76 shows in three months… are you fucking serious? Their tour mates on all three legs are great bands, too!

  Abigail Williams – “In The Shadow of A Thousand Suns” [Candlelight] … after frequent lineup changes, the formerly-Phoenix/now-NY-based sextet has done many things right for their first full-length … first, they more deeply embrace Norwegian Symphonic Black Metal, and forego any Metalcore ties they had on the Legend EP, which felt forced when executed … second, prior to enlisting Samus on battery full time, they called on powerhouse Trym Torson (Emperor, Zyklon) for all but three tracks (3, 8, 9) … third, James Murphy (Testament, Dragonlord) is behind the production, mixing and mastering (plus a guest solo on [...read more]