Impending Doom has signed with eOne Music and they will release a new full length album called "Death Will Reign" on November 5, 2013. The band and the label say this will be the band's most ferocious material to date.

"We wanted this album to sound very natural and unpolished," explains longtime bassist David Sittig, a part of the lineup since before the first album's release. "There's no crazy digital stuff. There are no fake drums. We wanted it to have the feel of our first album with the songwriting from the last one. We've gotten better at song structures and so forth over the years, but we wanted to recapture that old-school vibe, too."

The Blast plays their song "My Light Unseen" full format and several other cuts from their most recent albums on our weekend Blastmetal show. 

Pillar is going to have a song on what will eseentially be a soundtrack for a major theatrical release called "Day Of War". This song will also be on the new CD from Pillar, which has been delayed until 2014, partly because of their commitment to write and record this song for the movie.

 At this time, the song's tentative title is "Lions Lead The Way".  Pillar bass player Kalel assures us the song will be very heavy and says it is Noah riffage at its finest.  (Referring to Noah Henson, guitarist of Pillar).

 Reading between the lines, it sounds like the fact that the guys in the band have, collectively,13 kids now, is probably slowing them down, too.   Kalel says as soon as they get done recording this soundtrack song, they will start writing the rest of the new Pillar album. 

Update:  We got some more specifics from Kalel (bass player Michael Wittig), who tells The Blast's Colin Cruz:

"I will tell you this new Pillar album is going to be freaking heavy. A lot of the music and riffs are written and they are "next level" for us. I am sure Rob has some screams planned in choice spots. We are still going to keep it all catchy and melodic, but the riffs and Lester's drumming is heavy as crud."

The Blast also asked Kalel if Pillar will be purposely independent or if they are pursuing a label deal, to which Kalel said:

"We are open to whatever makes sense. A few labels are waiting to hear from us but we want to get the album done first."

One way Christian rock bands have of helping them achieve longevity (and making a living) is finding some success at Christian "CHR" (Pop/Top 40) radio, so Cruz asked Kalel if they plan on having some ballads CHR radio could play on the album.  Kalel says: 

"Yeah there will be a few songs for CHR as well."

Tooth And Nail Records is going to re-issue Love And Death's album "Between Here And Lost" as an expanded edition on September 17th.  The new version of the album will have 3 additional tracks, in addition to the original 11 songs on the record.  The 3 new tracks will include Jason Rauch remixes of the songs "The Abandoning" and "Meltdown", plus the song "Empty."  

Love and Death is also on tour this fall in these cities:
 

 

Last night in the Dallas area, Random Hero's touring van was broken into.  Bags of personal belongings were stolen, as was their cash box, which had money they were going to use to buy new merchandise and pay for expensive repairs needed for their van.  The band issued this statement:

 We know that God is bigger than us, he's bigger than money, and he is bigger than this situation. We know that he will continue to provide and bless this ministry as he always has. We just ask that all of you keep us and our families in your prayers during this stressful time. And most importantly, we ask you to pray for those who did this. They must be in a bad situation if they resort to this.

 Random Hero is taking donations to cover the stolen cash:  http://www.randomheromusic.com/contact/