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10.06.2008

NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

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09.21.2007

SANCTITY TOUR BLOGS ROUNDUP

Sanctity is making the most of their tour with Machine Head and Arch Enemy by documenting each and every aspect of being on the road. From the kind of grub they eat, to the kinds of grubs that get stuck in their van's grill, you can read all about it and see some great photos on their MySpace blog.

Sanctity's debut album Road to Bloodshed is available for download HERE.

www.sanctityweb.com

www.myspace.com/sanctity

www.youtube.com/sanctity

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09.11.2007

SANCTITY - BELOVED KILLER FREE MP3

Sanctity, whose Road to Bloodshed has helped take them on the road with Machine Head, are offering a free mp3 of their song "Beloved Killer." Get it before it's gone!

Sanctity also posted a new blog about the beginning of Machine Head's Black Tyranny tour. To get more info on the Black Tyranny tour with Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Throwdown and Sanctity, visit the tour's e-card.

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09.10.2007

SANCTITY POSTS BLACK TYRANNY TOUR BLOG

More or less, anyway. The Sanctity boys posted a new blog about the beginning of Machine Head's Black Tyranny tour. To get more info on the Black Tyranny tour with Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Throwdown and Sanctity, visit the tour's e-card.

www.sanctityweb.com

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www.youtube.com/sanctity

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09.05.2007

SANCTITY BRING BLOODSHED ON THE ROAD

North Carolina thrashers Sanctity are gearing up to conquer the road again. After a successful run with respected progressive metallers Symphony X, the band is cranking the volume up to 11 and heading out on the Black Tyranny Tour.

The tour will feature headliners Machine Head and Arch Enemy, as well as Throwdown. Sanctity front man Jared MacEachern will also be taking over backing vocal duties for label-mates Machine Head throughout the tour, filling in for injured bassist Adam Duce. "We're really stoked to have found a guy as killer as Jared to help us through this situation," commented Machine Head drummer Dave McClain. Kicking off on September 7th in California, the month long tour is poised to deliver Sanctity as a seasoned brand of thrash to welcoming audiences.

Sanctity recently shot a video for their upcoming single "Beloved Killer" with director Ramon Boutviseth (Seemless, Daylight Dies) in their home town of Asheville, North Carolina. Boutviseth has directed two of the band's previous videos, for "Zeppo" and "Beneath The Machine." The video for "Beloved Killer" is set to premiere on September 6.

Metal Maniacs magazine has praised the band for offering a "modern twist on old-school thrash," standing amongst an elite few American bands spearheading the modern thrash revival. Come see their trailblazing thrash explosion on the Black Tyranny Tour!

Sanctity's Roadrunner debut album Road To Bloodshed is out now.

THE BLACK TYRANNY TOUR:
Featuring SANCTITY, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, THROWDOWN

9/7 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
9/8 Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian's
9/9 San Diego, CA @ Soma
9/11 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
9/13 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
9/14 Houston, TX @ The Meridian
9/15 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
9/17 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
9/18 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
9/19 Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligans
9/21 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
9/22 New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre
9/23 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
9/24 Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
9/26 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
9/27 Depew, NY @ Evolution
9/28 Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
9/29 Montreal, QUE @ The Medley
10/1 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
10/2 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/3 Loop Station, MN @ First Avenue
10/5 Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
10/6 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
10/7 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
10/9 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
10/10 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
10/12 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
10/13 Hollywood, CA @ Avalon

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Even before the release of their debut album, Road to Bloodshed, Asheville, NC metal quartet Sanctity earned respect and recognition from two generations of heavy metal royalty. First, Trivium frontman Matthew K. Heafy saw Sanctity and was so blown-away that he helped get them a record deal. Then, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine caught Sanctity's performance during a show with DragonForce and immediately offered them a vaunted spot on the second outing of his Gigantour festival. "He came backstage and asked us personally to do the show," drummer Jeremy London recalls. "That was such a huge honor because we all love Megadeth and Dave has been one of our idols all of our lives."

It's easy to see why the top names in metal are going to bat for Sanctity. Road to Bloodshed, the band's debut, is a blistering blend of technical thrash and old-school metal powered with plenty of attitude and grit. Filled with steely, staccato guitars, trampling beats and roaring vocals, the songs marry complex arrangements and musicianship with granite-heavy grooves and unforgettable hooks. "We all grew up listening to Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Pantera, and no one's really playing music in that classic thrash style anymore," London says. "But at the same time, we like to write songs that aren't dated and will stand the test of time."

In an increasingly lethargic music scene, Road to Bloodshed is a shot of adrenaline and a bold etching in the pages of metal history. Fan-favorites "Beneath The Machine" and "Zeppo" feature harsh, tuneful vocals backed by a fast, crunchy guitar rhythm, hammering beats and melodic leads. "Seconds" starts with singer Jared MacEachern crooning "Your life is ending seconds at a time" before launching into a violently surging medley of frantic drums and guitar. Then the band goes into "Billy Seals," which follows a symphonic intro with an electronic rhythm that has machine-gun ferocity and timeless thrash riffage. "Everything we do is a collaborative effort," London explains about how the diverse songs coalesce. "Usually [guitarist] Zeff [Childress] will come up with a riff, and then he and I will work the song out a bit. Then Jared will come in and help shape it and give it a dynamic voice."

