Deathwish has inked veteran hardcore/metal act Starkweather.
The band's first release for the label will be a split with France's Overmars. Starkweather discussed the material that's set to appear on the record:
Our contributions to the album are "Armed Memory", a seven and a half minute long jagged and aggressive song in the vein of "Machine Rhythm Confessional" from Croatoan and the second song "Nightmare Factory", a Black Sabbath by way of Fear Of God meeting Ved Buens Ende dirge that courses nearly 14 minutes. "Nightmare" was planned to appear on Croatoan but the version we recorded was sub par and thusly shelved. Both songs are dense, claustrophobic, and evoke the paranoia that fueled their writing; containing layer upon layer of guitar, vocals that ebb and flow with the twisting rhythmic passages, and the near telekinetic foundation of the Rosa brothers backline.
The band's following release will be a full-length, This Sheltering Night, described by the band thusly:
[This] was actually recorded before the split with Overmars at various sessions throughout 2007-2008 at DeadVerse Studios. This is six Starkweather songs ("Bustuari," "Epiphany," "All Creatures Damned And Divine," "Broken From Inside," "Martyring," and "One Among Vermin") and features soundscape interludes created by artist and musician Elizabeth Jacobs, under her guise as Sophia Perennis, and Oktopus from Dalek. Also adding textural flourishes on some songs is Forbes Graham, ex Kayo Dot and long-time auxillary member Bill Molchanow. The entire album can be played as one continuous 73:41 piece or as separate tracks. A release date and other specifics will also be announced soon.
It won't be the first time Oktopus has contributed to a hardcore record, as he received a co-producer credit on Paint It Black's 2008 effort New Lexicon.
Starkweather is also planning splits with Singapore's Little Girl Terrorist and California's thousandswillide, as well as another full-length the band has already written three songs for.
No word yet on tentative dates for the multitude of releases.