WINDS OF PLAGUE return with the much anticipated new full-length release, The Great Stone War. A concept record and their most epic and unrelenting offering to date, this album is going to quickly propel the band to the forefront of the American metal scene.
The Great Stone War is the product of a band maturing greatly and coming into their own throughout two years of unrelenting worldwide touring. This new album also marks the recording debut of drummer Art Cruz and keyboardist Kristen Randall adding a whole new layer of dynamics to the band’s already devastating arsenal of metallic fury and angst. The disc was recorded once again with Daniel Castleman (As I Lay Dying, A Love Ends Suicide) and mixed by the legendary Tue Madsen (Himsa, The Haunted). This offering could be best described as the soundtrack to Armageddon with each track becoming extremely epic in scope. WINDS OF PLAGUE encompasses a juxtaposition of Scandinavian black metal, classic American metal and overall brutality, which will have them reign supreme among their peers.
Johnny Plague (vocals) further comments on the album’s concept: “I decided as a challenge to myself to write this new album as a story. I have always been a fan of concept albums as I feel it adds an overall depth to an album. Bands like Blind Guardian and Dimmu Borgir have been huge influences on me. Their albums always seem to have this narrative based feel to them. With this idea and I hope to achieve the same affect on others as their albums had on me. The idea of The Great Stone War is that civilization as a whole will digress and in time inevitably end with one final battle. This battle will not be fought with technology but with stone. Over the course of eleven tracks the listener hears about a journey foreseen through the eyes of a heathen in a religious world apocalypse. Even in the world’s darkest times you always have to take a step back and see life for what it is and not lose sight of what is most important.”
Immediately following the recording of The Great Stone War, the Los Angeles-based band headed out East to join the start of this year’s Summer Slaughter tour alongside Necrophagist, Suffocation, Darkest Hour and others. The 3rd annual trek crosses the country right before the band and Chimaira head out for a week of dates and then join up with hardcore heavyweights, Hatebreed, for another full US run. A Winds of Plague headline run is in the works for late 2009, which again shows the endless touring the band delivers in support of their albums. Prior to recording, The Great Stone War, the band co-headlined the first annual “Atticus Metal Tour” which played to sold out shows throughout the country, solidifying the band as one of the new leaders in metal and capped the cycle for their 2007 Century Media debut, Decimate the Weak.
just listened to the new song, awesome :) looking forward to the album and also when you guys are coming down to Australia with suffocation and arch enemy what an awesome line up!!!! \m/:)\m/
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I SPENT THE LAST @ DAYS THINKING ABOUT WHEN YALL WERE GOING TO PUT OUT A NEW CD!! I AM SO STOKED!! IM PREORDERING FROM IRAQ AS I WRIGHT THIS!!! SEMPER FI!!
just ordered the hat+shirt+cd pack, can't wait...and from what im hearing w/ the new song, the new cd will be as great or even better than the first..can't wait
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