Silence is our coffin

We have "returned" from our geographical survey of Arizona. Our analysts...and no disrespect for Tucson, but the Ponderosa's of Flagstaff are superior to the desert lowlands of Tucson. But both citys are truly a pleasure for us to play. A different level of excitement comes from these college town's that isn't apparent in the mega sprawl of Phoenix. It is indeed an apples to oranges comparison, but something we wish to note.

Phoenix being 1.5-2 hour drive north or south to either of these ancillary Arizona city's is something that we plan to exploit more then we traditionally do. Bands like Godhunter and Territory in Tucson and Swampwolf in Flagstaff have become great ambassadors to their respected regions and we are lucky to have these people in our corner.

Over the past weekend we got the chance to watch Mutilation Rites twice and we feel that we have had a far better weekend then you, so get familiar with this band. Deal?

Come mid November we fire up the Dodge to head across the Sonoran into the Mohave and descend into low desert chaparral and play Fullerton and San Diego with our friends Lost Lands. The show on the 9th will be the ragers in  Ear/Splitters 3 year anniversary and they hopefully will be hosting a DIY swap meet, so take all our crap of Etsy and bring it down.

San Diego will be an epic time with Diatribe and Age of Collapse. We are bringing a new shirt design from Plagued Visual Design (the talented Greg Colson) and we are sure you will empty your wallets for this one.

In passing...go vote, unless you plan to vote for Romney.

That is all for now

Southwest Terror Fest

We haven't spoken to you in a while and we will take several moments (this one, which will soon be passing) to give you sage insight into the comings and goings of this collection of responsible citizens we call seas will rise.

We have several shows in place to round out the Year of our Refrain and they include several Arizona shows. Two of which we will expand upon right now.

We recently played with our friends in the Portland OR based band HONDURAN in Flagstaff AZ. It was a great time with great people and we have been wanting to share our despair with the peoples of the Kaibob plateau for years and glad that it was w/ the bands that played that night. Steve from Swampwolf was a gracious host and put on a hell of a gathering. Thanks to Amy for putting us up/knocking us down. AYE CARLY! Cheers Flagstaff!

Our next short trip from the sprawl of the metro Phoenix area will be to Tucson AZ for the Southwest Terror Fest. This is the inaugural gathering of this HEAVY festival put on by David from Godhunter and other headbangers from brown town. The lineup is decidedly bent towards Arizona hardhitters (that is such a lame description used by lame journalists. Color us lame though, because totally using it then totally justify using it by calling  it lame but ironically using it) with some guest appearances by touring acts such as HULL, Pigeon Wing and Bereft.

What makes this fest really exciting for us, aside from it being in our grand canyon state and in Tucson which has always been a pleasure to play, is its packed to the brim with heavy bands and priced less then an extra large pizza. Gregory Colson, who makes amazingly dark designs, did an bang up job on the art for this festival and we encourage all of you to take a moment to check out his work at Plagued Visual Designs


So pile into a van, hop a train or at the very least use your parents quick trip gas card to get down to Tucson Oct 19th and 20th.

We will have more info soon on another Flagstaff show and a short run in southern California...plus a new comp we will be on as well.

As usual, stay pissed.