Glorious Death hails “The Dawn of Darkness”

Hollywood, CA – The sun will set permanently on Aug. 19 when Glorious Death releases its genre-bending masterpiece “The Dawn of Darkness,” a focused, intense, eclectic album of hard-hitting tunes.

“I strongly believe that the industry is a cookie-cutter, look-alike, cloning machine,” according to Mike McKeown, the primary member of Glorious Death, offering the motivation behind writing music that mixes styles with such seeming abandon.

“All this pop-hip-hop shit I hear on the radio all sounds the same. No real emotion in it, nothing original, nothing special.” His ire at mainstream music and his insistence on breaking with tradition stem from his love of music.

“I really get into the music I listen to,” he says. “I can sit there and just listen to an album for an hour, not doing anything else at all, concentrating on all the little parts.” Soundalike industry-manufactured music can’t offer that, he says. But he can.

“For example, in our new song, ‘Total Fucking Darkness,’ I use old school hip-hop beats in a [black metal style] song.” His own musical tastes are quite eclectic, he reveals, and believes it’s only fitting that his own music reflect that.

Touring is planned for late 2007 or early 2008. Glorious Death is also busy putting the final touches on the upcoming release as well as looking ahead to the future. “We are in the studio recording for the album due out in August, but we have already started writing a few songs for the album after that.”

More information is available by visiting www.myspace.com/gloriousdeath and www.arselect.com.

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