ARKAEA Begins Recording Debut Album; New Release Date Announced

September 15, 2008

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) — will release its debut album on March 10, 2009 via Koch Records.

Jon Howard comments, "With the recent signing of ARKAEA to Koch, and a release date of our debut album approaching in 2009, I couldn't be more ecstatic! We've progressed so much as a band in the past year, molding our musical styles together. I feel we've created something very original that I can be proud of for the rest of my life. I can't wait to see where this ride is headed."

Koch Records VP of Metal Scott Givens weighs in: "I'm really pleased to be working again with Raymond and Christian on such an amazing project and that they have chosen Koch to be its home. I've no doubt that when the record is finished everyone who hears it will be as blown away as I was when I first heard the demos."

The band has enlisted THREAT SIGNAL bass player Pat Kavanaugh and has just begun recording. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Break The Silence", "Blackened Sky", "Beneath The Shades Of Grey" and "Awakening". The album is being recorded at Temple Studios in Chatsworth, California, owned by Raymond Herrera and will have Christian Olde Wolbers at the helm of production with engineer Jeremy Blair (GUNS N' ROSES, FEAR FACTORY).

A widget for ARKAEA is available below.

Christian comments: "These songs were designed like the FEAR FACTORY songs that Raymond and I always wrote. However, we've been able to push the boundaries and go out of that context, while remaining heavy."

"Christian and Ray have been writing together for many years, so the music does have a lot of FEAR FACTORY elements," adds Howard. "However, we've been open to trying different things. It basically fuses what I have been doing vocally in THREAT SIGNAL with driving FEAR FACTORY rhythms, along with some of our own experimentation. The idea behind the project is to be heavy, but maintain melody at the same time."

Howard has been a part of the FEAR FACTORY family ever since Olde Wolbers served as producer for THREAT SIGNAL's debut, "Under Reprisal". Given that connection, the chemistry was there the instant the band started playing together.

You can preview new music at www.myspace.com/arkaeamusic.

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