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March 12 , 2009 • In honor of the upcoming release Gabriel, Pennsylvania based thrashers BELIEVER are releasing a second track ‘Stoned’ via the band's MySpace page. The highly anticipated release Gabriel will be available next week, March 17th, 2009 through Cesspool Recordings / Metal Blade Records.
"As we were mixing Stoned, the ripping old school death metal riff and locking into a groove felt great until we added the weird piano section. After repeated listens to this part during the mix, both Jeff and Kevin developed throbbing headaches and severe nausea. It must have been the odd, conflicting timing between the keys, guitars and drums totally screwing with their inner ears or something. Obviously Kurt and I felt great (not sure what that says about us), but I guess that’s what one might call ‘feeling the song’. Warning: Listening to this section over and over again may induce physical illness.” states drummer Joey Daub.
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March 12 , 2009 • Believer is making available high resolution promotional posters customized for each country in which the album will be released. Available in 600 and 300dpi versions, the posters can be downloaded here. Click on either the 300 or 600dpi folders to see a list of the available files. Right-click on an individual file to download. Print them out, post them where you can, foward to your friends, etc. Thank you for helping us to get the word out!
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain
April 14
UK, France, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Czech Rep., Hungary, Portugal, Greece
April 15
Sweden, Finland
February 19, 2009 • The Gabriel album, two T-shirt designs and two T-Shirt/CD combos are now available from the Metal Blade store. You can show your support for the band by placing the following banner on your site.
February 13, 2009 • In honor of the upcoming release Gabriel, Pennsylvania based thrashers BELIEVER are releasing the track Focused Lethality via the band's MySpace page. The highly anticipated release Gabriel will be available everywhere March 17th, 2009 through Cesspool Recordings / Metal Blade Records.
"Focused Lethality was really a return to our straight-ahead thrash style. We had a great time writing this one and playing it live really brings the energy level up a notch. We think fans of our early work will sink their teeth into this one" states guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman."
| February 5, 2009 • Currently on the Decibel Magazine blog: an exclusive video clip featuring music from the album and showing the making of the album cover with real model . . . real paint . . . and real horns. Check out more art from Michael Rosner and the entire crew at Eye Level Studio.
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January 18, 2009 • Pennsylvania based thrashers BELIEVER has just released the track listing and artwork for the highly anticipated release Gabriel, which will be the band’s Cesspool Recordings /Metal Blade Records debut (Cesspool is Howard Jones’ [Killswitch Engage] imprint label through Metal Blade). Gabriel will be available everywhere March 17th, 2009.
“The artwork for Gabriel was born from the talents of Michael Rosner (Roz) and Eye Level Studios. Working with Roz and the Eye Level team has been nothing short of amazing. The talent of these individuals is staggering and we found ourselves residing in the same crazy, pancake eating, warped dimension when it came to visual concepts. We tossed many ideas around with Roz but the main focus was to have the artwork compliment the music and vice-versa. Gabriel has been an artistic collaboration on many levels and the finished product truly highlights the incredible talents of Roz and the Eye Level team. We're not finished yet, so stay tuned for more Believer/Eye Level madness.” -- Kurt Bachman
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January 12, 2009 • Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Pennsylvania based thrashers BELIEVER through Howard Jones’ (Killswitch Engage) imprint label Cesspool Recordings. Formed in the mid eighties, BELIEVER gained worldwide recognition for their boundary-breaking, artistic form of extreme metal as a part of Roadrunner Records prog-metal/thrash campaign “The Breed Beyond” alongside Cynic and Pestilence.After a long hiatus, BELIEVER is back with an intense fury and the band’s new record, Gabriel, once again sees Believer conquering new musical and artistic territory.
With an upgraded sound and songwriting that has been alluded to as a “sick, insane cross between Tool, Voivod, NIN, and Destruction”, Believer’s 4th release Gabriel shows a band simply not focused on regurgitating and reliving their past. To this end, Bachman and Daub have surrounded themselves with new creative blood in keyboardist/programmer Jeff King, guitarist Kevin Leaman and bassist/ programmer Elton Nestler. Securing a new home with legendary Metal Blade Records, Believer is determined to win over fans of old and new with their brand of ‘Believer-esque’ metal.
Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman comments, "it's been quite a long break for us, but metal stays in your blood and the constant nagging from Daub became overbearing. The opportunity to work with Howard Jones, Brian Slagel and all the amazing talented people at Metal Blade is fantastic and we are looking forward to a long and creative relationship. Needless to say, we're stoked about Believer's future."
"I have had a great relationship with Brian Slagel and Mike Faley for a long time, and getting a chance to work with them and start up Cesspool Recordings was more than I could have asked for. Somehow I got lucky enough to stumble across a reactivated BELIEVER who has always been a band that got and still gets repeated listens from me. Great band and even better people, and they truly bring a unique quality of musicianship back into the metal music genre. I'm truly excited to see them on stage again” comments Howard Jones.
BELIEVER’s 4th album Gabriel will be available everywhere March 17th 2009.
Press Contact: kelli@metalblade.com