Black Sites
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United States
Last Known Status: Active
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Black Sites Debuts Video On Metalunderground
Progressive metal band, Black Sites, have powered through the previous year creating their new album Untrue with producer Sanford Parker, of Spirit Adrift/Voi-vod/Corrections House fame. With all members recording separately, with exception of one track, the album is a testament to their capabilities.
Originally forming in 2016, Black Sites combine old school metal elements in with their sound and draw inspiration from a wide spectrum of artists such as Voi-vod, Thin Lizzy, and Black Sabbath to name a few. The new release follows their previous albums In Monochrome (2017), and Exile (2019) which made Angry Metal Guy's #3 album of the year. Untrue delivers intricate guitar leads, powerful percussion and soaring vocals. The album explores the variations of Black Sites' sound from the dramatic opening "Sword of Orion", gradually building the anticipation to an intense climax, to the progressive nature of "Echo of a Lie", and the emotional performance of "White Ashes". Exploring sophisticated melodies enhanced through delicious guitar tones and powerful vocals, Untrue is an enticing record.
Effortlessly entwining elements of traditional metal with progressive experimentation and their own distinctive style, Black Sites have produced a release with huge impact. From beginning to end Untrue reveals their creativity on a sojourn not to be missed. More...
Black Sites Announces Debut Album
Chicago based metal band Black Sites will release debut album "In Monochrome" on the 17th of February, 2017 via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (Black Label Society, Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck, Big Jesus, Vola, Counting Days, Stoneghost)
In 2015, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Mark Sugar had a creative breakthrough that led him to leave behind a modern metal legacy to bravely forge a new one. Now, one of underground metal’s most uncompromising visionaries returns with a new band and an invigorating heavy-with-melody aesthetic.
“I wanted to challenge myself with clean singing and by writing well-crafted songs,” reveals the Chicago-based artist. “I went back to my influences, old school metal, prog rock, and hard rock—music built on classic songwriting.”
Sugar was formerly known as the mastermind behind the quartet Trials, a group that amicably folded in 2015, leaving behind three albums that bridged the divide between thrash and melodic death metal.
New Black Sites album "In Monochrome" will feature the following track listing:
01. M Fisto Waltz
02. Dead Languages
03. Monochrome
04. Burning Away The Day
05. Hunter Gatherer
06. Watching You Fall
07. Locked Out – Shut Down
08. In The Woods
09. The Tides More...