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Every Time I Die’s ‘From Parts Unknown’ now available for streaming

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Every Time I Die will release their new studio album ‘From Parts Unknown‘ via Epitaph Records on June 30th, and with the official release less than two weeks away the album has now been made available for streaming in its entirety.

The album title, ‘From Parts Unknown‘, refers to the band approaching things in a completely different manner this time. The band’s members now have 16 years of experience behind them and have therefore learnt a lot over the course of this period. Front man Keith Buckley had the following to say about the band’s intentions with this release:

At a time when a lot of bands are going for a more crowd-friendly sound, we wanted to go in the opposite direction. Instead of making something that the kids can all sing along to, we wanted to make music that scares them.

Every Time I Die are out on tour in the US all summer on the Vans Warped Tour, returning to the UK this August for Reading & Leeds Festival.

You can listen to Every Time I Die’s ‘From Parts Unknown‘ below:

Every Time I Die – Decayin With The Boys Video

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Official video for ‘Decayin With The Boys‘, taken from Every Time I Die’s upcoming ‘From Parts Unknown‘ studio album which is due for release on June 30th via Epitaph Records. The video shows Every Time I Die performing at a house party, a follow-up to their ‘Thirst‘ video that follows two fans making their way to the party.

Every Time I Die enter GodCity Studio with Kurt Ballou

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New York hardcore group Every Time I Die are currently recording new material at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, working with producer Kurt Ballou of Converge ahead of their stint on the US Warped Tour 2014.

The band recently toured the UK with A Day To Remember on the House Party Tour and will now get to work on their next studio release.

Every Time I Die vocalist/lyricist Keith Buckley had the following to say about entering the studio with Kurt Ballou:

Kurt Ballou had always intimidated the living shit out of me, so I was overjoyed when the decision was made to record our next record with him at GodCity and I mean that sincerely. I’ve been a fan of his work for over a decade. His records are terrifying and moving and they sound like they were written and recorded under great duress, which is exactly how this style of music should be made. This month we join the pantheon. I couldn’t be more excited to see what he helps us learn about our own band that we didn’t realise for the past 15 years.

Every Time I Die to support A Day To Remember

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A Day To Remember will be coming over to the UK in February, and it has now been announced that Every Time I Die will be joining them on the tour as special guests.

Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley had the following to say about the band’s future plans:

It’s been a while since anyone in the ETID camp has checked in with our millions upon millions of fans, so while I sit here waiting for my lunch to arrive I thought I’d let you all in on some cool things because everyone knows that sitting at a table with “close” “friends” is a perfect time to stare silently at your phone. We are about to go to Australia to headline some club shows. The where’s and when’s are on our website which you can look up for yourself, I’m not your mom. After that we end the Ex Lives tour cycle with a headline run around the US of A with Letlive and Code Orange Kids that promises to be full of the best shows we’ve played all year. That info is also on our website so look it up you lazy bums and get tickets before it sells out so you don’t have to ask us on the Internet to let you in, in exchange for beer. now, once that is finished we had planned to begin writing our next record but here is where the news report takes a wild twist…. In January we will be postponing the writing process to visit the UK and Europe one more time with our friends in A Day To Remember. We’ve never toured with them before anywhere in the world and we love playing shows across the pond, so these will be an entirely new breed of fierce animal. The dates will be available on our website shortly if they aren’t already, but you can also hit us up on Twitter and ask us questions that you could just as easily Google the answers to. We good? Can I make eye contact with my friends now? Thanks. See you soon.

A Day To Remember are currently in the middle of their ‘House Party Tour’ with All Time Low and Pierce The Veil, and the following is a full list of tour dates for their upcoming UK headline tour:

FEBRUARY 2014

8th CARDIFF MOTORPOINT ARENA
10th GLASGOW O2 ACADEMY
12th LONDON ALEXANDRA PALACE
14th BIRMINGHAM O2 ACADEMY – SOLD OUT
15th MANCHESTER O2 APOLLO – SOLD OUT

Every Time I Die – New Junk Aesthetic

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Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic‘New Junk Aesthetic’ is the fifth studio album from New York’s Every Time I Die, an album on which the band jumps from track to track with a fantastic element of fiery power. There’s generally no holding back here, with Every Time I Die absolutely smashing its way through much of the album, putting down fantastically well on record an aggressive metalcore sound. There are a couple of tracks here that aren’t quite as well formed as the others, and the ‘New Junk Aesthetic’ album as a whole is by no means perfect, it’s certainly a very enjoyable album to listen to however, and it’s good to hear the band getting back to what it does best.

The ‘New Junk Aesthetic’ album is absolutely loaded with metalcore gold, and there are certain tracks here that demand to be listened to a hundred times over. There are of course a couple of tracks here where the band turns up the southern style, particularly on ‘Wanderlust’ where Keith Buckley can actually be heard singing for a large percentage of the track. I have to admit that I’m far more a fan of the harder hitting Every Time I Die style, ‘Wanderlust’ is still a pretty good effort from the band however, and I actually rather like it.

There are three notable guest appearances here, with Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan featuring on ‘The Marvellous Slut’, Matt Caughthran of The Bronx featuring on ‘The Sweet Life’, and even Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy fame makes a guest appearance here featuring on the track ‘After One Quarter of a Revolution’. The inclusion of Pete Wentz on the album seems to be a pretty odd one on paper, the track itself works well though, and if you weren’t told that he appeared on this two minute blast of power then you’d never have guessed it otherwise.

13 tracks feature here in total, with the album clocking in at around 37 minutes in length. There are only a couple of tracks here that are longer than 4 minutes (‘Wanderlust’ being one of them), and generally the tracks tend to come in at around 2-3 minutes; a perfect length for an album of this sort. The album has been very well put together, is packed full of energy, and whilst it may not be the band’s best ever album release, ‘New Junk Aesthetic’ is arguably the best Every Time I Die album since 2003s ‘Hot Damn!’.

‘New Junk Aesthetic’ is a quality fifth studio album from Every Time I Die, and one that is sure to make a lot of people happy to hear it. Every Time I Die is a band getting back towards its best, and it’s very refreshing to hear it, too. Definitely be sure to give ‘New Junk Aesthetic’ a listen, and the chances are that you’ll be very pleased with what you find.

Label: Epitaph
Release Date: September 15th 2009

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