Silencer
Formed: 1998
From:
Denver,
CO,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Silencer News
Below is our complete Silencer news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
Silencer Posts New Music Video
Silencer has teamed up with Guitarworld.com to release a new music video for "I Am Thunder!" Check it out below, and the band also comments:
"Combining our love of all things brick & mortar record store and heavy metal, here is our ridiculous video for 'I Am Thunder!' filmed at the famous Ernie November records. Watch, enjoy and share, share, share away! See you all on January 11th here in Denver."
Silencer Streaming Entire Album
Denver thrashers Silencer have officially unleashed "The Great Bear" upon us. The band's third full-length and first concept album, "The Great Bear" draws heavily from the band's heavy metal roots and explores some interesting "what-if?" questions of the U.S-Soviet space race of the 1950s/1960s. The Great Bear is being released via Silencer and Vanity Music Group and will be available in CD and limited edition 180-gram vinyl. Visit Silencer's website for details. To mark the release of this album, Blistering.com is now streaming "The Great Bear" in its entirety. Visit this location to listen, or check it out below in the player.
Silencer Streaming New Song
Denver thrashers Silencer have teamed with PureGrainAudio to give fans a free download of the song "I Am Thunder!" from their forthcoming third full-length, "The Great Bear." This exclusive world premier is available for stream and download at this location. "The Great Bear" is due out on September 25th via Silencer and Vanity Music Group. Available physical formats will be CD and limited edition 180-gram vinyl. Silencer will be performing on select warm-up dates and is in the planning stages for tours following the album's release.
Silencer Reveals Details For Third Album
Denver thrashers Silencer will release "The Great Bear" on September 25th. The album is the group's third full-length release and its first concept record. The band has this to say about the music of "The Great Bear," an approach that took the band back to its heavy metal roots.
Silencer has followed a steady progression of thrash through the years, bordering on the extreme on recent releases. On this album we rewind to more 70's and 80's influences, aiming to bring a bit more rock back into metal without sacrificing any punch; things like big choruses and hooks as opposed to our previous works' all out intensity and such. We were definitely influenced by concept albums such as Rush's "2112" and Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime" (among others) in putting together our story. This album musically is more denim, spikes, spit and vodka than anything we've done.
Conceptually, Silencer takes a look at the U.S-Soviet space race of the 1950s/1960s and asks some "what if" questions. Lyrically, we rewind back to space race era Soviet Russia, and we chose to take a fictional turn towards what would have happened if the Russians chose to one-up the American's moon landing by going somewhere further. We tell the story from the Russian perspective, and try to capture the mentality of a union that could mobilize its entire population to achieve a goal, and also from the perspective of a member of this mission. This sort of story almost wrote itself, and its mood lent us to write some more straightforward yet very heavy tracks. It's definitely more thematic than prior releases, but aims to get to the point and tell a large story fairly efficiently.
Check out the cover art and tracklisting of "The Great Bear," which will be distributed by Vanity Music Group. More...
Silencer Announce 2008 Live Dates
Colorado metallers SILENCER have issued the following update:
"Happy holidays to our hooligan friends! Well, a bit of good news, below is the tour routing for a ten day jaunt we'll be doing through the midwest in a couple months. As soon as the venues confirm we'll put them in the 'shows' section, but here's an idea of where we'll be. Pretty excited, haven't been to a few of these markets before, should be a killer time. If there are any direct booking questions to this point, please contact Matt Tyler at Gardencore Network at momentoftruthmatt@hotmail.com."
Dates (with venues tba) are as follows
February
29 - Columbus, NE
March
1 - Jefferson, SD
2 - Fargo, ND
3 - Minneapolis, MN
4 - Madison, WI
5 - Chicago, IL
6 - Fort Wayne, IN
7 - Terre Haute, IN
8 - St. Louis, MO
9 - Manhattan, KS
Throcult Part With Guitarist
Colorado black metallers THROCULT have enlisted the services of Dan Lynn (SILENCER) on second guitar for all upcoming shows. Former guitarist Nick Jackson left the band back in January In order to concentrate in other things. "The relationship [between] Nick and THROCULT will always continue [to be] great, we wish Nick the best," the band write in a press release.
In other news, THROCULT are still working on their first DVD, "Live Conjurations", recorded last Halloween in their hometown with a four-person camera crew. "So far the footage is looking great and we hope to get it done soon," the group write. "The DVD will include the entire live show, all THROCULT promotional videos, and some tracks from an old TV broadcast show filmed back in 2003 with the old lineup.
As previously reported, THROCULT will be appearing on this year Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival, set to take place on May 6-7 at Star Central in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are SODOM, SADUS, SUMMON, DEW-SCENTED and THE CHASM, among others.
Chicago Powerfest 2005 Final Line-up Announced
The third incarnation of Chicago Powerfest will prove to be one of the most exciting metal showcases this year in the US…period! Initially created to showcase the top up-and-coming underground metal acts on these shores, Chicago Powerfest has now gone one step further, bringing two of Sweden’s most exciting bands over to bring down the house! Tad Morose will be appearing as a headliner in the US for the first time, and Morgana Lefay will be making their first ever US appearance… so don’t miss this!!
The final lineup includes:
Tad Morose (Sweden)
Morgana Lefay (Sweden)
Twelfth Gate (IL)
Ion Vein (IL)
Archetype (OH)
Imagika (CA)
Silencer (CO)
Warmachine (Canada)
Katagory V (UT)
The event takes place April 8th and 9th at JJ Kelley’s in Lansing, IL which will provide an intimate environment to experience killer metal up close and personal. Tickets are only $32 for a two day pass and are on sale now via www.chicagopowerfest.com. Only 300 tickets will be sold so act fast because this show will sell out. Visit the site for all the latest news, event info., full band info., travel details, etc. Unfortunately, this is a 21 and over event so we apologize to those that won’t be able to attend because of this. Finally, very special thanks to John Coyne for coming aboard as a co-promoter and helping to get Tad and Morgana on the bill.
Set times: More...
Flotsam & Jetsam, Jag Panzer To Play Metal Fest
Flotsam and Jetsam and Jag Panzer are among the bands confirmed for the Deep Freeze winter metal festival on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at Pink E's Black Den in Westminster, Colorado. Other groups scheduled to perform at the festival include Silencer, Corruption, Esovae, Depth Charge, Empyrean Eclise and Of Winds and Faint Echoes.
Flotsam and Jetsam are currently supporting their new DVD, "Live in Phoenix", released through the Magick imprint of Cleopatra Records, and will mark their first live appearance in Colorado in almost five years. Jag Panzer are currently supporting last month's critically acclaimed Century Media release, "Casting the Stones", and will play the festival for the first time to a hometown crowd. Also playing is Silencer, who are currently finishing up recording their first full-length album at Valkyrie Studios and Flatline Audio with Dave Otero (Serberus, Cephalic Carnage).
The bill is rounded out by a number of strong regional bands creating the most diverse lineup to date.
Tickets for the 18-and-up festival be on sale soon through Ticketweb.com.