NEWS

April 8th, 2008 - In exactly one week, we will be out in Philadelphia, PA to begin our week-long excursion with Pressure. All the pieces are coming together and we can't fucking wait. Read on for complete details.

Thanks,
Alex C / Skin Like Iron

UPDATES
Self-Titled 10" - NEW MP3 POSTED
Amalgamation II CD - Now Available
Pre-Orders - Ship Out Monday the 14th!
Skin Like Iron/Grace Alley Split 7" - Out in May
Rain Fest 2008 - May 23rd-25th
MP3 Downloads & Lyrics

Self Titled 10" (Self release)
This record will be available on April 12th at the Oddstad Gallery in Redwood City. The first 50 copies will come with a silkscreened record release/tour cover. If there are any left after tour, they will be available again at the 924 Gilman show on April 25th.

Also! If your record player is broken, don't worry - every record comes packaged with a card good for an online digital download. Easy. Really easy.

Wisdom II (click to download)

The compression of time compels a transient light
To serve as an articulate guide
Through all of the sights of thousands of nights
Discover the scenes that drowned in your dreams

The physical realm is a prison cell
The visual realm will serve as a key
Through breath and belief...
Everything

Amalgamation II CD (Free Cake Records)
This CD compiles all of our material previously only available on tape. Eighteen songs from Myths, Conquest and Wisdom.

Available through mailorder and at shows.

Pre-Orders Thank you to everybody who pre-ordered this record.

Records begin shipping on Monday, April 14th. We will still be accepting orders up until Sunday night if you'd like to pick one up before we leave, otherwise, mailorder is suspended until April 28th.

Split 7" with Grace Alley (Spiderghost Pressgang)
Two new songs from both bands. The details are fuzzy, but I'm hearing whispers of a killer cover appearing on the Grace Alley side. More details to come. Spiderghost Pressgang.

Rain Fest 2008
When we return home from tour, we'll be playing a couple of Northern California dates with Pulling Teeth. Then, in May, we'll trek up to Washington and join the Rain Fest lineup. I've heard that this year's fest will be pretty incredible, so don't miss out on it.

Downloads
Wisdom II / Lyrics / From SELF-TITLED 10"
Will Of Kings   Lyrics / From WISDOM
Nothing Remains / Lyrics / From WISDOM
Bastard Drum / Lyrics / From CONQUEST
Makeshift Crown / Lyrics / From DEMO
Vultures / Lyrics / From DEMO

Lyrics

WISDOM II
The compression of time compels a transient light
To serve as an articulate guide
Through all of the sights of thousands of nights
Discover the scenes that drowned in your dreams

The physical realm is a prison cell
The visual realm will serve as a key
Through breath and belief...
Everything

WILL OF KINGS
Listen to the sound of heavy boots
And the clap of flesh as the troops salute
Are we lead to the grave by the will of the group?
Or just a wicked few?
Lead on a long amoral march
That drives the mass at large
But the guilt must be shared by the idle alike
Our will is our own

Despite the fight, as one king dies, another will arise
Another brutal reign ensues, as power and control are pursued

NOTHING REMAINS
Go down to where the church was razed
And in its place find salted rows of graves
Nothing remains, nothing will grow now

BASTARD DRUM
Master of the bastard above
Master of the bastard son
Master of all bastard blood
Master, beat that bastard drum

Bastard drum thunders on

All that it calls are feeble and weak
All that it calls just blindly agree
All that it calls believe its deceit
All that it calls will never be free

Bastard drum thunders on

Sinking faster as you run, still the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Sinking faster as you run, but you're just a bastard slave to the bastard drum

The beat hasn't stopped, it never will stop

MAKESHIFT CROWN
Saints that gather by the river
Know the child with the scar
The one who will be king

The child swings in the trees and plucks their leaves
And from the leaves, he weaves a wreath

(This is to be his crown)

The Devil sings, the song is sweet
The Devil swings from my family tree

VULTURES
Will there be beasts
To pick our bones after we cease to exist?
The dead outnumber the living now
Even more than before

The remaining few are reduced
To a primitive, diminutive state of life
The remaining few are reduced
They know that life will never be renewed

SHOWS

April 12th - Redwood City, CA
April 15th - Philadelphia, PA
April 16th - Baltimore, MD
April 17th - New Brunswick, NJ
April 18th - Bethpage, NY
April 19th - Boston, MA 
April 20th - Providence, RI
April 23rd - Santa Cruz, CA
April 25th - Berkeley, CA
May 16th - Berkeley, CA
May 23rd-25th - Tacoma, WA

4/12 - Redwood City, CA

Oddstad Gallery
1472 Oddstad Drive
Redwood City, CA

6:00 PM / $8

Trash Talk
Sabertooth Zombie
Pressure
Trapped Under Ice
Skin Like Iron
Downpresser
WPI

4/15 - Doylestown, PA

Siren Records
22 S. Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901

7:00 PM / $5

Mother of Mercy
Pressure
Skin Like Iron
Slave
Force Fed

LLocal.net

4/16 - Baltimore, MD 

Charm City Art Space- 
1729 Maryland Ave.
Baltimore MD 21211 

7:00 PM / $ ??? $ 

Surroundings 
Pressure
Skin Like Iron 
Alarmed

4/17 - New Brunswick, NJ
The Moldhole

6:00 PM / $6

The Banner
The Fire Still Burns
Pressure
Skin Like Iron
Pellinore

Contact patgerity@gmail.com for address

4/18 - New York City/Long Island
en route to Boston

Cancelled
Can you help?  

4/19 - Jamaica Plain, MA

Midway Cafe
3496 Washington St
Jamaica Plain, MA

8:00 PM / $6

Colin of Arabia
New Lows
Pressure
Skin Like Iron
Glue
Pitfall

danny.brooklyn@gmail.com

4/20 - Providence, RI

Club Hell 
73 Richmond St
Providence RI

7:00 PM / $8

Colin of Arabia
Pressure
Skin Like Iron
Mongoloids
I Rise
Unforgiven

4/23 - Santa Cruz, CA

418 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA

8:00PM / $$$ ?

Pulling Teeth
Circles
Skin Like Iron

+ 1 More

4/25 - Berkeley, CA
924 Gilman Street

8:00PM / $7

5/16 - Berkeley, CA
924 Gilman Street

8:00PM / $7

5/23-5/25 - Tacoma, WA
Rain Fest

With all your favorite bands
Details: Myspace.com/rainfest

STORE

ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING WITHIN USA

Skin Like Iron - 10" (Digital download included) - $12
Amalgamation II - CD - $10
Townes Van Zandt shirt - $8
Demon shirt - $8
Both shirts - $12

Pay via Paypal paulxehat@gmail.com
Email with any questions or for overseas shipping quotes

Skin Like Iron 10" (Self Released)

Nine songs recorded by Roger Tschann at Grizzly Studios (Life Long Tragedy, Lights Out, Never Healed & tons more) in Petaluma, CA. The record will feature eight new songs and one song re-recorded from the demo.

500 copies. 150 black (mail-order & shows only), 350 red vinyl (distros).

All copies include a free digital-download.

Amalgamation II CD (Free Cake Records)

Eighteen tracks, originally released on casette - now available on CD.

Townes Van Zandt Shirt - $8

Demon Shirt - $8