DEFIANCE Begins Recording New Album
September 25, 2006Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE, best known for their seminal late '80s/early '90s Roadrunner releases "Void Terra Firma" and "Beyond Recognition", have entered Trident Studios in Concord, CA with producer Juan Urteaga (EXODUS, SKINLAB, VILE) to begin laying down tracks for their first album in over 10 years. "We spent all last weekend recording the drum tracks for the first six songs," the band writes on its web site. "Mark [Hernandez] absolutely crushed! The drums sound heavy as heck and with Juan's engineering work, sound unbelievable! Next sessions will be to record all the guitar tracks (rhythm and lead) for these first six songs. Doug [Harrington] and Jim [Adams] will be recording all their parts October 14th and 15th at Trident Studios."
Check out photos from the recording studio at this location (more pictures to be added soon).
As previously reported, DEFIANCE recently inked a deal with Los Angeles-based Corporate Punishment Records. The group's fourth album is tentatively due late 2006/early 2007. Upon completion of the LP, the band is looking forward to playing selected shows and festivals. In addition to the new LP, Corporate Punishment Records will also release the band's first long-form DVD, "Decade(s) of Defiance", compiling hours of live performance, interview and archival footage chronicling their nearly 20 years of existence
Part of the so-called "second wave" of Bay Area thrash (which also included the likes of FORBIDDEN, VIO-LENCE, DEATH ANGEL, and TESTAMENT),DEFIANCE officially disbanded in 1993 after the departure of vocalist Steev Esquivel (who would go on to form SKINLAB, and later RE:IGNITION),while the remaining members, with the addition of vocalist Dave Godfrey White (HEATHEN),formed INNER THRESHOLD, which would also eventually disband.
In 2005, rumors of a reformed DEFIANCE sent waves of interest through the burgeoning thrash metal community, until it was finally confirmed that the band had in fact reunited and were at work on their first new material in over a decade.
Comments Disclaimer And Information