SYSTEM DIVIDE premiers video for ‘The Apex Doctrine’ on Blank TV today!




AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – August 23, 2010 – SYSTEM DIVIDE, the extreme modern metal act featuring Sven De Caluwe (Aborted), Miri Milman, Michael Wilson (ex-Abigail Williams), Cole Martinez (ex-Years of Fire, Antenora), Andrew Lenthe (Antenora), and Mike Heller (Malignancy), has recently completed their first music video for the single The Apex Doctrine, which is being debuted today exclusively on Blank TV! Be sure to head over to Blank TV, the net’s biggest punk and indie music channel, to check out the brand new video for The Apex Doctrine, which was shot by Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Dope, Dying Fetus, Suffocation), and leave a comment.


In conjunction with the upcoming release The Conscious Sedation, Metal Blade Records has launched a landing page where fans can preorder the album by itself or bundled with a t-shirt.


Preorder packages:
The Conscious Sedation CD only $10.99*
The Conscious Sedation CD & Logo T-shirt $19.99*
The Conscious Sedation CD & Red Skull T-shirt $19.99*
*price does not include s/h

The Conscious Sedation track listing is as follows:
1. Vagaries Of Perception
2. An Intoxicating Affair
3. Echoes
4. The Apex Doctrine
5. Lethargy
6. (N)Ether
7. Hollow
8. Purity In Imperfection
9. Repent/Forget
10. The Conscious Sedation
11. Stagnant Progression

About the band:
Founded in the summer of 2008, SYSTEM DIVIDE quickly became a transnational project. The band set out to revolutionize the conventions of the over-saturated melodic death metal genre, proving that extreme metal can have more depth than blast beats, while female vocals do not have to conform to the precepts of the “Goth” genre. In mixing many styles, The Collapse, the band’s debut EP, breaks all the rules of extreme metal and is a landmark release for the new band.


As opposed to interjecting simple, predictable clean choruses into contrived song structures, SYSTEM DIVIDE unites serene female vocals and extreme vocals driven by lyrical themes that confront and seek to break everyday themes of disillusionment, societal materialism, and individual apathy. Musically, the band delivers myriad styles of riffing and grooves, while augmenting the entrancing soundscapes with hard-hitting drums and intricate bass lines. These elements together define the unique, spell binding, hypnotic sound of SYSTEM DIVIDE.


In order to achieve this complex calculus of sounds on The Collapse, Cole Martinez handled tracking duties at Conquistador Recordings. Mixing and mastering duties were handled by Jacob Hansen (Aborted, HateSphere, Volbeat) at Hansen Studios in Denmark in April and May 2009. Artwork for The Collapse was completed by Colin Marks (Strapping Young Lad, Aborted, Nevermore). The result is a sonic and visual masterpiece that metal has eagerly been waiting for.


The band recruited Michael Wilson (ex-Abigail Williams) as a second guitarist after the release of The Collapse EP and continued writing material for its first full length, The Conscious Sedation, which will be available online and in stores everywhere September 14, 2010. Following the philosophy of ‘if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it,’ the band once again recorded with producer/engineer Cole Martinez. Mixing and mastering for The Conscious Sedation was handled by the infamous James Murphy (Aborted, SWWAATS, Lazarus AD, Sigh, Arsis).


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Check out the promo video below for The Devil Wears Prada’s upcoming Zombie EP. James Baney of TDWP wrote, directed and edited a new teaser trailer. You can view the clip below. Zombie hits stores on August 24. The Devil Wears Prada is currently wrapping their Back To The Roots tour and all remaining dates can also be viewed below.

THE ARTERY FOUNDATION AND STAPLE MGMT ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURE TO MANAGE AUSTRALIA’S THE AMITY AFFLICTION

The Artery Foundation has entered into a joint venture with Australian management company Staple MGMT to manage The Amity Affliction in all territories outside of Australia.


The Amity Affliction has used a hard working touring ethic to become one of the biggest independent bands in Australia. The band’s recently released album “Youngbloods” debuted #6 on the Australian charts, shocking the mainstream Australian media and solidifying the band as unlikely magazine cover stars. The quintet’s outspoken nature and outstandingly positive lyrics have earned praise from fans and industry alike, and their music has struck a chord with an audience attracted to their ear for melody and creative approach to heavy songwriting.

But it’s in the live arena that The Amity Affliction have truly earned their respect. The band just finished part 1 of their extensive Australian album tour, selling out every show with numbers up to 2200 capacity and one of the most intense live shows gracing stages down under. Part 2 will see the band reach the smaller country towns around Australia where ticket sales indicate they will have much the same response.

“Youngbloods” was recorded by US Producer Machine in New Jersey at the start of 2010, and is the band’s second album. It is a diverse and polished record which has set a new standard in what heavy hardcore-influenced music can sound like. It is set for release worldwide later in 2010, as the band gear up to take on the UK at the end of 2010 as support to Asking Alexandria, and set their sights on the rest of the world as 2011 rolls around.

Sacramento, CA based management company The Artery Foundation has established itself as a force in the music business, with an impressive roster that includes such successful indie acts as Attack Attack!, Breathe Carolina, Emarosa, Dance Gavin Dance and more.

Check out a streaming player for The Amity Affliction online now and hear what all the fuss is about: http://www.staple.com.au/theamityaffliction

Artery’s own Ten After Two have signed to Rise Records! The band will release their debut EP “If You Don’t First” October 19th exclusively at Hot Topic and online.

www.myspace.com/tenaftertwo

Fight Fair are excited to bring their Cali style and feel-good vibes to the masses with a new video for the title track from their debut full length “California Kicks”. Captured live at this years Warped tour on and off stage, it captures the party atmosphere and follows the band on tour, on the beach and more…all in the name of surf. Be sure to catch all the band’s party-antics on their Triple Crown Records full-length debut record of the same name: California Kicks. Out now and available everywhere and catch the video after the jump, some really good stuff from a great band.

Head over to the Woe, Is Me myspace to hear the bands first single [&] Delinquents off of their debut album Number[s].

Pre Orders for Number[s] are also now available through Merchnow.