"Most of the vocals require a real aggressive style, but we definitely have our melodic side, too," MacEachern adds. "I sang in church choir between the ages of 5 and 13, so I try to put some of that in there as well." One reason Sanctity sound so tight and in tune is because Childress and London have been friends since they met in their first grade class. Over the years, they jammed together, then started a band in the seventh grade. Individually, they bounced from band to band playing a variety of styles until they were sophomores in high school. They decided to play together again and make music they were actually proud of. "I was in this southern rock band I was really sick of, so Zeff and I decided to start playing metal," recalls London. "I was playing bass at the time, and he had me switch to drums." For the next two and a half years, Sanctity went through several vocalists and bassists and played numerous local shows. But the turning point came when MacEachern saw one of their gigs at his college.

"I was blown away instantly," he says. "They were really exciting to watch and I started really getting into it, so I jumped onstage and did "Creeping Death" by Metallica with them, and there was this instant connection. Right after the show they said, 'Hey, we need a singer. Wanna come by practice and try out?' So I dropped out of college and joined the band."
Sanctity wrote a batch of songs, self-released a pair of EPs and toured exhaustively, playing 190 shows in 2005 alone. At one of the concerts, they shared a bill with Trivium and Fear Factory, and before they went on, they asked the guys in Trivium to check them out for some constructive criticism. Fortunately there was little to criticize and Trivium were way more than constructive.

"We've really liked those guys since their first album, so their feedback meant a lot," London says. Heafy recommended us to Monte Conner at Roadrunner. Monte gave us a call and we sent him our two EPs and we put a live DVD together." Conner liked what he heard and asked Sanctity to write some new songs and record him a high-quality demo. London called Heafy, who turned them on to Trivium's producer Jason Suecof.

"We did a big benefit show to raise the money to record the demo," London says. "600 people showed up. For the other half of the money, we took a loan out, so we went in with Jason and did "Zeppo," "Seconds" and "Lost to Ego" and sent them back to Monte. "He really liked the songs, but he said he wanted to hear more to see where our music was going. We then went back to the studio with Jason to do four more songs." Those tracks, "Road to Bloodshed," "Once Again," "Brotherhood Of Destruction" and "Billy Seals" demonstrated real musical growth and proved Sanctity could continually deliver the goods. Seeing that, Conner flew out to see them live, then signed them to the label.

With a deal in hand, Sanctity returned to Suecof's studio in Sanford, Florida to finish writing their first full album. Along the way, they lost their bassist and re-hired Derek Anderson who had filled in previously, but that's not what locked the band's creative brakes for nearly a month. "We were just working so hard to write songs and were really working against ourselves because we were trying so hard," MacEachern says. "So we took a week off and relaxed and let the music do what it does on its own. And from there everything went really smoothly." With the songs for Road to Bloodshed finally written, Sanctity went back into the studio with Suecof in high spirits. "It was so easy and so much fun," London says. "Jason really brings out the best in everybody. He has a good ear and can hone in on the small things that might need to be changed. I tracked 14 songs in 12 hours and Derek did his bass parts in three hours. The guitars and vocals took a little longer, but in comparison to other bands, we worked really fast and had a great time." "It's our first record and I'm super excited about it," says McEachern. "But I'm looking ahead and I can't wait to do our second, third and fourth record. I look at this all as the beginning of an amazing process that I've been waiting for my whole life."

From the acrobatic beats and squealing guitar harmonics of "Road to Bloodshed" to the off-time riffing and abrupt bursts of "Brotherhood Of Destruction," Sanctity have tapped into something equally virulent, vibrant and relevant and created the kind of album that causes chills from the first to the 100th time you listen to it. Sanctity may consider bands like Megadeth, Slayer, and Metallica to be primary points of influence, but ten years from now, a new generation of bands could easily be getting the same type of inspiration from Road to Bloodshed and the many Sanctity offerings to follow.

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Format: CD
Release Date: 04.24.2007

Road to Bloodshed

One of the incoming metal acts of 2007 arrives on Road to Bloodshed. Sanctity's debut album accosts you with heavy, concussive splendor and doesn't let up. Get a taste with the FREE BENEATH THE MACHINE MP3.

Tracks:

1. Beneath the Machine
2. Brotherhood of Destruction
3. Road to Bloodshed
4. Laws of Reason
5. Billy Seals
6. Zeppo
7. Beloved Killer [ listen/comment ]
8. The Shape of Things
9. Flatline
10. The Rift Between
11. Seconds
12. Once Again

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