Music Releases For June 19th, 2012

Prepare to have your bank accounts drained today folks!  This wasn't even the full list of things to come out today, but since this is a blog and I try to post relevant things that I like, I narrowed it down to about 18 choices.  Nonetheless, make sure to hit up your local record store or an online retailer (Amazon.ca for my fellow Canadians) for some great deals on albums dropping in North America today! 

("The View from the Bottom is the fifth studio album by the rock band Lit, to be released on June 19, 2012 through Megaforce Records. This will be their first album with new material in eight years, since the release of their self-titled album in 2004 [the longest gap to date between two consecutive Lit studio releases]. The View from the Bottom is also going to be Lit's first recording with Nathan Walker on drums, replacing the late Allen Shellenberger, who died from cancer in 2009, as well as their first with guitarist Ryan Gillmor, making it the first time the band has recorded as a five-piece under the name Lit.")

 

(Yeah, that's right.  The Montreal four piece are back with a new album, their latest one since 2003)

("Its official! CABIN BY THE SEA will be released on June 19th, 2012! Huge thanks to Matisyahu, Ky-Mani Marley, Del The Funky Homosapien and Rome for adding their talent, style and voices to the album. We hope you all enjoy and as always, thank you for the continuous love and support.")

(Whitechapel - Whitechapel)

("Returning to their rightful place on the road, the band are enthused to take these new songs to their rabid fan base. They stand confident in their belief that their followers will hungrily devour the latest evolution of their sound, and having dramatically bolstered their fan base through blowing away the unsuspecting crowds on 2010’s Warped Tour they are sure to draw in new adherents anywhere they play. While Wade firmly believes that the band are still growing and striving to improve, for now he could not be happier with the fruits of their labor. 'Every band at some point plateaus, it’s inevitable, but we’re not there yet, we’re still growing, and I think this record proves that. Looking at the finished thing – the music, the vocals, the overall vibe behind it, all the way down to the mix and the master – it’s almost like a perfect storm where everything came together just right and resulted in the record that we needed to put out.'")

("Grammy-nominated alternative-metal act SPINESHANK have reunited after a six year hiatus and are back full force and completely rejuvenated. The band have inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records for the release of their new album, Anger Denial Acceptance, that will be released in North America on June 19 and in Europe on June 18. 

'We're very excited to be on a great label like Century Media,' comments guitarist Mike Sarkysian. 'Aside from being the premier label for rock and metal, the seem to really understand our vision and are as excited as we are about taking Spineshank to a whole new level!'

Anger Denial Acceptance will be the band's fourth album and follow up to their 2003 release, Self-Destructive Pattern . 'This is by far the proudest I have ever been of any Spineshank record,' says Sarkysian. 'Anger Denial Acceptance is the darkest and the most honest this band has ever been.'" -Century Media)

("The Rotten Thing To Say LP was recorded and produced by Kurt Ballou at God City in Salem, Massachusetts and released on Southern Lord Records in June 2012. The band is planning more tours upon its release, including Canada, Australia and a full US tour with Black Breath, Sweden's Martyrdod and Enabler, featuring Poison Idea and others. The LP is the first Burning Love LP in collaboration with Southern Lord Records, and is licensed in Japan from Daymare, in Australia by Resist and digitally in Canada by Dine Alone.")

("I N 6 D A Y S W E E V O L V E")

("California’s most passionate and articulate exponents of hardcore will release their exceptional third album, Get What You Give on June 19th. The album, produced by Jeremy Mckinnon of A Day To Remember, embraces The Ghost Inside’s powerful and affecting sound that merges insightful and introspective lyrics with charging drums, lightning fast riffs and devastating breakdowns.")

("The material for the box set was recorded at four Devin Townsend Project concerts, each entitled "An Evening with the Devin Townsend Project". Each concert featured one of the first four Devin Townsend Project albums performed in their entirety. The Ki, Addicted and Deconstruction concerts were held at the University of London Union, and the Ghost concert was held at the Union Chapel.

The box set contains four DVDs, each featuring one of the concerts, and four CDs containing the audio from the concerts. A fifth CD will contain the audio of the encores played during the concerts.")

("No More Waiting on Long Overnight Lines at your local Hottopic's & FYE's! THE WAIT IS OVER.. 'NATION' is in stores everywhere! GO GO GO!")

("Now the first thing that struck me about Exotic animal Petting Zoo is they don’t sound like a typical Mediaskare Records band! This album isn’t bulging with Progressive Djent riffs or head splitting breakdowns, actually it’s the complete opposite. EAPZ follow in the tradition of bands that don’t obey the conventional genre rules and pretty much do whatever the fuck they want. I admire the fact you can’t generalize this bands sound by saying  ‘Oh they sound like a Mediaskare Records band’, this band are doing their own thing and doing it very well." -Rocknreelreviews.com)

("Outspoken is the second studio album album from Minnesota-based post-hardcore band For All Those Sleeping, released through Fearless Records on June 19, 2012, nearly two years after their debut album Cross Your Fingers. Like the first album, this album was also produced by Cameron Mizell.")

("We are happy to announce that Ihsahn´s fourth solo album Eremita is out today."

"Eremita is the fourth studio solo album by former Emperor frontman Ihsahn.")

("What we’re facing in 2012 is a rebirth of sorts – with only Mircea and Guillaume remaining of the former line up, MNEMIC simultaneously present a new second guitarist, bassist and drummer. With that said, the sheer brilliancy of their fifth studio record 'Mnemesis' becomes fully clear: Maintaining the trademark sound that has been shaped since the band’s inception in 1998 while incorporating innovative alterations in abundance at the same time – all that being done by an almost entirely renewed combo – undoubtedly bears witness to MNEMIC’s splendour. No matter what will come, MNEMIC will stay MNEMIC – with might and main!")

("Oceania was created by the band as a true album experience for listeners to fully immerse themselves in the songs and musical performances. For its release, the band is making the best efforts for all the fans to hear it at the same time as press or radio. In 2012, The Pumpkins will perform Oceania in full at their solo shows worldwide, backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent work was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of “The Wall.” The Pumpkins will be using new technology in video mapping to create something new and previously unseen. For the second half of the show, The Pumpkins will perform classics from their body of work.")

(Check out the AFGM article for The Overseer)

(Deluxe Anniversary Edition)