Glass Casket announce new self-titled EP
GLASS CASKET have announced a new EP!
The upcoming EP, a self-titled effort, is the long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s Desperate Man’s Diary from the American deathcore band, and is scheduled to be released in June this year, via Silent Pendulum Records.
Back in action now under the Glass Casket banner officially for the first time since 2006, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME‘s Dustie Waring and Blake Richardson are teamed with fellow original members Adam Cody and Sid Menon, along with newest member Wes Hauch [ALLUVIAL, ex-THE FACELESS].
Active in the early 00s, the band faded after the release of Desperate Man’s Diary in 2006, with Waring and Richardson committing full-time to BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. Waring explains the hiatus, “we never really went anywhere. Everyone just kind of had their own lives and plans. Most of the guys were in college at the time and I just wanted to tour and play as much as possible, so Blake and I ended up in BTBAM. When Desperate Man’s Diary was recorded, we’d already released Alaska with BTBAM and had a pretty nonstop touring schedule so there were only a few shows played during that period.”
In 2014, Waring and Richardson connected with guitarist Hauch and made moves toward reviving GLASS CASKET. Waring says, “back in 2014, Wes Hauch came and stayed with me for about a month and we put together some material with Blake and demo’d out a few things. I guess it just wasn’t the right time, so we just sat on it for a while and stored riffs and parts away for when things lined up. Fast forward to about a year ago… Blake started working on some stuff and emailed us ideas. Everything kind of took shape from there and I started demoing guitars just to see where we were at, how the songs made us feel. Everyone was pretty stoked on the material, so Blake tracked his drums at home, I went in and tracked with [producer] Jamie King, Adam came in and did his vocals with Jamie, and Wes tracked his solos at home. Very fast, very easy process for us at this point, and it came out better than expected. It was time.”
Vocalist Adam Cody muses on how the material has evolved since the old days. “The lyrics on this release are the completion of a circle for me. I’ve waited a long time to release another album with GLASS CASKET. Our first two albums were full of despair and heartache. The lyrics on this release are full of drive and determination. They focus on dealing with mental illness and overcoming obstacles one day at a time. It also deals with letting go of past tragedies. The ongoing fight we all deal with on a daily basis. No one is above it.”
Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released a new song from the upcoming new EP; Let Them Go.
Listen to Let Them Go here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new EP below:
Track List:
1. Merrymaker
2. Let Them Go
3. Prison of Empathy
4. For the Living
Glass Casket is set for release on June 9th via Silent Pendulum Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on GLASS CASKET like their official page on Instagram.
