice in Chains meets Faith No More, with a little bit of metal thrown in. We don’t have a name yet…just focusing on finishing the album first…I’ll keep you posted!!”
