Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of extreme modern metal act SYSTEM DIVIDE, featuring Sven De Caluwe (ABORTED) and Miri Milman (ex-DISTORTED) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-YEARS OF FIRE, ANTENORA) and Joseph Spiller (ex-THE BINARY COD) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (Antenora) on bass, and Mike Heller (MALIGNANCY) on drums.

System Divide has already completed a video for the song 'The Apex Doctrine' off the bands current EP, which will also be on the band's full-length Metal Blade debut. Check out a trailer for the new video below and be sure to head over to System Divide's MySpace page to listen to the tracks 'The Apex Doctrine' and '(n)Ether'.

Stay tuned for more information including when and where the video for 'The Apex Doctrine' will premiere, tracklisting and release date of the band's debut full-length album, The Conscious Sedation, and tour dates.

Vocalist Sven De Caluwe comments: "We couldn't be more thrilled to be part of the Metal Blade roster, a label that has been pushing the boundaries of extreme music and putting lots of great new acts in the spot light. We know System Divide is in the hands of a competent team of driven music FANS in the first place who believe in what we do, and we're going to give them their money's worth!!

We are completing the songwriting for our first album The Conscious Sedation and are about to enter the studio to start tracking by the end of the month, for those who checked out our EP, get ready for some surprises and more extreme modern metal madness! Rock 'n roll!!"

"Heavy, brutal, extreme, melodic in your face metal. These ingredients result in a unique visual and audio assault that numbs the senses. Vocalists Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted), deliver a one-two punch unseen in metal. We are very proud to add them to the Metal Blade Records family", comments Michael Faley of Metal Blade Records.

More on the band, and audio samples, at this location.