Facedown Records

We are proud to announce that we have signed Leaders to Facedown Records. Before going through a line-up and name change in 2011, Leaders shared the stage with Flyleaf, Blindside, and Brian “Head” Welch as ALLORNOTHING. Now, Leaders are storming onto the hardcore and metal scenes with their powerful debut album Now We Are Free. Comprised of 10 tracks engineered by Zack Ohren at Castle Ultimate Studios (As Blood Runs Black, All Shall Perish, In the Midst of Lions), Now We Are Free blends metal and hardcore influences seamlessly and is a must have album for fans of Hatebreed and Living Sacrifice.
Leaders will be taking their live show on the road and will be on tour for all of 2012. The band describes their live shows as “powerful, intimate, and real. With enough character and groove to the rhythm that it makes you want to move.” Now, they look forward to touring with a solid line-up and new music. “We love to give it our all when we play shows so that everyone can see the passion we have.”

Leaders will release Now We Are Free, their debut full length with Facedown Records on March 27, 2012 and will be supporting it at Facedown Fest 2012

Listen to the song “Conviction” now on the bands Facebook, and let them know what you think of it. Also, make sure to check out the lyric video for “Conviction” on YouTube as well.

You can now Pre-Order Now We Are Free in our online store for only $7.99 (comes with a free poster) or choose from multiple shirt or sweatshirt bundles.

A Plea for Purging is excited to announce their first tour of the new year on which they’ll be joined by co-headliners Shai Hulud.

As a long time fan of Shai Hulud, I am honored to share the stage with them on our upcoming, co-headlining tour with them. I’m sure I will lose my mind every night. They are legendary. We both are very lucky to have Counterparts and Dead Icons come out and support this tour. Both bands are killer and will be a great fit to this run. – Andy Atkins

The Hope Within Hatred tour, supported by Counterparts and Dead Icons, kicks off February 23 in Danbury, CT and wraps up March 18 in Evansville, IN.  Click here for full tour dates.

Plea has also just released a live video for “The Life”, a song from their 2011 release The Life and Death of A Plea For Purging. The band explains how the video came about:

While on last year’s “The Life and Tour of A Plea for Purging” we had a chance to hangout with our good friend, Mark Eshleman of Reel Bear Media, whom we have worked with in the past on “The Eternal Female.” With one camera and an ecstatic Dayton, OH crowd, Mark shot some footage that would become a live video for “The Life.” We are very happy with the way it turned out and owe it all to Mark and his neat camera.

Check out “The Life” video on our You Tube page here.

We are excited to announce that Facedown Fest 2012 will take place on April 6 & 7 this year. We’re doing things a little differently this year, splitting the nights at two different venues, and holding a Strike First night and a Facedown night. We’re also doing something special for ticket purchasers by creating some bundles to give you more bang for your buck. Tickets are available right now at www.facedownfest.com and feature bundles with a limited edition Facedown shirt and / or a CD of your choice. All of that plus limited-to-no ticketing fees, and free shipping for the CD and shirt bundles!

The bands playing Facedown Fest 2012 are:

Facedown Night – April 7 @ The Glasshouse:

War Of Ages
In The Midst Of Lions
xLooking Forwardx (first west coast show in 3 years!)
Gideon
My Epic
Onward To Olympas
Hands
Your Memorial
Hope For The Dying
A Hope For Home
The Burial

Strike First Night – April 6 @ The Stronghold:

Dynasty
Leaders
Letter To The Exiles
Nothing Til Blood
We The Gathered
Ark of The Covenant

For full details, and to order tickets, please visit www.facedownfest.com

More Than Sound is a program that we run here at Facedown Records to help the needy in our world. (If you would like to read more about the program, click here ) We wanted to take a moment to share with you about the impact that was made in 2011 through your generosity and support. A portion of all online store orders are donated each month to featured needs. On top of that, people can also give towards the needs directly if they feel led to.

Here’s what you were apart of through More Than Sound in 2011:

$1,000 – Purchasing and installing 100 insecticide treated mosquito nets (Blog Link)
$1,200 – Ceiling installed at the Home Again Orphanage (Blog Link)
$1,000 – Tires for the Hope Again Medical center van
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Hope For The Dying and Ark of The Covenant are teaming up for the “Beast In The East” tour. Make sure to check out all of the dates in our tours section and be sure to check out this show if it comes to a city near you!

This February Your Memorial will be heading into Covenant Studios to record their follow up album to 2010′s Atonement. The band will work with engineer Josh Barber to put the album together, and then Josh Schroeder from Random Awesome will step in to do the mixing and mastering. The band expects to finish up the album in late spring for a summer 2012 release with Facedown Records. You’ll be able to follow the band’s process via video updates.

From the band:
It’s time for a new Your Memorial record. We’ve been in the writing process on and off since early 2011 and right now we’re working on wrapping up our read more »

Gideon just finished recording a brand new song titled “Gutter” and you can stream it now on their facebook page. Also, once they get to 18,000 likes, you’ll be able to download the song for free, so help spread the word about Gideon to your friends. A new Gideon album will be out for the Summer of 2012 and lots of great tours are in the works that we’ll be announcing soon.

Check out the brand new video from Saving Grace for their song “Shekinah” on our You Tube page. This is from their new album “The King Is Coming” which is out now!

Onward To Olympas will be going out on their headlining “Never Hold Back” tour with Fit For A King, In Dying Arms and For All I Am. Check out all of the dates in our tours section .

The new album “In Abstraction” from A Hope For Home is out now. You can pick it up digitally on , or Amazon MP3, or get a physical copy (which comes with a free DVD) in our online store or at most Hot Topic, Hastings and FYE stores. There is also a limited edition pressing on vinyl, available in our online store.