Defiance: another new song available for streaming
a new Defiance song, "Desert Sands", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the reunited Oakland, California thrashers' new album, "The Prophecy", which is scheduled for release on October 19 via Candlelight Records. The first collection of new music from Defiance in over 15 years was recorded at Trident Studios and Greendot Studios in East Bay, California.According to the band, "Desert Sands" is "a thrasher about the political and social issues that are going on with regards to the U.S. wars, and the horror they create. This song is highlighted by an intense guitar dual between Jim Adams and Glen Alvelais. The two go back and forth in what could only be described as an insane showcase of the two's six-string talents."
An e-card for "The Prophecy" can be accessed at this location.
The track listing for the album is as follows:
01. Prion
02. The Prophecy
03. Bastard Son
04. The War Inside
05. Fuel The Fire
06. Eschaton
07. Sloth
08. Desert Sands
09. Dissolving Around You
10. Asthmaphere
11. Eyes Of The Front
The cover artwork by Travis Smith (Opeth, Nevermore) of Seempieces can be viewed below (courtesy of HeavyLaw.com).
Along with the new album, Defiance is also working on putting together a DVD, tentatively titled "Decade(s) of Defiance", that will chronicle the band's entire career from 1985 to the present.
Part of the so-called "second wave" of Bay Area thrash (which also included the likes of Forbidden, Vio-Lence, Death Angel, and Testament), Defiance officially disbanded in 1993 after the departure of vocalist Steev Esquivel (who would go on to form Skinlab, and later Re:ignition), while the remaining members, with the addition of vocalist Dave Godfrey White (Heathen), formed Inner Threshold, which would also eventually disband.
In 2005, rumors of a reformed Defiance sent waves of interest through the burgeoning thrash metal community until it was finally confirmed that the band had in fact reunited and were at work on their first new material in over a decade.
Metal Mind Productions released "Insomnia", a three-CD digipack containing remastered versions of the following Defiance albums: 1989's "Product of Society", 1990's "Void Terra Firma", and 1992's "Beyond Recognition". This special collector's edition includes classic material from Roadrunner Records' archives, digitally remastered using 24-bit technology and released on golden discs. The three-CD digipack edition is limited to a hand-numbered 2,000 copies and contains a 28-page booklet with lyrics to all songs, full story of the band, and over 20 bonus tracks taken from the band's archives.
