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New Unearth Record With Producer Terry Date

By jason fisher

UNEARTH joins forces with Legendary Producer Terry Date to produce their next opus for Metal Blade Records.

Tracking begins on March 8th with acclaimed producer Terry Date (Soundgarden, White Zombie, Pantera, Deftones, at Studio X (Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam) in Seattle. Terry Date will mix the record as well.

Unearth vocalist Trevor Phipps states, "If anyone were to tell me (when I was a kid) that my band was going to be doing a record with the guy that produced most of the Pantera, Deftones and Soundgarden records one day; I would have told them they were crazy. Working with Terry Date is another of the amazing accomplishments for us on a growing list of accomplishments. We have toured with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Slayer and with Vinnie and Dime. We have toured much of the world and we have shared the stage with all of the current heavy music leaders on all of the big modern day tours; and now, we are working with the leader of heavy music ‘s producer and engineer, Terry Date. Unearth will forever sound like Unearth and we know Terry has an knack for bringing out the best qualities and sounds in the bands he works with and we could not be more stoked to work with him. There is no question that this next record will be our best to date "

Known for raising the bar; Unearth are prepared to release their new album on August 8th With a solid foundation of 130,000 records scanned in the U. S. of their monumental Metal Blade Records Debut the oncoming storm -this highly anticipated recording will be the blueprint for setting the standard for Metal and beyond.

Unearth who proves themselves repeatedly, laying audiences to waste on previous tours such as the legendary lineup of Ozzfest 2004 with Judas Priest , Slayer, and Dimmu Borgir and Hatebreed ; Atreyu, Sounds of the Underground 2005 with Lamb of God, Opeth and more; Slipknot and label mates As I Lay dying. Unearth took their relentless brand of metal overseas to pummel international audiences on the Download Festival in the UK and Rock Am Park in Germany.

Now, Unearth look forward to rolling out their huge tour plans for summer 2006- Look out!