LAST CHANCE TO REASON have announced April 12, as the North American release date for their PROSTHETIC RECORDS' debut, "Level 2." The cover art can be seen above. The Augusta, Maine based, experimental prog-metal sextet will hit the road in February for their first Canadian run of dates and will then meet up with the legendary Atheist. The band will also be appearing at this year's New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA on April 16th. You can pre-order the CD now, either on its own, or with a shirt at PROSTHETIC's official webstore.




LAST CHANCE TO REASON teamed up with producer Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me) to create a modern take on the classic progressive concept album. Drawing influence from the 70's prog of King Crimson and Yes, composers Steve Reich and Schoenberg as well as prog-metal masters Opeth, Dream Theater and Cynic, LCTR's "Level 2" takes the band in awe-inspiring new directions.



Set in a Tron-like virtual world, the album's concept revolves around the relationship between man and technology, our move from physical reality to virtual spaces and what these changes mean to our lives and our art. The lyrics are expressed from the point of view of an artificial intelligence facing the violent reality of a videogame world.



Catch the band live:
2/17 Ottawa ON - Alexander CC #
2/18 Kingston ON - Next Hall Church #
2/19 Guelph ON - Club Vinyl #
2/20 Toronto ON - The Rock Pile #
2/21 London, ON- London Music Hall #
2/22 Windsor ON - The Blind Dog #
2/23 Barrie ON - The Mansion #
2/24 Brantford ON - Club NV #
2/25 Sudbury ON - Jubilee #
2/26 Thunder Bay ON - Croc's #
2/27 Winnipeg, MB- The Zoo #
3/01 Saskatoon SK - Walkers #
3/02 Edmonton AB - Avenue Theater #
3/03 Lethbridge, AB - The Royal Canadian Legion #
3/07 Toronto, ON- Wreck Room %
3/08 Monteal, QC- Petit Campus *
3/09 NYC, NY- Santos Party House *
3/10 Baltimore, MD- Sonar *
3/12 Atlanta, GA- The Masquerade *
4/16 Worcester, MA- The Palladium, NE Metal and Hardcore Fest
# w/ Within The Ruins, Suffokate, The Contortionist
% w/ Atheist
* w/ Atheist, A Life Once Lost, Revocation

Since forming in 2005, LAST CHANCE TO REASON has shared the stage with Born of Osiris, Genghis Tron, Periphery, The Red Chord, Daath, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Unearth and many more.



Myspace.com/lastchancetoreason

In general, I never understood the relevance of, "said band has shared the stage with...".

It doesn't make them good, it doesn't make them important. I've seen PLENTY of garbage bands playing with good bigger bands.
I've also seen plenty of amazing bands playing with garbage bigger bands.
No one above the age of 16 gives a shit who's played with who.
Just venting.

only awesome local shows with all good bands is real.

I've played with Jimi Hendrix. Touch my dingle.

do a 12 band New England Concert's show about it

Super stoked on this release. Awesome band made up of awesome dudes. Still can't believe they're on prostethic.

That being said, FUCK them for not coming around here with atheist. <3

this album is amazing. two thumbs up gents!

Listening to Lvl. 1 to gear up for the new one. Unique band is unique.

Mike's vocals and the new guitarist really make it a whole new ballgame.

I do think it's pretty cool that they designed a game to go along with the album. I probably won't play it, but yeah.

it sounds completely different w/o Bob. Dour Cursiva (Mast) is in the thanks you's BDC.

aww, shucks.

This sounds like a core version of Cynic. Two different genres now from the first album to this one. It's alright. A little one dimensional unfortunately.