Sick Of It All sign with Abacus records

Voodoobillyman - 10-25-2005 at 07:22 AM

Following months of rumors, legendary New York City hardcore band Sick Of It All have officially joined the Abacus Recordings roster. The group's ninth full-length, titled "Death To Tyrants," will hit stores in early-2006. The effort will be recorded by Dean Baltulonis (Most Precious Blood) this winter, while Tue Madsen (The Haunted) will handle mixing. According to SOIA drummer Armand Majidi, "Although the songs growl in a new way, they're Sick of It All through and through, with something to offer all our fans from every era."

KyleOz - 10-25-2005 at 07:27 AM

Isn't that a label in cohorts with century media?

Unbound - 10-25-2005 at 07:41 AM

It's pretty much a hardcore sub-label to Century Media. They've put out some pretty cool stuff, and have cool people working there. Definitely a good place for SOIA.

XHonusWagnerX - 10-25-2005 at 08:11 AM

I heard that all the new Sick of it All songs are played in DROP D tuning. Could be good.... could be bad.... we will just have to wait and see!

BDx13 - 10-25-2005 at 08:24 AM

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DROP D tuning.

hey?

XHonusWagnerX - 10-25-2005 at 09:18 AM

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Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
DROP D tuning.

hey?

HUH?

BDx13 - 10-25-2005 at 09:38 AM

yeah, i don't know what that is.

XHonusWagnerX - 10-25-2005 at 09:54 AM

Drop D tuning ("Dropped D" or drop-D) is a guitar tuning style in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned ("dropped") to D rather than E as in standard tuning. It may thus be represented, lowest string to highest, as DADGBE. As a result of this change, the bottom three strings form a D power chord, which can be shifted up or down the fretboard with a single finger to produce any power chord quickly and easily. Drop-D also enables the guitarist to play a whole tone lower than in standard tuning, and many artists value this deeper, fuller sound. Indeed, it is not uncommon for modern rock and metal guitarists to play in "drop Db", standard C_Tuning or "drop C," lowering the sixth string a whole tone and then lowering every string one or two semitones. Often this technique requires specially-made guitar strings.

Chords in drop-D tuning are formed as they are in standard tuning, with the exception of the sixth string, which is either omitted or fretted two semitones higher.

It creates a heavier sound, but more in the vein of 'new metal' in some ways. To try and give you something to go with.... SLAPSHOT plays tuned to standard E, BLOOD FOR BLOOD tunes to D (not drop D), KORN tunes to A (About as low as you can get). Im not sure what bands tune to Drop D.

JawnDiablo - 10-25-2005 at 10:07 AM

id like to hear sludge of it all

defstarsteve - 10-25-2005 at 10:20 AM

the hoods are dropped d

RomanticViolence - 10-25-2005 at 11:59 AM

I learn so many cool things on this board!

Voodoobillyman - 10-25-2005 at 12:30 PM

Cannibal Corpse is dropped D, and yes Abacus should be a good label for them, hopefully

moforn - 10-25-2005 at 02:34 PM

I personally like the sound of tuning to Eb (think motorhead) but have never really liked the dropped d sound, just made it too tempting to rely on bad metal riffs. Some alternate tunings like dadgad have cool spooky/modal feels to them though.

Dave - 10-25-2005 at 02:38 PM

we should start tuning to A :cool:

XHonusWagnerX - 10-25-2005 at 03:00 PM

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we should start tuning to A :cool:

A is pretty crazy (well LOW A at least). