California based progressive rock standouts, Hail The Sun, returned today with two new singles – one day ahead of kicking off their national run on the final Warped Tour. Along with the releases of “Mental Knife” and “Suffocating Syndrome”, the band have also announced that they will be releasing an ambitious new full-length entitled Mental Knife on Equal Vision Records on September 28th. Pre-orders are available at hailthesun.merchnow.com.

Sonically, Mental Knife is the closest the band has come to realizing the sound they’ve sought since forming in 2009. The band lived largely in the same creative space for this record as they did on its predecessors – Culture Scars (2016, Equal Vision Records) and the Secret Wars EP (2017, Equal Vision […]

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Alabama hardcore band Gideon has announced a summer headline tour, beginning on August 10th in Columbia, SC. Joining them will be Polaris, Varials, Nothing Left (on select dates), and Chamber. Tickets are on-sale now and can be purchased at: www.gideonal.com.

Their latest album, Cold, was released on May 12th, 2017 via Equal Vision Records. It was recorded in Belleville, NJ with producer Will Putney (Northlane, Stray From The Path, Counterparts) and follows Calloused (2014, Facedown Records), which earned the band impressive Billboard Charting including: No. 4 Hard Rock Album, No. 5 Christian Album, No. 15 Independent Album, No. 21 Top Rock Album, and No. 74 Top Current.

Upcoming Tour Dates:
8/10 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
8/11 – Fayetteville, NC @ The […]

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Melodic hardcore legends Hopesfall are thrilled to share “Tunguska,” the second single from the band’s forthcoming album, Arbiter. Fans can listen to the song and check out an exclusive interview now on Alternative Press. Arbiter is the long-awaited follow up to 2007’s Magnetic North, and marks the band’s first record in over a decade. The album will be released on July 13th, 2018 via Graphic Nature / Equal Vision Records and can be pre-ordered now at hopesfall.lnk.to/arbiter.

Hopesfall formed in 1998. Over the next decade, the band would undergo numerous line-up changes but always drew from the same core group of lifelong friends to source new members. The bond between the group was so strong that even after disbanding in 2008, […]

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Today, Southern California progressive instrumental rock trio, Night Verses, premiered their new track “Infinity Beach” with MetalSucks. The single is the second taken from their forthcoming album From The Gallery Of Sleep – available for pre-order now ahead of it’s June 29th release on Equal Vision Records. The first single “Phoenix IV: Levitation” premiered earlier this month with Revolver Magazine. Following the album release, the band will be heading out on a full US tour in July with Strawberry Girls.

Earlier this year, the heavy post rock outfit, shared the news that they would be continuing on as an instrumental band without their long-term vocalist and surprise released their first new music, a 3 song EP, Copper Wasp. While that […]

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New Jersey rock band Gatherers is thrilled to share their brand new album We Are Alive Beyond Repair, streaming in full now via Bring The Noise, here: http://bringthenoise.com/blog/noise-exclusive-get-ready-to-be-blown-away-by. We Are Alive Beyond Repair will be released this Friday, June 1st, via Equal Vision Records. For more information or to pre-order the album, please visit: gatherers.lnk.to/alive.

“We wanted this album to be as ugly and as horribly truthful as possible,” explains vocalist Rich Weinberger. “It has this very human but flawed connotation to it. It’s very pessimistic. I was reading a lot of Sylvia Plath at the time we were writing this record and I just like that the fabric of our existence is very meek and it’s dull and, no matter […]

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Today, the Southern California trio, Night Verses, premiered their new track “Phoenix IV: Levitation” with Revolver Magazine. The single is the first taken from their forthcoming album From The Gallery Of Sleep – available for pre-order now ahead of it’s June 29th release on Equal Vision Records. Following the release, the band will be heading out on a full US tour in July with Strawberry Girls.

Earlier this year, the heavy post rock trio, shared the news that they would be continuing on as an instrumental band without the vocalist and surprise released their first instrumental music, a 3 song EP, Copper Wasp. While that sort of change up might have knocked a band back a few steps, Night Verses […]

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Eisley and Equal Vision Records are excited to announce the upcoming release of I’m Only Dreaming…Of Days Long Past – a collection of acoustic and re-depicted versions of their 2017 album I’m Only Dreaming, which was produced by Will Yip. I’m Only Dreaming…Of Days Long Past will be released on July 20th, 2018 through Equal Vision Records. Fans can listen to “A Song for the Birds” today at this link: https://eisley.lnk.to/ofdayslongpast

Eisley members Sherri DuPree-Bemis and Garron Dupree explain their desire to re-create songs from I’m Only Dreaming with the following note:

“For many of you, our music has been nostalgic over the past fifteen – plus years, but we made this album to make new memories with you. We […]

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