Massachusetts' UNEARTH have inked a deal with Metal Blade Records, the label announced today.

"We are extremely excited and honored to be able to work with UNEARTH," Metal Blade Owner/CEO Brian Slagel said in a statement. "They are one of the leading bands of the new generation and we can't wait to get started helping them achieve success."

"The guys couldn't be happier about signing to Metal Blade," the band said. "The entire staff at MB, especially President Mike Faley and Owner Brian Slagel, have made it clear to us that we will get a major push and never be asked to compromise our artistic freedom. Signing this deal will allow us to continue with our vision of bringing real music back to the forefront while sticking with a grass roots label that has done nothing but stand behind heavy music for over 20 years.

"We also want to welcome a new member into the fold. Mike Justain, of THE RED CHORD fame, will take on drumming duties for us shortly after the 'Headbanger's Ball' tour. With our original drummer, Mike Rudberg, leaving months ago for personal reasons, Justain seems to be the perfect fit for our style and personality. No worries though, Justain will remain with THE RED CHORD. We are huge fans of the band and would hate to see them disband.

"We want to thank Eulogy Recordings for being a great home for us for the past three years. We will always work with Eulogy with our past releases and at least one more future project.

"As for now, thanks to the fans and everyone who has supported us. Our next full length will be out on Metal Blade sometime next spring. It will be by far the heaviest and best thing we have ever done."

i wonder if this means mikes not with csdo anymore?

unearth is so gay, it makes me mad

holy shit!
that's fucked.

mike is also drummer for backstabbers inc.

That guy's no one trick pony...

siiiigghhh...the network apparently needs more chuggas

boobtoucher said:

the who? you cant be called that...

Someone tell Metal Blade to sign us so they can drop us in three months before we can get an album out.

*insert technical melodic riffing here* *insert redundant stupid random open e chugging here* *insert contract with metal blade here* its just that simple folks!

haha oh yea...we'd need some hardcore name like Five Knuckles of Fury or The "something something" "something"

unearth to me always seemed like a band that could be really good, but for some reason isn't. I think being on metal blade could change that.

any band that blatantly rips off jester race riffage and puts it next to replicas of hatebreed breakdowns should be shit on, not signed. they are one of the few bands that actually succeeds at making me angry. other shitty bands fall short of truly bothering me.

Unearth is a leading band in the new generation? what the fuck is the new generation? and why is ever band from the new generation apparently from MA

i have an e mail from them turning us down

Dear Bane of Existence

Thank you for submitting your material to Metal Blade Records. Sorry it took so long to respond to you. We are a few months behind in listening to demo's. Though we found some of the material to be strong, it's not what we are looking for at the moment. However, we encourage you to send us any future projects, and we thank you for considering Metal Blade.

Good luck in your future musical endeavors.

Sincerely,
Metal Blade Records A&R

metal blade loves signing gay bands from massachusetts

Terence said:

ASCENDANCY SLAYS UNEARTH HANDS DOWN

i could never get into the vocals or drumming. but simon and ken are pretty good guitar players.

ken recorded the invocation of nehek demo and i think it sounds damn good. maybe i'll get him to record porphyria?

unearth on metal blade hahaha. MB is possibly the worst label they dont deserve bands like BOE , or ascendency. Rock on guys some sick label will put your shit out i know it for sure

xPaulBLAHBLAHx said:

do you like Earache records?

lol at one time earache records was good. First napalm death discs and carcass discs were pluses. I cant think of anything else at the time but im sure there are more. Same goes with metal blade though now i think they are a bad label,but they released some awesome shit before.

i like earache, the haunted are pretty good.
i am a big fan of mortiis, december wolves are pretty good too.

our cd will be on flesh feast records doug is doing the lay out so hopfully early 2004 or even better thisdecember

xPaulBLAHBLAHx said:

xPaulBLAHBLAHx said:

earache rules.

you can't say metal blade is the worst label. excellent bands on metalblade:

The Crown
Cannibal Corpse
Vehemence
Amon Amarth
God Dethroned
Immolation
Lamb Of God
King Diamond

sure they have some shitty bands, but who doesn't. I only care about the bands that are good anyways.

Excellent, good label also i might add. Ill definatly pick that up when it comes out . Yeah tom I agree, the crown, CC, and vehemance definatly murder, but they have put out so many bad discs. Its kinda like the way I look at relapse today. They put out a good disc every once and a while. I

RustedAngel said:

whats the crown like?

The crown is sick joe, fast thrash/death. Pretty intense and talented stuff

nice, i will have to check them out.
thanks

like total thrash / death metal. one of my favorite bands of all time.

if you are willing to check them out I strongly suggest picking up 'DEATHRACE KING'

http://www.returntothepit.com/cdreview.php?cdid=58

I've never liked Relapse ever since they focused more in DEP kind of stuff. Around the mid to late 90's they were awesome. Labels just try to screw over the bands anyway. A perfect example is Virulence, if anyone knows what I'm talking about. I would rather record our own full length and sell them from the back of my chevy blazer then to have the label take everything from us.

litacore said:

thanks Larissa!

Isn't/wasn't Vader on Metal Blade?

whats wrong with dep?

deathrace king is a killer album. that label is really going to shit though.

George said:


I never stated anything was wrong with them. I dont like them, thats just my opinion.

Terence said:

how about you need a graphing calculator just to tap your foot them?
i find them to be rather annoying.

dep is awesome. except for their singer, thankfully he left, and i havnt heard the new guy.

OMG i had no idea Mike was playing drums for Unearth. I used to play with him in Mourn. Guess I've been living on the moon since '97. Unearth must be dear to many hearts (not mine)

Virulence was so sick, very big influence.