Limited Edition "The Brave" T-Shirts Benefit Breast Cancer Research October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and although there are more breast cancer survivors today than in the past due to numerous advances in science and medicine, many women still lose the fight.  Believer and artist Michael Rosner (Eye Level Studio) have designed a limited edition shirt to sell during the month of October with proceeds being donated to breast cancer research.  Please join Believer and Eye Level Studio in helping to find a cure and honor "The Brave" women who have battled or are currently battling this horrific disease. Hello Everyone! KB here to talk about Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As many of you know, I am a cancer researcher. There are several people in my life who have been touched by this disease, some are survivors and some who were not as fortunate. I am therefore quite passionate about wiping out this horrible illness as are many of my friends in the research community. We (Believer) have decided to release a limited time only T-shirt (girls and guys) to sell during the month of October with proceeds going to help fund ground-breaking cancer research at Johns Hopkins where I earned my Ph.D. I know that Believer fans and metal fans in general will step up for this cause and we thank you in advance for your support. Please feel free to enter the name of someone during your purchase that you wish to honor with your donation and we will post a list on our sites to acknowledge your help with this fight. With many thanks, Kurt Bachman

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Believer to Headline environMETAL Launch Show

October 1, 2009• Believer comes to Philadelphia.

October 22, 2009
Broad Street Ministry
Philadelphia, PA
All Ages Show at 6PM
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Believer Announces Shows With CKY

August 25 , 2009 • Two shows with CKY at Bam Margera's club in West Chester, PA:

October 30, 2009
The Note
West Chester, PA
All Ages Show at 6PM
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October 30, 2009
The Note
West Chester, PA
21 + Show at 10PM
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Believer Announces Shows in Pennsylvania and Delaware

August 20 , 2009 • The first two shows in support of the new Gabriel album are scheduled as follows:

Septermber 25, 2009
The Sterling Hotel
Allentown, PA
Doors Open at 6PM
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October 3, 2009
Mojo 13
Wilmington, DE
Doors open at 8PM
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Gabriel European Release Dates

	9 April Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain 14 April UK, France, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Czech Rep., Hungary, Portugal, Greece 15 April Sweden, Finland   Pre-Order from Metal Blade Europe
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March 17, 2009: Gabriel Released in North America

Where to Purchase In Store: fye, Independent Music Stores Online: Metal Blade Store Amazon.com Digital: iTunes Amazon.com

Initial Press Reviews SputnikMusic Blistering.com Thrash Magazine Fazer Magazine FranticMag About.com Scott Laird's Blog Fazer Magazine Interview

 

Believer Releases 2nd Single Off New Album, Gabriel

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.

 

High Resolution Gabriel Promotional Posters Available

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! Press Contact: kelli@metalblade.com

 

Exclusive video footage of Howard Jones laying down guest vocals with Believer!

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February 27, 2009 • Check out an exclusive video clip taken while Howard Jones of Cesspool Recordings/Killswitch Engage was in the studio with the Believer guys laying down his vocals for the track The Brave, off the upcoming release Gabriel (out 3/17). Gabriel will also feature guest appearances by Joe Rico (Sacrifice), CKY/World Under Blood guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller, and Rocky Gray (Evanescence, Soul Embrace, Living Sacrifice).

Don’t forget to head over to the band’s MySpace page HERE to check out the track Focused Lethality off Gabriel. Video footage of how the artwork for Gabriel was created can still be found on Decibel Magazine’s site HERE. Check it out if you haven’t already as viewers will be able to see in the video that the cover image (outside of the logo and album title) were COMPLETELY generated outside of Photoshop with a real model, real paint and even real horns. Guest commentary explaining the process by artist Michael Rosner HERE.

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Gabriel Arrives: USA - March 17, 2009   |   Europe - April 9-15, 2009

 

Updated "Gabriel" Worldwide Release Dates

February 25, 2009 • We have received updated release dates that we wanted to pass on to all of you. We are still waiting to find out about Japan, Australia and South America. Dates for other territories are still in the works and we will notify you of any changes as soon as we learn of them. If you don't see your country listed here, you could try pre-ordering from Amazon.com.

March 17
US and Canada

April 9
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain

April 14
UK, France, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Czech Rep., Hungary, Portugal, Greece

April 15
Sweden, Finland

 

CD/T-Shirt Combos Available for Pre-Order from Metal Blade

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.

 

Believer Releases First Single Off of Gabriel

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."

 

Exclusive "Making of" Gabriel Album Cover Video Clip

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. Press Contact: kelli@metalblade.com

 

Believer Releases Artwork and Track Listing for Gabriel

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

Gabriel track listing:

1. Medwton
2. A Moment In Prime
3. Stoned
4. Redshift
5. History Of Decline
6. The Need For Conflict
7. Focused Lethality
8. Shut Out The Sun
9. The Brave
10. Nonsense Mediated Decay

Press Contact: kelli@metalblade.com

 

Metal Blade Announces the Signing of Believer

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

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