Evergreen Terrace - Dead Horses

Holy shit!  Now as most of you may not remember or recognize this band, this happened to be one of my favourite new groups upon moving to the big city of Toronto.  That transition in my life from my hometown of Chatham to my new location of Toronto was where I discovered Evergreen Terrace.  After a very successful spin of their 2004 release of "Writers Block", I was hooked on the unique sound of the band and started to stream and buy their original tunes such as 2005's "Sincerity Is an Easy Disguise in This Business" and 2007's "Wolfbiker". I'm pretty sure that self titled single "Wolfbiker" and "Chaney Can't Quite Riff Like Helmet's Page Hamilton" were tracks that stuck out and got me hooked!



Evergreen Terrace has been blazing their own path through the melodic hardcore scene for over a decade. Anchored by guitarist/singer Craig Chaney's clean vocals, punctuated by lead singer Andrew Carey's viciously screamed vocals. Evergreen Terrace parted ways with founding guitarist Josh James, drummer Caleb James, and left Metal Blade Records in 2012. Former bass player, Jason Southwell, rejoined the band at the end of 2012, moving Alex Varian from bass to guitar. Drummer Brad Moxey filled out the lineup on drums. In 2013, the band signed with Rise Records and recently finished tracking their Rise debut entitled "Dead Horses" produced by Stan Martell of Martell Studios in Kingsland, Ga, and is planning a fall/winter 2013 release. The Florida-born five-piece never depended on anyone to push them forward. With their blistering combination of melodic hardcore, metal and punk rock, Evergreen Terrace has toured the world with As I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, Hatebreed, Rise Against, Circa Survive, Every Time I Die, Strung Out, Agnostic Front, Katy Perry, New Found Glory and more. They have jammed tours like Sounds of the Underground, Vans Warped Tour, Persistence Tour, Hell on Earth Tour, Thrash and Burn Tour and Soundwave Festivals. Known for their intense live performances, a Evergreen Terrace show is not a show to miss. -Evergreen Terrace (band bio)

So fast forward a couple years to around 2009 after the release of their album "Almost Home".  A very strong effort from the group and brought forth some notable singles such as "Enemy Sex" and "God Rocky, Is This Your Face?"  The band toured Europe and landed on a few decent band tours.  But in reality, the ET camp went cold.  Thinking that the project was dead in the water, I turned focus away from the band and put it towards other groups putting out new material.

Then on March 8th, 2013:

"We are proud to announce our signing to Rise Records. We will be tracking a new record this spring for a summer/early fall release." -Evergeeen Terrace

The band was back in action and prepping for their first release with their newly inked label.  Here's what the group is looking like in 2013:

Andrew Carey - Vocals | Craig Chaney - Guitar/Vocals | Jason Southwell - Bass

Brad Moxey - Drums | Alex Varian - Guitar

So the new album that we have been speaking of.  "Dead Horses" will be released on December 10th, 2013 via Rise Records.  The album artwork was created by Brooklyn based artist Caitlin Hackett.  Check out Caitlin's Facebook page for some of her previous and on-going work.

1. Crows
2. When You’re Born in the Gutter, You End Up In The Port
3. Post Satanic Ritual Baby
4. Dead Horses
5. Browbeaters Anonymous
6. It’s All Over But The Cryin’
7. Lacuna Inc.
8. Mike Myers Never Runs, But He Always Catches Up
9. The Fortunate Ones
10. That Dog’ll Hunt

So how about you get to sample before buying?  If you got the time and attention then you can stream each track from the new album and see how the band holds up against the sands of time.  Cheers!