NEWS: Ether Coven premier “Of Might & Failure”!

Including guest appearances from Daniel Weyandt (Zao), Howard Jones (Blood Has Been Shed, Light The Torch, ex-Killswitch Engage), Tarek Ahmed (Intercourse), Dwid Hellion (Integrity) and Shane Post (Bird of Ill Omen), “The Relationship Between the Hammer and the Nail” from Ether Coven is one that has a lot of promise. It’s billed as Post-Hardcore meets Sludge Metal and was produced by Andy Nelson at Bricktop Studios where the record was recorded as close to live as possible, even going as far as using pedals rather than plugins. So if you want to know what that sounds like ahead of 5th August, “Of Might & Failure” is out now…

Vocalist Peter Kowalsky comments: “This song touches on a few parts of the prison industrial complex; The exploitative nature of using prisoners for labor while paying them next to nothing, killing their opportunities upon release (voting, housing, etc), the history of experimentation of prisoners, the sexual assault that happens in prison (notably from prison admins), cops brutalizing suspects (and the racist history of police.) America is a legalized racket and this is just another arm of it.

Coming from the South Florida hardcore scene, we’ve had a wild array of influences. One of our favorite bands from the area is Bird of Ill Omen. At some point we became casual acquaintances with Shane (from Bird and now Fistula) and it turns out he was a fan of Ether, so it only made sense we asked him to drop some lines and it’s really something incredible. Shane’s voice is absolutely disgusting and it shows on this song. This was a true childhood dream come true.”