About A TRAITOR LIKE JUDAS (NEW DEMOSONG ONLINE!!!!!!)
A TRAITOR LIKE JUDAS earned the reputation as one of
the busiest touring bands of the metalcore genre with a headstart. Only
three months after their formation in Braunschweig/Germany they played
their first show, soon followed up by a tour supporting NARZISS - without
any record out on the market.
The debut MCD "Poems For A Dead Man" saw the light of day later in 2002.
The reactions in the media and the scene assured the band a huge potential.
One year later full of changes (label & line-up changes) A TRAITOR LIKE
JUDAS gave evidence to those high hopes with their debut full-length "Too
Desperate To Breathe In". A three week tour through Europe followed as
well as many many gigs and an appearance on the first Pressure Festival
in Herne/Germany. 2004 was the year of the "Ten Angry Men". A Split-CD
with Under Siege is released, Europe was toured twice, once with Burning
Skies. As usual many gigs followed; A TRAITOR LIKE JUDAS shared the stage
with Caliban, Unearth, As I Lay Dying and Walls of Jericho among others.
The count by this stage is nearly at about 600 (!) shows. Beside that,
the band had the honour to put out a special discography for South America
via XCausticXRecordsX in mid of 2k5.
This consistent touring paved the way to the deal with Goodlife Records,
the home of their old heroes Morning Again. Discontent with the quality
of their recorded output so far A TRAITOR LIKE JUDAS decided to focus
on the songwriting process in preparation for the recordings of "Nightmare
Inc.", aiming to write songs that combine fast metal with creeping mosh
parts. "The more you play your songs live the swifter they are annoying
you. That's why it was about time to write fresher and better
songs", states guitar player Christoph. Now, after recording "Nightmare
Inc." the band is finally satisfied with the result and self-confident:
"Take everything you liked about A TRAITOR LIKE JUDAS and multiply by
10! Everything is fully developed, better, stronger, more melodic and
more brutal. This is a big step for us that sums up the best qualities
we reveal in our shows."
The last album "Nightmare Inc." was released on November
21st, 2005 by Goodlife Recordings and Dockyard 1. Its worldwide distributed
(in germany via Soulfood) and released in Japan (with one bonus song)
by Gencross. The band did a three week european tour, followed by fourteen
days in the UK, to promote the release. In september 2006 singer Björn
Decker left the band. The guys found a replacement in Colin Murdy, who
moved from ireland to germany to be a part of the traitor family. With
this new member they're stronger than ever and are ready to take
the next step... They already started writing new songs for their upcoming
album. It will be released in summer 2007 by Goodlife. Be sure that A
TRAITOR LIKE JUDAS will heading towards the peak of a modern metal, carried
by the growing metal core scene where they are firmly based.
