LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Earshot Media) Long Island's veteran hardcore metal group, This Is Hell, has announced that its fourth studio album,
Black Mass, will see an October 11th release on Rise Records, confirming the identity of the mysterious website, AllRiseForTheBlackMass.com. The teaser site has seen a complete update, including a YouTube stream of the brand new track, 'Black Mass.'
"The new album takes the crossover and metal influences from last album to much greater extremes and the end product was
Black Mass, by far the heaviest and thrashiest songs we've written and recorded,' said guitarist, Rick Jimenez.
"Lyrically this album touches on issues we haven't dove into before. Social injustice as a whole is a recurring theme. Persistence and empowerment are familiar themes with us that I've revisited, but with an even more aggressive outlook than before."
Black Mass, the follow-up to the 2010 release, Weight of the World, was recorded earlier this summer at Killingsworth Studio in Valley Village, CA with producer, Tomas Costanza.
The track list for
Black Mass:
1. Acid Rain
2.
Black History
3. Salt the Earth
4.
Black Mass
5. The Wars: Part I
6. Mi Nombre
7. The Last Outlaw
8. Demons
9. The Reckoning
10. The Wars: Part II
"The artwork was done by Will Blood, an amazing English illustrator/artist that we've worked with on shirts and designs before,' added Jimenez. 'The concept came from some lyrics and underlying themes from the album and Will really took the ball and ran with it. Whether someone takes the art at sheer superficial face value, or really absorbs the details and subtleties of it, it's an extremely powerful piece of artwork. I feel the same way about the music and especially the lyrics on this new record."
This Is Hell will hit the road next month for a North American tour with Underoath, Comeback Kid and The Chariot.
'We're very excited for our upcoming tour with Underoath, Comeback Kid, and The Chariot,' said vocalist,
Travis Reilly. 'We've toured many times with Comeback Kid and we look forward to spending more time with them and meeting the other guys. It's going to be great to play some new songs for a bunch of new faces.'
Stay tuned for more information on This Is Hell and
Black Mass.
2011 tour w/ Underoath, Comback Kid and The Chariot:
Sept. 15 � Fayetteville, AR � Rogue
Sept. 17 � Ft. Collins, CO � Aggie Theatre
Sept. 19 � Tucson, AZ � The Rock
Sept. 20 � West Hollywood, CA � Key Club
Sept. 21 � Pomona, CA � Glasshouse
Sept. 22 � Ventura, CA � Ventura Theatre
Sept. 23 �
Santa Clara, CA � The Avalon
Sept. 24 � Sacramento, CA � Ace of Spades
Sept. 26 � Seattle, WA � Neumo�s
Sept. 27 � Vancouver, BC, Canada � Venue
Sept. 30 � Edmonton, AB, Canada � Avenue Theatre
Oct. 01 � Calgary, AB, Canada � The Gateway
Oct. 02 � Regina, SK, Canada � Riddell Centre
Oct. 03 � Winnipeg, MB, Canada � The Garrick Centre
Oct. 04 � Minneapolis, MN � Triple Rock
Oct. 06 � Covington, KY � Radiodown
Oct. 07 � London, ON, Canada � London
Music Hall
Oct. 08 � Montreal, QC, Canada � La Tulipe
Oct. 10 � Quebec City, QC, Canada � Theatre Imperial
Oct. 11 � Manchester, NH � Rocko�s
Oct. 12 � Poughkeepsie, NY � The Chance
Oct. 13 � Lancaster, PA � Chameleon Club
Oct. 14 � Norfolk, VA � The NorVa
Oct. 15 � Springfield, VA � Jaxx
Oct. 17 � Huntington, WV � The Big
Sandy Superstore Arena
Oct. 18 � Chattanooga, TN � The Warehouse
Oct. 19 � Jacksonville, FL � Free Bird Live
Oct. 20 � St. Petersburg, FL � The
State Theatre
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This Is Hell is:
Rick Jimenez - guitar & vocals
Travis Reilly - vocals
Mike Sciulara - drums
Pieter van den Berg - bass
