AS THEY BURN have announced that they have joined the Victory Records roster and their planning to release an album that’s tentatively due for release in February.
From a press release:
Emerging from the streets of Paris, France,Β AS THEY BURNΒ was formed by bassistRonald Pastor, guitaristΒ Fabio MeschiniΒ and drummerΒ Milton BakechΒ in 2007. VocalistΒ KΓ©vin Traore, known for his chillingly aggressive vocals, was enlisted shortly thereafter along with guitaristΒ Hoby Arinosy.Β AS THEY BURNΒ was complete and ready to bring their music to the masses.
BakechΒ comments, βBeing part of theΒ Victory RecordsΒ family is such a great pleasure and honor. Weβve been giving it our best for a long time trying to make our dreams come true. We want to thank everyone who has supported us over the years. This means the people behind, on and in front of the stage, you are a part of this and it is just the beginning! Love is the law.β
Their first album βAeonβs Warβ was digitally released on June 20, 2011 and was the start to a colorful beginning. The band recently addedΒ Bastien JacquessonΒ on keys/ machines, finalizing their lineup as they prepare for theirΒ Victory Recordsβ debut album, due out in early 2013. Theyβve honed in on their skills and sound to bring fans a powerful and intense album that demonstrates fierce vocals, insane rhythms and catchy melodies that will captivate the metal community worldwide.
βAS THEY BURNΒ is nothing short of pure, extreme metal perfectionβ comments Big Cheese.
AS THEY BURNΒ recently toured France, Belgium and Switzerland with their good friendsΒ BETRAYING THE MARTYRS, shared the stage withΒ EMMUREΒ atΒ HellfestΒ and successfully completed their first European headliner tour. They will head back out on βTHE AGE OF HORUSβ tour in October/ November that will take them throughout Europe before making their way to the US in 2013.
