EMBRACE THE END–Life after Abacus Records

Although these guys released their debut album under the now defunct Abacus brand, EMBRACE THE END are still under the CM umbrella and, even more importantly, still playing incredibly spazzed-out technical metal that defies both description and comparison. Fortunately, there are a few other like-minded revolutionaries out there, including their own label mates in ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS, whom they happen to be taking out on the road with Carnifex, Conducting From the Grave and Broadcast the Nightmare in the summer. Check out the dates on the band's MySpace page at http://myspace.com/embracetheend

Ley Lines is EMBRACE THE END's first official release as a CM band and the result, from the cover art by Paul Romano (Mastodon, Trivium) to the Zach Ohren (As Blood Runs Black, Arsonists Get All the Girls) production job and the MUSIC itself, is pretty friggin' spectacular. If you were with the band in their Abacus days for Counting Hallways to the Left then you know how deft this band can be in melding technical death metal, grind and hardcore. Obviously, the bases are covered on this one, and you can run them yourself as the entire album is streaming on the band's new e-card by clicking below.