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October 25, 2012
 

GENERAL LEE Unite With Play The Assassin Records; Track Stream Available

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Written by: Paul Ferritto [Fritz]
General Lee

French post-hardcore unit, GENERAL LEE, have inked a worldwide deal with New Jersey-based Play The Assassin Records. The band’s new full-length, Raiders Of The Evil Eye, will be released on November 15,  2012.

Since their formation, the triple-guitar led GENERAL LEE have set out to create a tense musical climate; mixing heavy metallic riffing and icy, oppressive atmospheres with cathartic hardcore screaming. The band’s 2008 Hannibal Ad Portas debut is a culmination of early influences, namely Botch, Neurosis, The Chariot and assorted Belgian beers. A chaotic symphony of blackened intensity and bombastic euphoria, the record received critical praise from press and fans alike. GENERAL LEE would go on to share the road with the likes of Baroness, Helmet, This Will Destroy You, and Cult of Luna. 

Roads followed in 2010 and showcased a more controlled and mature band. GENERAL LEE‘s sound started to take a more individualistic shape that melded the genres of metal, hardcore and ethereal-like beauty. Roads was mastered by Tom Baker (Deftones, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Monster Magnet) at Precision Studios.

November of 2012 will see the birth of the band’s third full-length, Raiders Of The Evil Eye. With their first two releases primarily finding audiences in France, the band has signed with Play The Assassin Records and will be exposed to their largest audience yet. Raiders Of The Evil Eye finds the band teetering on the edge of a molecular meltdown; further blurring the lines of the posts-metal/hardcore. A seven-song thirty-three-minute explosion of extremes, Raiders Of The Evil Eye is chaotic yet controlled; extreme yet blissful. Raiders Of The Evil Eye will be presented in a limited edition, six-panel digipak.

Check out opening track “The Witching Hour” as well as pre-order options at THIS LOCATION.

 Raiders Of The Evil Eye Track-Listing:

1. The Witching Hour

2. Medusa Howls With Wolves

3. Alone With Everybody

4. Overwhelming Truth

5. The End of Bravery

6. LVCRFT

7. Running With Sharp Scissors 

GENERAL LEE is:

Arnaud – Vocals

Fabien – Guitar

Martin – Guitar

Alexis – Guitar

Vincent – Bass

Paul – Drums

Source: Earsplit PR



About the Author

Paul Ferritto [Fritz]
First off, Fritz isn't my real name. It's a nickname I've had for so long, that I forget sometimes that my real name is Paul. So for all intents and purposes all you fine people can call me Fritz.

Anyway I'm one of the co-founders of Axis Of Metal, which I created out of a love for all things heavy. Admittedly my first foray into music wasn't so heavy. At twelve i developed a love for grunge music, which then lead to a love of classic rock, and punk. Then as I consumed almost every piece of music in said genres I needed something with a bit more intensity, and something more extreme. One day I was walking through the halls in my high school, and i heard music blasting out of someone's headphones, and it was exactly what I was looking for. So after I found out that it was Slayer's "Disciple" I went home that day, and listened to every song Slayer had ever released, and that's how it all started.

So that's my story, so why not go out and listen to me blabber on, on the podcast or go and read what the Axis Of Metal's writing team has to say. Axis of Metal is created by metal heads, for metal heads.
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