Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 10:39am by Axl Rosenberg
Blabbermouth posted this fan-filmed (read: crappy quality) footage of Unearth performing a new song, “My Will be Done,” at Wacken a couple of weeks back. From what I can hear, it sounds more or less like, well, Unearth. Which isn’t a bad thing.
Unearth’s new album, The March, comes out October 14 on Metal Blade. It reunites the band the with longtime producer Adam D. after they recorded their last album, In the Eyes of Fire, with Terry Date. Since I prefer the band’s Adam D.-assisted work to Fire, I am choosing to be optimistic about this one.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 at 3:21pm by Vince Neilstein
After fellating Protest the Hero’s incredible early-2008 release Fortress for two months solid (culminating in my first ever 5 of 5 horns review), I was immediately let down by successive announcements that the band would be touring with shit emo bands through the entire summer. Finally someone in the band’s camp has come to their senses and packaged them with a lineup that will put them in front of the metal audience that NEEDS to know about this band. And finally, I will be able to go see them live. Lambgoat is reporting a fall tour with Protest playing direct support for Unearth, with The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel and Gwen Stacy also on the bill.
Congrats to MetalSucks reader Walker who won last week’s Funny Photo Caption Contest. wins Hate Eternal’s Fury & Flames, Soilent Green’s Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction, and a copy of Fate’s Vultures for coming up with this caption to the picture at right:
“Not only did I did I model for the Indestructible cover, I’ve also been known to make this pose to cue the lights for my big solo.”
This week we’re giving away a copy of Unearth’s recent live DVD Alive From the Apocalypse. All you have to do is come up with a funny caption for the below photo and post it in the comments.
“How fuckin’ metal? So fuckin’ metal that in bar fights they can only bitch slap their opponents, because hitting them with a closed fist is the legal equivalent of beating someone with an aluminum baseball bat. So fuckin’ metal that they piss hot molten lead and shit lug nuts. So fuckin’ metal that the first thing they do every morning is lather themselves in WD-40. So fuckin’ metal that if they go out in the rain, they rust. So fuckin’ metal that if they go to the beach, they can’t go into the ocean because they’ll sink right to the bottom. So fuckin’ metal that Unearth frontman Trevor Phipps signed them to his Ironclad label after he discovered them during a mining expedition. So fuckin’ metal that they readily loses electrons to form positive ions, and if you put them in a room with a non-metal band, they’d form an ionic bond.”
Still apples, dude. Still applies.
Here’s their video for “Beast Burden.”
MetalSucks.net presents The Metal Blade Fresh Meat Tour w/ The Absence, The Destro, Epicurean, and Rose Funeral (more dates TBA):
06/19 Richland, NJ – Memories Lounge
06/20 Baltimore, MD – Sonar
06/21 Albany, NY – Valentines
06/22 Niagara Falls, ON – The 4555
06/25 Sarnia, ON – Polish Alliance Hall
06/26 Laporte, IN – The Next Level
06/27 Troy, OH – Staunton Garage
06/28 Detroit, MI – Fischer Hall
06/30 Minneapolis, MN – TBA
07/01 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
07/02 St. Louis, MO – Rockstar Nightclub
07/03 Tulsa, OK – The Pinkeye
07/05 San Antonio, TX – TBA
07/06 McAllen, TX – Smokin’ Ace
Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 11:35am by Axl Rosenberg
So, yes, we saw Unearth on Friday night*, and they pretty much slayed it. There wasn’t quite as much jumping off of amplifiers as I might have liked, but their set was violent – I mean, I saw one dude come out of the pit with blood absolutely gushing from his head – so I guess that more than makes up for it.
The big news of the night (at least for music dorks like us) though, was that vocalist Trevor Phipps announced from the stage that the band will be entering the studio to record a new album in June – with producer Adam D. Unearth fans will remember that Adam D. produced most of the band’s old albums (including their breakthrough, The Oncoming Storm), but that the band’s most recent release, III: In the Eyes of Fire, was done with Terry Date (Pantera, Deftones, etc.).
I’m more than a little curious to know why Unearth are going back to Adam D. – not that I think the reunion is a bad thing (I actually much prefer Storm to Fire). The documentary included on the band’s recent DVD, Alive from the Apocalypse, indicates that they had a good working relationship with Date. So was it a money issue? A scheduling issue? Or, having seen other people and sown their wild oats (so to speak), is Unearth now ready to settle down with their high school sweetheart?
In any case, hopefully we’ll get a new Unearth album before the end of the year (the band played a single new riff on Friday night – it sounded suspiciously like the breakdown from Pantera’s “Domination”). In the meantime, if you haven’t watched Alive from the Apocalypse, you probably should – both the documentary and the concert film included on it are killer.
-AR
*It’s more than worth mentioning that Shadows Fall headlined, and I think they played the most energetic set I’ve ever seen them perform. Craziness.
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 12:27pm by Axl Rosenberg
This new vid from Unearth uses footage from the band’s new DVD, Alive From The Apocalypse, which comes out this Tuesday. We’ll let you guys and gals decide how the clip bodes for the full DVD, but any way you slice it, it’s a killer song.
Congrats to MetalSucks reader Walker who won 
And here’s why…
