If you're familiar with sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo falls under that same category. Crowd sourcing is becoming more and more popular, and is a great way for unsigned bands to receive some help funding their projects. We've kept our eye on these sites over the past year, and have decided to throw our hat into the ring.
Please head over to our campaign page at: http://igg.me/at/GSF and check out what we're doing. The short version: we are trying to raise $5,000 to record our new album "The Many Sides of Truth" as well as fund the pressing of CD's and also for the first time in our history, VINYL! You'll find some cool perks are available for you to bid on. Some cool merch to obtain.
Even if you cannot contribute monitarily, please feel free to spread the word about our campaign by sharing the direct link. That would be GREATLY appreciated!
We are thrilled to announce that we have reserved a few weekends in September at Audio Playground, Long Island to record the follow-up to Introspective!
We plan on recording 5 songs for this release, one of which is clocking in currently at over 12 minutes, so we aren't sure if this will be an EP, or a 5-song full length. We'll see how it goes.
This will be the first recording with both Joe Sanci and Tom Anderer in the band, and we are psyched beyond belief to get this started. Recording is always a blast.
We have to handle the promotion of this new album differently, since the way we've done it the past 2 recordings hasn't exactly worked out too well. A single will be released upon completion of mixing and mastering, and then the album will be sent to press so we have physical copies to send to magazines and sites for review. We will also press physical copies for sale.
Travis Smith will once again provide amazing cover artwork for this release.
We can't wait. Hope you guys are looking forward to it too.
Well, here we are...halfway through 2013 and we have finally set up a blog. We will keep it updated regularly with news, music, videos, etc.
Since this is our first post, let's get you up-to-date with the goings on of Grey Skies Fallen, circa 2013.
We have recruited two new members into the band. One of which actually was in GSF way back in 2002. That would be guitarist Joe Sanci. Also, we have brought in bassist Tom Anderer from Buckshot Facelift. It's funny how things work out sometimes. Buckshot Facelift is a grind band that Sal has played drums in since 2005. Late last year, Rick joined that band on guitars. Once everyone got acclimated and ideas started flowing, we asked Tom to fill-in on bass for us for 3 shows we had scheduled in May. Well, filling-in turned into joining, and the new lineup was complete!
This is a strong lineup, filled with eager, hungry players looking to take GSF to the next level.
May 2013 saw the new lineup play our first shows together. We played 3 gigs with Boston band Swarm of Eyes. Shows took place in Worcester, MA, Brooklyn, NY, and Wallingford, CT. These were fun shows, and we are dying to get back out there.
Here is video of "Everything and Nothing At All" live in Brooklyn:
Dreams of Consciousness has written up a nice review for the Brooklyn show. In it, they said this about us:
"It feels like Grey Skies Fallen have been around forever, and for the
life of me I can't figure out why they aren't bigger. Everything about their
music seems designed to get Peaceville fans foaming at the mouth. Even their
one-liners are delivered like eulogies: "We're going to speed it up a little, so
you don't fall asleep." My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost are obvious influences,
but rather than simply aping them, Grey Skies Fallen keep things interesting by
adding elements of black metal to their maudlin doom. They end their set with a
promise to be more active; let's hope the rest of the metal world notices."
This picture was taken in Connecticut, pre-show. It is the first band pic in years:
Currently we are writing what will make up our next EP. The songs will reflect the new blood in the band, and we hope to be in the studio recording sometime this summer. We will return to Audio Playground and once again work with our friend Keith Moore, audio extroidinaire.
That's all for now. Check back regularly, as this page will be updated frequently.
