Florida-based hardcore/metal band
PRO-PAIN is rumored to have parted ways with drummer
J.C. Dwyer. This rumor is supported by the fact that
Dwyer's name has been removed from the band's
MySpace page.
Fan-filmed video footage of
PRO-PAIN's September 4 concert at Logo in Hamburg, Germany can be viewed below (clip uploaded by
YouTube user
DocSommer).
PRO-PAIN's 11th album,
"No End In Sight", recently entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 98.
The band signed a deal with
Regain Records for the release of
"No End In Sight" in North America.
"We feel that Swedish-based
Regain Records is a solid and up and coming label here in the U.S.," said
PRO-PAIN mainman
Gary Meskil. "They have a professional staff and the resources that are necessary to promote and further develop artists such as
PRO-PAIN. We look forward to a sound and successful partnership with
Regain!"
"
'No End in Sight' is a great record track after track," said
Dennis Clapp,
Regain's Managing Director, North America. "This was not a hard decision to make.
PRO-PAIN are also a very hard working band with a die-hard following and
Regain is very happy to be working with them."
Together for 16 years, the Florida-based band has developed a niche in the hardcore/metal scene with a sound distinctly its own.
Carrying that sound through the years,
PRO-PAIN has also taken liberties to grow and expand, and
"No End in Sight" has been described as the band's most melodic offering to date.
"I think that is an accurate description,"
Meskil said. "The new CD offers a wide variety of styles, more so than any of its predecessors. However, a fair percentage of the recording is also very traditional — in the
PRO-PAIN sense — and sonically heavy.
'No End in Sight' is exactly the type of album that we wanted to create this time around, so we couldn't be more pleased with it."