Ensign
Formed: 1995
From:
New Brunswick,
NJ,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Ensign News
Below is our complete Ensign 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.
Ensign To Enter the Studio In September
After a lengthy hiatus that left the members of the New Jersey-based hardcore band ENSIGN scattered dealing with lineup changes, deaths, marriages, side projects, and varied touring crew work (vocalist Tim Shaw spent the last two years guitar-teching for RANCID while bassist Nathan Gluck tour-managed SICK OF IT ALL, UNEARTH and BURY YOUR DEAD), the group has announced plans for its upcoming fourth full-length album, "Lost Message on a Fading Frequency". The follow-up to 2001's "The Price of Progression" will be recorded in September/October at Trax East in South River, New Jersey with longtime collaborator Eric Rachel. The band is currently working on pre-production for the new CD with former drummer Chris Ross (NORA) at his Casa De Ross Studio in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Commented Gluck: "Building off of the foundation that was laid with 'Price' we are pushing the envelope to encompass some of the heaviest and most thought-provoking material in the band's 12-plus-year existence. The new material is drawing influences from all across the board and I can honestly say I haven't been this excited in years."
No record label or release date for the new album have yet been confirmed.
Ensign Announce West Coast Dates
New Jersey’s ENSIGN have lined up the following West Coast dates for next month:
January 11 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
January 12 - Berkeley, CA @ Gilman St.
January 13 - La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe
You can find more information over at their official MySpace page.
The Vows Set to Release Debut EP
Several months ago a new hardcore band called The Vows signed with Indecision Records. Based in Seattle, the group features John Pettibone (Himsa, Undertow), Rob Moran (Unbroken, Some Girls), Ryan Murphy (Undertow, Ensign), Aram Arslanian (Champion), and Chris Williams (Champion). The band's debut EP will hit streets this spring. You can download a song from the effort here.
New York's Fuck You Fest Details
1000 Knives will be putting on the Fuck You Fest in early-February at CBGBs in New York City. Here's the info:
Saturday Feb 4th 6pm $10:
Reservoir
Awkward Thought
Dead End Boys
Step2Far
Urban Riot
Disassociate
Deathcycle
Sunday Feb 5th 5pm $12:
Slumlords
Ensign
Cold World
86 mentality
Set to Explode
Lion Of Judah
Renee Heartfelt
Between the Wars
Hellfest 2005 Schedule Released
The entire schedule for Hellfest has finally been released. HELLFEST 2K5 takes place on August 19-21 at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. Tickets are available at hellfest.com or you can purchase tickets at the Sovereign Bank Arena box office or charge by phone at 1-888-SBA-TIXX or online at sovereignbankarena.com.
The complete schedule follows, including stages, times and bands playing: More...
Hellfest 2005 Announces Another 39 Bands
HELLFEST 2005, which takes place August 19th to the 21st in Trenton, NJ, has announced the next 39 bands out of the 188 total bands playing this year's festival (and they're still not done). Here are the latest additions:
REUNION SHOWS
Ensign
HELLFEST 2K5 BAND LINE UP ROUND FOUR:
Against Me!
A Love For Enemies
A Murder of Crows
Animosity
Anorexic Beauty Queen
Anterrabae
At All Cost
Between Walls
Boy Sets Fire
Burning Season
Calico System
Classic Case
Demiricious
Donnybrook
Doomriders
Glass and Ashes
Haste The Day
I am Idaho
MC Goldie Wilson
None More Black
Norma Jean
Outbreak
Paria
Planes Mistaken for Stars
Silhouette
Smoke or Fire
Spitalfield
Stemm
Strike Anywhere
Summers End
Sworn Enemy
Tension
Beautiful Mistake, The
Unseen, The
Throwdown
Time Of Need
Triple Threat
Unearth
When Tigers Fight
HERE’S A RE-CAP OF THE FIRST 114: More...
More On Frank Piegaro Benefit Concert
XOXO Records is coordinating a benefit show for Frank Piegaro that will take place on June 4th in New Jersey. Known for his work in bands like Ensign and Degenerics, Piagaro is dealing with mounting medical bills stemming from the treatment he's received for the blood disease, Xanthoma Disseminatum. Here's the official Piagaro story: More...
God Forbid Announce Benefit Concert
New Jersey thrashers God Forbid will play a benefit concert on June 4 at the Wayne Firehouse in Wayne, New Jersey. Proceeds from the gig will support their friend Frank Piegaro, former guitarist for the Degenerics and Ensign. Piegaro has been battling a rare skin disease for several years, and money raised during the show will help fund his recovery. Nora, the Number Twelve Looks Like You, Fanshen and Hot Cross will also perform; tickets are priced at $15.
Icepick Announce First Live Show
ICEPICK, HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta's much-anticipated collaboration with SKARHEAD singer Lord Ezec, will make their live debut on February 27 at CBGBs in New York City. Fans who attend the gig should expect to hear four or five original songs as well as several HATEBREED and SKARHEAD covers.
The concert, a benefit for Pete Koller from SICK OF IT ALL, will also feature H20, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, KILL YOUR IDOLS, ENSIGN, INHUMAN and THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (featuring ex-CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph and SICK OF IT ALL bassist Craig Setari).
ICEPICK's track "Born to Crush You" was featured on the "UFC Ultimate Beatdowns Vol. 1 Metal" compilation, released last August through Nitrus Records.