Defenders Of The Faith, le forum Metal

Epic progressive metallers BIOMECHANICAL are scheduled to begin the mixing process of their new album, Cannibalised, with legendary producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH, THIN LIZZY) on June 18th. The band will enter the Ecology Rooms in Kent, England to begin work on the brand new epic, slated for a September 17th release date.

Front man, John had the following to say on the collaboration: “This is the second time we will be working with the legendary Chris Tsangarides! We have had several discussions about the direction of the sound and I feel that he is the one to create the sound I have in my head as a producer. Also even though Chris is very much a modern producer he can bring old school sensibilities on the sound front and this excites the hell out of me!! I honestly can't wait to get started! To get to Cannibalised we looked back to our previews albums and made sure that the Biomechanical sound wouldn't evaporate on a firewall of heaviness. Cannibalised is heavier than our other albums but at the same time melodic and does incorporate the film scoring orchestral type of work that defines the sound of our band.”

Le Track-listing : 'Fallen In Fear', 'The Unseen', 'Cannibalised', 'Breathing Silence', 'Predatory', 'Slow The Poison', 'Consumed', 'Reborn In Damnation', 'Through Hatred Arise', 'Violent Descent'.

painkillerqueen a écrit :Bien que Chris soit un producteur qui donne dans un son moderne, il peut aussi faire surgir des sonorités plus old-school, et ça me rend tout chose ???? non, ça m'excite le hell out of me ??? non.. enfin bref, c'est génial quoi

J'ai hâte de commencer à travailler avec lui. Afin de réaliser Cannibalised, nous nous sommes penchés sur nos deux albums précédents de sorte que cette fois le son de Biomechanical ne soit pas qu'un mur de son ultra heavy. (je ne suis pas du tout sûre de la traduction).

Cannibalised est un album plus heavy que les précédents, mais également mélodique sans oublier les samples type musique de films qui définissent le son de notre groupe.

BIOMECHANICAL members Jamie Hunt (guitar), Chris Webb (guitar) and Jon Collins (bass) appear to have quit the band following an argument with the group's frontman John K. (a.k.a. Yiannis Koutselinis) over the band's future.

In a statement released earlier today, Webb said, "John K. from BIOMECHANICAL has given remaining band members Jamie Hunt, Chris Webb and Jon Collins an ultimatum to stay or go. Jamie, Jon and Chris said they didn't want to go into the politics of it all, but after a heated debate broke out John K. made the decision that BIOMECHANICAL was no longer going to be known as a band, but known as a John K. project, leaving Jamie, Chris and Jon as unpaid session musicians. Jamie, Chris and Jon, all feel they have given 100% to BIOMECHANICAL the band but regretfully have chosen to part ways with John K. and his project. They wish John K. all the best with his future project. Jamie, Jon, Chris and former BIOMECHANICAL drummer Matt C. have decided to form a new band together, and will be looking for a new singer….if this sounds like it could be for you please [send an e-mail to] this address. All genres of metal singers are welcome to apply."

"I didn't want this situation to come to this.

"There is a long history of unpleasant feelings but I never thought that these guys would go so low and attack me publicly.

"I can say a lot of things that could hurt their reputation but I am not going to. I feel, though, that I have to explain myself to all the fans who have embraced BIOMECHANICAL.

"Right from the beginning when I picked each musician for BIOMECHANICAL I explained myself that this was my baby. They all knew what the score was. However, I was always open to suggestions and input.

"I have to make clear now that I have written, arranged recorded and co-produced all the music for BIOMECH. Artistic direction, lyrical content direction-wise, Internet content, guitar solo direction, record label relationships were all done by me. I never asked for any recognition for all this. All I asked was for them to at least respect some decisions that I had to make as a band leader

"I told the guys the band was going to become a project as I was ferociously attacked over my decision to not do the SIKTH gigs due to the fact that the workload for the new album 'Cannibalised' was way too heavy for me and I was clearly going to get ill. It was a simple decision: album or four gigs.

"I was continuously attacked and cornered to commit into something I couldn't do and on top of this I was told that they outvoted me to go and perform without a singer (which, as far as I am concerned, is highly unprofessional unless there is a second singer in the band or enough instrumentals to cover a set). I had no other choice than to tell them this will now be a project on my terms so that I wouldn’t have to be subjected to any other attacks again.

"I have to thank the guys for leaving the band as they made some decisions a lot easier for me and for the record I never asked anybody to be an unpaid session musician.

"BIOMECHANICAL will not be a project, as I am now looking for band members.

"I am pleased to say I have a drummer Jonno Lodge and I am now looking for the rest of the guys to get BIOMECH on the road after the album will be released.

"Again, really sorry the other members of the band stooped so low, but believe it or not, I still wish them good luck."