Walls Of Jericho - Roadrunner Records Australia

From the Motor City of Detroit comes the most savage sound in modern music. Few bands possess as much metallic venom in their guitars while retaining the grit and concrete fury of hardcore/punk in their sounds as Walls Of Jericho. The music is propelled by the inhuman roar of Candace Kucsulain, whom regardless of her gender is one of the most energetic front-people in heavy music to grab a mic. Candace certainly is as tough as her vocals, having sustained a broken nose and gash to her head at recent shows and finishing her sets bloodied and bruised before going to the hospital. This stamina is on full display in the video for the band’s song “There Is No I In F--- You!” (viewable at www.Trustkill.com). The video was filmed while they played to an over-capacity sold out crowd at Anaheim's Chain Reaction. During one song, an overzealous stage-diver jumped with Candace's mic accidentally hooked to his foot, resulting in a bloody blow to her head. Hardcore trooper that she is, Candace merely brushed off the injury, having already suffered two black eyes and a broken nose at previous shows. The band composed of Mike Hasty (guitar), Chris Rawson (guitar), Aaron Ruby (bass) and new drummer Dustin Schoenhofer (formerly of Premonitions Of War) are currently holed up in a studio in Cleveland with producer Ben Schigel (Chimaira, ZAO, Ringworm) recording their upcoming album With Devils Amongst Us All to be released this summer on Trustkill Records. Speaking on the new material Hasty comments “it’s definitely the most varied music we’ve ever written and it’s a lot more anthemic whereas our older material was more about aggression than composition.” Kucsulain explains “we’ve been on tour so much since the last album that we’ve been able to let our true personalities shine through on stage. When we were younger we would just express aggression and then go pass out. However playing live every night, you learn to pace yourself and as you get older you also want to express other things than rage so we’ve definitely developed our live show and our music.” This diversity has worked itself into the band’s lyrics as well which in the past had been terribly bleak. “I’ve definitely developed a much healthier mindset. During the past albums I had gone through bad relationships and bad experiences, now I’m about being productive. I’m still upset about the world, but now I also want to talk about what we can do to make things better.” Walls Of Jericho formed with a different drummer in the late 90’s, the group released their debut full-length The Bound Feed The Gagged which was an important early release for fledgling indie, Trustkill (Metal Maniacs proclaimed the album more abrasive than a belt sander over broken, bloodcaked skin). The group toured the states non-stop alongside groups such as Earth Crisis and In Flames. Between albums Hasty had become a well known producer recording The Black Dahlia Murder and Bloodline Calligraphy among other bands as well as opening a thriving recording studio in Detroit. Ruby had also emerged as a well known tattoo artist, becoming acclaimed for straight edge tattoos (Ruby also does the artwork for the new album). The band’s next release 2004’s All Hail The Dead had a fury of press coverage including Alt Press, Revolver, Headbangers Ball, Hit Parader and helped cement the band’s reputation as a must see live act. Walls Of Jericho has toured with Unearth, Sick Of It All, Mastodon, Fear Factory, Bleeding Through, Throwdown, Most Precious Blood, Bury Your Dead and It Dies Today. The group has just announced that they will be joining Ozzfest for summer 2006 in time to promote With Devils Amongst Us All. 18/08/2008 - DRAGONFORCE - Tour Update Hi people!!I am actually in my bed, in the bus ( my girlfriend calls it “ a kennel” I call it “ a sarcophagus”! anyway, ... 06/06/2008 - DRAGONFORCE - ZP Theart Is Hard To Please! By Chris HarrisAnyone who's ever played "Guitar Hero" knows full well that one of the game's most challenging tracks belongs to DragonForce, the British power-metal ... 10/12/2007 - STONE SOUR: Corey to perform on new Walls Of Jericho EP Detroit's WALLS OF JERICHO is wrapping up work on its new EP, to be released in March 2008 on Trustkill. Produced by SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman ... 07/11/2007 - STONE SOUR's Corey to produce new WOJ EP Walls Of Jericho are working with Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor on a new EP. According to a posting at Blabbermouth, Detroit's WALLS OF JERICHO ... 07/11/2007 - 3 INCHES OF BLOOD Reviewed A tidy review of 3 Inches’ latest offering ‘Fire Up The Blades’ One of the more left field releases of 2004 was ‘Advance And Vanquish’ ... 