US prog metal trio Black Sites release new single »Gideon«; fourth full-length album »The Promised Land?« out on September 6th!
Chicago, Illinois based prog metal trio Black Sites has released new single »Gideon« taken from their fourth full-length album, »The Promised Land?«, due out on September 6th, 2024.
Tracklist:
01. Descent
02. Dread Tomorrow
03. Gideon
04. World On Fire
05. Chasing Eternity
06. Promised Land
07. Many Turn To None
Courtesy of C Squared Music:
Chicago-based old-school metal trio Black Sites have unleashed their new single »Gideon«. The song is from their upcoming full-length, »The Promised Land?« which will be released on September 6th, 2024.
Mark Sugar comments, “This is a very different song for us, although it fits nicely with the goth-rock side quest we’ve occasionally indulged. For all of our prog and thrash tendencies, sometimes it’s nice to lean into the slower, darker side of things.”
Formed in 2016 as a studio project, Black Sites combine old school metal with guitar harmonies, melodic/clean vocals and progressive elements, primarily drawing inspiration from the likes of Voivod, Black Sabbath, and King’s X. The band released their debut In Monochrome in 2017 (Mascot Records), and Exile in 2019, with 2021 bringing Untrue produced by Sanford Parker and awarded Record Of the Year by Dr. A.N. Grier at AngryMetalGuy.com.
Pre-order »The Promised Land?« here: blacksites.bandcamp.com
Black Sites is:
Mark Sugar – Vocals, Guitar
Ryan Bruchert – Guitar
Brandon White – Drums
Guest performers:
Matt Johnsen (Pharaoh), guitar on »Dread Tomorrow«
Tom Draper (Spirit Adrift, ex-Carcass), guitar on »Chasing Eternity«
Album credits:
Producer: Mark Sugar
Recording studio: Electrical Audio, Rax Trax, Nightmare On Mace Street
Engineer: Taylor Hales
Mastering: Noam Wallenberg at Rax Trax, Chicago
Mixing: Noam Wallenberg at Rax Trax, Chicago
Album cover artist: Alexandre Goulet
Album formats: CD, Digital, LP (Black)
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