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EARLY MAN is back in the studio, currently working on their long-awaited sophomore full-length with Jack Endino (High On Fire, Zeke, Valient Thorr, Nirvana). The still-untitled album-- the followup to the band's critically-acclaimed 2005 debut Closing In (Matador)-- will be released by THE END RECORDS in early 2009. EARLY MAN-- guitarist/vocalist Mike Conte, drummer Adam Bennati, guitarist Pete Macy, and bassist Tim Ramage-- are keeping fans updated on their progress in the studio at this location: http://earlyjourney.blogspot.com/
In anticipation of the release of the forthcoming album, EARLY MAN will be hitting the road for some dates out west with 3 Inches of Blood and Toxic Holocaust.
EARLY MAN on tour with 3 Inches of Blood, Toxic Holocaust:
01/10/09 Sat @ WOW Hall - Eugene, OR
01/12/09 Mon @ The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
01/13/09 Tue @ Slim's - San Francisco, CA
01/14/09 Wed @ The Catalyst Atrium - Santa Cruz, CA
01/15/09 Thu @ The Key Club - West Hollywood, CA
01/16/09 Fri @ Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
01/17/09 Sat @ Soma - San Diego, CA
01/18/09 Sun @ Beauty Bar - Las Vegas, NV
01/20/09 Tue @ Whiskey Dicks Saloon - South Lake Tahoe, CA
01/22/09 Thu @ Riversdale Grange - Roseburg, OR
01/23/09 Fri @ Hawthorne - Portland, OR
01/24/09 Sat @ Wild Buffalo House of Music - Bellingham, WA On October 14th, EARLY MAN released the Beware The Circling Fin EP. Beware The Circling Fin's lead cut, a raging thrasher called "Sinking The Blade," is currently available for download from MetalSucks.net:
Download: EARLY MAN - "Sinking The Blade" [MP3]
EARLY MAN in the press...
"'Beware the Circling Fin' closes in on a moment that not even the former reigning champs of thrash, [Metallica], can capture." - DECIBEL
"Any thrash-head should absolutely check Early Man out — no question." - METALSUCKS.NET
"...there is nothing ironic about Early Man. They want to be the next Sabbath, the next Judas Priest, the next Iron Maiden... and the first Early Man." - OH MY ROCKNESS
"Beware the Circling Fin is a welcome return. Recommended." - STONERROCK.COM
"[D]riving riffs and cymbal-heavy drumming with soaring, lo-fi vocals crushing together into a mid-tempo, sludgy heap of metal." - MACHINE GUN FUNK
"['Beware the Circling Fin' is a] lightning round of tough-ass riffing and hyper-aggressive shouting." - PASTE
"'Beware the Circling Fin' smells blood in the water and goes for the jugular on each of its four tracks." - BLOGCRITICS.ORG
"Early Man pull off metal with a back-to-basics swagger." - UNCUT
Links:
http://earlymanarmy.com
http://www.myspace.com/earlyman
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