07/11/2007 - Lupara, featuring ex Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner have shot their first video with Thompson Lupara, featuring ex Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner have shot their first video with Thompson starring. The Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson is featured as the ... 07/11/2007 - Walls Of Jericho's infernal frontwoman Candace Kucsulain spoke recently to RRUK. Walls Of Jericho's infernal frontwoman Candace Kucsulain spoke recently to RRUK. Q: What are your musical influences? Candace: "There would be tons of musical influences ... 07/11/2007 - WALLS OF JERICHO With Devils Review The kick ass new Walls Of Jericho album gets reviewed by The Metal Forge. Third time round delivers a solid one-two punch Detroit (Chicago) based ... 07/11/2007 - HATEBREED's 3 Gun on the HC hierarchy Frank '3 Gun' Novinec was asked recently by Blasting-Zone.com about the HC hierarchy. Blasting-Zone.com: At this point, where do you feel HATEBREED stands within the ... 07/11/2007 - WALLS OF JERICHO video and tracklist With the band's new album 'With Devils Amongst Us All' slated for an August 19th release… The band recently completed a video for the track ... 07/11/2007 - WALLS OF JERICHO Live Video Check out the ass kicking live clip for 'Revival Never Goes Out Of Style' The WOJ MySpace site reads, “So we added some live footage ... 07/11/2007 - RR Artists on HEADBANGERS BALL With the 3rd instalment of Headbangers Ball due for release, a selection of RR artists offered comments about the show. Question: Were you a fan ... 07/11/2007 - WALLS OF JERICHO Studio Update Hardcore overlords WOJ are kicking ass in the studio… Commented the band in a March 7, 2006 online posting: "First off, before I even get ... 07/11/2007 - TRUSTKILL AND FERRET Come Over to RR Roadrunner Records Australia announce a partnership this month with two of America's premier hardcore labels – Trustkill and Ferret. Both are known for producing some ... 07/11/2007WALLS OF JERICHO video and tracklist With the band's new album 'With Devils Amongst Us All' slated for an August 19th release… The band recently completed a video for the track ... 07/11/2007HATEBREED's 3 Gun on the HC hierarchy Frank '3 Gun' Novinec was asked recently by Blasting-Zone.com about the HC hierarchy. Blasting-Zone.com: At this point, where do you feel HATEBREED stands within the ... 07/11/2007WALLS OF JERICHO Live Video Check out the ass kicking live clip for 'Revival Never Goes Out Of Style' The WOJ MySpace site reads, “So we added some live footage ... 07/11/2007RR Artists on HEADBANGERS BALL With the 3rd instalment of Headbangers Ball due for release, a selection of RR artists offered comments about the show. Question: Were you a fan ... 07/11/2007TRUSTKILL AND FERRET Come Over to RR Roadrunner Records Australia announce a partnership this month with two of America's premier hardcore labels – Trustkill and Ferret. Both are known for producing some ... 07/11/2007WALLS OF JERICHO Studio Update Hardcore overlords WOJ are kicking ass in the studio… Commented the band in a March 7, 2006 online posting: "First off, before I even get ... 07/11/2007WALLS OF JERICHO With Devils Review The kick ass new Walls Of Jericho album gets reviewed by The Metal Forge. Third time round delivers a solid one-two punch Detroit (Chicago) based ... 07/11/2007Walls Of Jericho's infernal frontwoman Candace Kucsulain spoke recently to RRUK. Walls Of Jericho's infernal frontwoman Candace Kucsulain spoke recently to RRUK. Q: What are your musical influences? Candace: "There would be tons of musical influences ... 10/12/2007STONE SOUR: Corey to perform on new Walls Of Jericho EP Detroit's WALLS OF JERICHO is wrapping up work on its new EP, to be released in March 2008 on Trustkill. Produced by SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman ... 06/06/2008DRAGONFORCE - ZP Theart Is Hard To Please! By Chris HarrisAnyone who's ever played "Guitar Hero" knows full well that one of the game's most challenging tracks belongs to DragonForce, the British power-metal ... 07/11/2007STONE SOUR's Corey to produce new WOJ EP Walls Of Jericho are working with Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor on a new EP. According to a posting at Blabbermouth, Detroit's WALLS OF JERICHO ... 07/11/20073 INCHES OF BLOOD Reviewed A tidy review of 3 Inches’ latest offering ‘Fire Up The Blades’ One of the more left field releases of 2004 was ‘Advance And Vanquish’ ... 07/11/2007Lupara, featuring ex Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner have shot their first video with Thompson Lupara, featuring ex Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner have shot their first video with Thompson starring. The Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson is featured as the ... 18/08/2008DRAGONFORCE - Tour Update Hi people!!I am actually in my bed, in the bus ( my girlfriend calls it “ a kennel” I call it “ a sarcophagus”! anyway, ... All Hail The Dead All Hail The Dead