Orange County, California's hardcore/metal act
THROWDOWN entered the studio last night (Sunday, November 8) to record a cover version of an as-yet-undisclosed
PANTERA song for a forthcoming
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott tribute album. The collection, which is being put together by a U.K.-based metal magazine to coincide with the five-year anniversary of
Dimebag's passing, is expected to include the following cuts, among others:
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MACHINE HEAD - "Fucking Hostile"
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CHIMAIRA - "Slaughtered"
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EVILE - "Cemetery Gates"
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THROWDOWN - [to be announced]
"Deathless", the new album from
THROWDOWN, will be released in the U.S. on November 10 through
E1 Music (formerly
KOCH Records). The CD, which will be made available in Europe on January 22, 2010 via
Nuclear Blast Records, was produced by
Mudrock (
AVENGED SEVENFOLD,
GODSMACK,
POWERMAN 5000) and was mixed by
Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with
HATEBREED,
THE RED CHORD and
SHADOWS FALL, among others. The artwork was created by
Ryan Clark of
Invisible Creature and
DEMON HUNTER and can be viewed below.
THROWDOWN will embark on
"The Deathless Tour I" in November/December. Support on the trek will come from
BURY YOUR DEAD,
FOR TODAY,
ABACABB and
THE WORLD WE KNEW.
"Deathless" is the band's fourth album with
Dave Peters as frontman and primary songwriter, its second with guitarist
Mark Choiniere (who joined the band in 2005) and first with bassist
Mark Mitchell. Drummer
Jarrod Alexander (ex-
DEATH BY STEREO), who performed on the band's breakthrough
"Haymaker" album in 2003, returned to work on
"Deathless".
THROWDOWN last year completed touring behind the band's last album,
"Venom & Tears", which was produced by the group with
Mudrock. The past two years saw them on the road with
KORN (Australia),
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (Canada),
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY (U.S.),
MACHINE HEAD /
ARCH ENEMY (U.S.), headlining the Ernie Ball stage on the
Vans Warped Tour, hitting major European festivals like
Download, and headlining a U.S. tour of their own.
