Trevor Phipps –
Vocals
Ken Susi – Guitars
Buz McGrath – Guitars
John Maggard – Bass
Derek Kerswill – Drums
If you’re searching for brutal and aggressive metal, you’ve met
your match with UNEARTH. Combining elements of hardcore, thrash,
and extreme metal – while also never overlooking the importance
of thought-provoking lyrical ideas and concepts – UNEARTH has
steadily become one of the leading lights in heavy metal.
Look at the careers of all great metal bands, and there is a
certain album that pushed the respective group to the next
level. The March, the forthcoming fourth full-length from
UNEARTH is bound to be that album for the band, as it contains
all the expected elements from earlier UNEARTH classics, while
also managing to drive their sound forward.
Hailing from just north of Boston, UNEARTH originally formed in
1998 with a three-man core - singer Trevor Phipps, guitarists
Buz McGrath and Ken Susi – and were subsequently joined by
bassist John “Slo” Maggard. Derek Kerswill’s union with the band
marks UNEARTH’s latest addition, resulting in what many consider
to be the band’s most potent line-up of all.
Over the years, UNEARTH has issued a steady stream of modern
metal classics, including such full-lengths as 2001’s The Stings
of Conscience, before signing with Metal Blade, and issuing
2004’s The Oncoming Storm. All the while, UNEARTH continuously
crisscrossed the globe, becoming one of the hardest – and most
consistent – touring bands in all of hard rock. Over the years
the quintet has played in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, South
America, Mexico, Japan, Europe including the Netherlands and
their first ever headlining trip to Russia, and has appeared not
once, but two times each on such renowned metal fests as Ozzfest
and Download. They have also appeared on International festivals
such as Rock Am Park, Rock Am Ring, Loud Park, Wacken and
others. In the process, UNEARTH has toured alongside some of
rock’s top names, including Slayer, Slipknot, Killswitch Engage,
Hatebreed, Lamb of God, and many others.
But with the arrival of 2006’s III: In the Eyes of Fire, UNEARTH
scored their most worldwide successful album yet. Produced by
Terry Date (who has worked with Pantera, The Deftones, and
Soundgarden), the album debuted at #35 on the Billboard Top 200
Charts. And according to Phipps, the album’s purpose was a
simple one. “It seemed like a lot of bands were falling in that
trend, where more of the harder hitting bands wanted to gain
more fame, and put more pop-oriented sounds into their metal and
hardcore. That record was a statement for us – to show people
you could still write a heavy, mean record and continue a solid
level of success.”
The album instantly earned unanimous glowing reviews, as
Blender.com hailed it as “Easily a front running candidate for
Metal Album of the Year,” while Revolver Magazine called it “A
stunning accomplishment, one that repeatedly pushes the
boundaries of heaviness, yet contains enough sonic and lyrical
layers to give the songs depth and staying power.” One of the
highest compliments came in Rolling Stone Magazine, from
Slipknot frontman, Cory Taylor. “It’s like Anthrax and Megadeth
rolled into one. It’s everything you want in a great metal
song.”
After wrapping up an extensive tour in support of III (including
some of their biggest headlining shows ever) and seeing their
first-ever DVD, Alive from the Apocalypse reach gold status in
Canada shortly after its release in early 2008, UNEARTH got to
work on their latest offering. Back on board was the producer of
their earlier albums, Adam Dutkiewicz. The end result is an
album that includes such metallic gems as “Grave of
Opportunity”, "Crow Killer", "My Will Be Done", "Hail the
Shrine," and "We are Not Anonymous." The lyrical content has
once again stepped into a challenging realm as they range from
overcoming personal hardships to questioning government,
politics and organized religion.
Phipps claims "This is our most crushing record to date. We
pulled back some of the speed on this album just a bit so we
could make the tunes more pummeling." He added, "The record has
everything we have brought to the table in the past, the thrash,
stomp, groove, melody and classic metal elements, but the song
writing continues to improve. We are all proud as fuck of this
album."
The March available everywhere released October 14th, 2008
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