Guest performances from David Simonich (Signs Of The Swarm), Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), Myke Terry (Volumes), Taylor Barber (Left To Suffer) and Karl Schubach (Misery Signals) grace “The Weight Of Sound“, a long awaited and highly anticipated new album from Japanese Metalcore merchants Crystal Lake. It captures the quintet at their most dynamic, innovative and
”When I look back, I realise that Crystal Lake has now been active for 23 long years. People often say, “time flies,” but the truth is we’ve carved out countless histories together – with friends, bandmates, and fellow musicians – sharing struggles that drew blood and building this band piece by piece. I have constantly
A Gingerbread man sits inside a Gingerbread house. Is the house made of flesh? Or is he made of house? He screams for he does not know! That’s right folks its time for our five most anticipated releases of 2026 because our attention span is shorter than the fuse on a stick of dynamite in
23rd January will see Century Media release the first album of their partnership with Japanese Metalcore overlords Crystal Lake. Who better then to discuss “The Weight Of Sound” with than than Belgian Jasper? Vocalist John Robert Centorrino dives into the creative process behind the new record, the emotional and sonic themes driving the songs and
Having previously released an audio stream of the track, Japanese Metalcore masters Crystal Lake have returned to “Neversleep” for a music video directed by Koh Yamada. The track features a guest vocal appearance from former Bury Your Dead and current Volumes vocalist Myke Terry while taking pride of place on the bands upcoming new album “The
It’s crazy to think that Japanese Metalcore merchants Crystal Lake have been bringing Metal to the Masses since 2002, crossing borders and boundaries between Metallic Hardcore, Metalcore and Deathcore influences for the past twenty three years. Now signed to Century Media and armed with American vocalist John Robert Centorrino, the outfit are preparing to unleash
Joining the a total wave of European tour treks being announced for 2026 at the moment is a co-headlining run that will see Japanese Metalcore merchants Crystal Lake and Americans Miss May I go head to head from Utrecht to Birmingham. They’ll be joined by Great American Ghost and Diesect for the purpose…
It looks very much like the seventh studio album “The Weight of Sound” from Japanese Metalcore force Crystal Lake is going to be their most ambitious. It has a date of 23rd January 2026 engraved upon it with Century Media handling distribution and it has an all star cast of guests that immediately catch the
“After 2 years of being a band, we have reached a sound that we think looks like us, this is our best work yet and we are happy to be working once again with [Producer] Joey Sturgis. He became such a great element to our team and is always pushing us to improve ourselves.” ~
Currently preparing for six August shows in Germany and Denmark in the next few days Japanese Nu-Metalcore institution Crystal Lake have shared a brand new single. “Crossing Nails” is only their second since inking a deal with new label home Century Media last May but there is a full album pencilled in for release in
