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Some news what has been happening lately at Discard camp

We are still alive and well! So we have been writing some new material for the next album. At the moment we have like 4 or 5 completely new songs done. In overall there are 9-10 songs in progress. The promo-cd songs might be re-recorded, at least Stone Cold Dead. The new material is going to be kind of more straight forward deaththrash but still not forgetting the groovy stuff and catchy melodies. We feel that the new material is more organic and strong and we are pleased what has been done so far. We can't really say when the new stuff is going to be out and where it will be recorded and so on because we are still negotiating stuff which I can't really speak more about. So, until the next time, keep on thrashing!!

Read the studio diary of promo recordings

The band's new permanent vocalist is now confirmed. The new singer is Tommi "Rotten" Virranta (ex-Deathchain, Survivors Zero). The band shook hands with Tommi after the gig in Kellari, Joensuu. Heikki Miettinen left the band just before a large-scale European tour. Miettinen made his decision because of "total lack of motivation and anxiety towards the band activities". The European tour with Irish Gama Bomb and American Bonded by Blood was cancelled.

Discard was formed in early 2004 by Ohto Jaatinen (guitar), Toni Ronkainen (drums), Eero Kankkunen (guitar) and Vellu Kuronen (bass) out of the ashes of the group's previous project, Antar. Shortly after that Heikki Miettinen (vocals) joined the band and Vellu was ousted from the band. Discard’s first demo, “Demo 2004”, was recorded over the summer 2004 and was released shortly before Christmas. The beginning of 2005 marked a quieter period for Discard, as Eero moved to another part of Finland and eventually decided to leave the band. The void was soon filled by Janne Roiha (guitar), the producer of “Demo 2004” and not long after that a new bass player, Mikko Kytösaho, was found. Thus the current line-up was complete.

The band started to work on their second demo and by the end of 2005 four new songs were written. The new demo, Bury the Sun, was recorded during December 2005 and January 2006. The new demo attracted a lot of positive attention. The demo was selected as “the demo of the month” by Soundi, a well respected Finnish music magazine. According to the magazine, the band has an angry and uncompromising attitude; yet they manage to control their rage much more effectively than many other representatives of their genre (Soundi 5/2006). The demo also received fantastic reviews on various webzines such as Encyclopedia Metallum and Noise. Thanks to the great potential of Bury the Sun, Discard were offered a chance to play at Ilosaarirock, the largest music festival in Eastern Finland.

In the beginnig of 2007 Discard sold it's soul to Shadow World Records. Now the band is ready to fill the world with pure Death-Fucking-Trash 'n Roll mayhem.