Ironclad Recordings, founded by Unearth vocalist Trevor Phipps, is pleased to announce the signing of Chico California's ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE; a band featuring the talents of former members of Will Haven, The Abominable Iron Sloth, and Ghostride. Ironclad Recordings is set to release Armed For Apocalypse's debut full-length studio album Defeat in the US and Canada on September 15th, with SOAR releasing this behemoth of an album in Europe. Defeat was recorded during two different sessions in late 2008 at the Pus Cavern in Sacramento, CA and Heirloom Studios in Chico, CA, with Matt Pedri engineering. Mixing and mastering for Defeat was handled by Eric Stenman (SAVES THE DAY, WILL HAVEN, SENSES FAIL, FAR, FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, THRICE) with cover art being tackled by renowned artist Matt Loomis, who has done cover art for Abominable Iron Sloth and the Makai in addition to merch designs for MASTODON and THE RED CHORD.

Trevor Phipps of Ironclad Recordings comments: "these guys are just ridiculously heavy with one of the darkest and meanest sounds in metal today. Get ready to be crushed."

Comments Armed For Apocalypse: "We couldn't be more excited as a band to sign with Ironclad Recording. They have been loyal and honest with us from the very beginning, which is all too rare in this business. They are the only label that told us to keep getting heavier! What more can you ask for as a metal band?!"

Derek Kerswill, drummer of Unearth, who recently played dates with Armed For Apocalypse after his band finished their US tour with Testament, had this to say about the band: "Armed For Apocalypse gave me this dirty, unsettling feeling…that was so emotionally dark that my insides were crawling out of me. I guess they stirred some genuine emotion in me because I felt it."

The musical talents of Armed For Apocalypse, featuring former members of Will Haven, THE ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH, and GHOSTRIDE, can best be described as a racket akin to the gates of hell opening; mixing the sludgy, down-tuned heavy riffs of Crowbar and Eyehategod with the white noise assault of Cursed, and the death metal groove of Entombed. Guitarist/vocalist Cayle Hunter explains; “we don't want to be faster or tougher than anybody else. We just want to make heavy music that is undeniable when you hear it."

Armed For Apocalypse's, or A4A, monstrous new album Defeat will be released September 15th. To get a taste of what A4A's album Defeat will sound like, check out the new song 'We Fell from the Bottom,' which is currently up on the band's MySpace page here.

Armed For Apocalypse is:

Kirk Williams - vocals/guitar

Cayle Hunter - guitar/vocals

Corey Vaspra - bass/vocals

Nick Harris - drums

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