In preparation for the new album release, we are re-releasing some older material via TuneCore. The album will be available on I-Tunes, E-music and Amazon. I would hate to have some of you want to download additional tracks after the new release, only to discover that you can’t! So expect the album to be online soon.

Say, what’s the big deal? Music released on I-Tunes and other online stores? These albums used to be available for free on your web site. Why the change?

Well, in short, we’re growing up a bit. Where I enjoy putting the music out there for free, there is a certain point where value is placed on something when it has a price. And often times, “free music” = “lame music”. That’s not always the case, but pretty often it is. I also believe in supporting independent artists with a small amount of cash, so long as the artist gets the cash. If you want cheap music, go get an e-music subscription. If you want reasonably priced songs, go to I-Tunes. And if you want to buy books and some music at the same time, go to Amazon.

So fork up that buck for a song and help me buy a Gardenburger.

And for those of you dying for a free track, visit our page at Last.fm.

**Update** I have decided to rename “Twist the Shadows” to BlackOut, as it flows better with the song.

The track “Twist the Shadows” has just been finished with recording. All I can say is, this is the hottest new Industrial track to be on the new album. Intense.

Twist the Shadows has been in production now literally for the last few years. The song takes heavy industrial beats, blends with some crazy synths and heavy guitars. A freshly laid down vocal has really finished it off nicely. There is more Celldweller influences in this track over any other on LeveL. That said, it sounds nothing like Celldweller or anything we’ve ever produced before.

The song is about human depravity and how we often prefer to live in darkness and with our demons. Where is our hope, and who is left to trust when we’ve become lethargic and pale?

Here is the first peak at possible art direction for LeveL.

Art direction is being handled by Simply Smart Media, LLC.

We’ve been working pretty hard on the new album lately. Our finished track count is up to 6 so far. Much to my surprise, the album is sounding darker than I expected.

So far the majority of tracks finished are mellow and dark, with the exception of “Teach Us All”. We are now going to focus on adding the more aggressive material. We’ve got some vocal tracks to record and some songs to thin out and decide what else will actually be on the album to round it out.

All in all, everyone is pretty excited to get this album off the ground.