Soul Cycle‘s Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins (I told you he got around) are good friends of the site, so when they needed artwork done for their impending self-titled debut album, I wanted to try and help them out to the best of my abilities. I’m delighted and super stoked to say that they enjoyed what I put together for them and they’re using my cover design for Soul Cycle. Check it!
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Soul Cycle is due out soon. Keep an eye out for more word surrounding this release.
- JR
Guitar nerds Kevin Suter and Mark Hawkins (who has definitely been getting around, that whore!) have been apparently busy with a secret project called Assimilated Mind Phase, taking the form of experimental ambient tech metal akin to Blotted Science and Meshuggah.
Last night, OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE, they released their debut EP Involuntary Deconstruction, playing like a 22 minute epic broken up into 7 tracks. Listen to this intergalactic shredfest below and be amazed. Then, you can pay what you want for it; it could technically be nothing, but come on man. Don’t be that way.
- JR
You may remember Mark Hawkins and his instrumental music project that we once featured. Well Mark is back with a new song, “Enabler,” which is available for a free download right here.
Shredtastic!
Mark is currently working on a tech/djent/melodic death metal project called Soul Cycle with Chris Catharsis, who wrote for us once! It’s sure to be an awesome project, well worth listening to.
- JR
Friday, I posted a track from Florida based metal band Eating Infinity and pointed you in the direction to getting more of their stuff for free. Well, their guitarist and songwriter Mark Hawkins has his own solo project going on, ranging from crazy progressive and tech death to more acoustic and ambient stuff.
There are a ton of one-man music projects out there, and most of them are very djenty. While Mark does have hints of djent in his music at times (in that he listens to some Meshuggah every once in a while), he keeps it on the more brutal side of things. Hear it for yourself! Check out (and download!) six tasty selections from his catalog of over 100 downloadable tracks below. Hit Mark up on MySpace too, while you’re at it. Thank him for the awesome music for me!
Put It In! (Max Karon Elephant Remix)
- JR
