Amalgama Checks In With New Album Update

New York's Amalgama has issued the following update about upcoming live shows and the band's progress on a new album:

"The gigs are starting to fall into place, with 2 lined up for the month of July, and more on the way: July 2nd - a hometown gig right here in Albany, NY at Valentines with ourselves headlining along with local heavies Scrap Metal and one more TBA. July 23rd - Amalgama will be making our triumphant return to New Jersey with a show in Trenton at Championship Bar along with Local Demise, Live Set Disaster, Pistol Monk and several other bands. The show kicks off at 6pm, so don't get there late and miss all the great rockage as we take Trenton like Washington did in 1776 (Wikipedia that shit).

"This morning, we took a look at the new album art progress. In the realm of CD artwork this is most assuredly 'metal as fuck.' It's been a labor of love working with Al Berardi once again after his great re-design of our logo and he has really put together something special for us this time around. We really can't wait to reveal the EP title and show you the design for the cover (undoubtedly through Facebook & Myspace).

"We're in mixing mode now, getting the endless hours of guitar and drum tracks in order, and getting the right levels with the vocals. During the vocal tracking, we joked around about recording each song normally, as well as a second round ala Glenn Danzig (Mothaaaaa!). Thankfully, we came to our senses and passed up the opportunity. Maybe for the next round of tunes... Until then, stay metal."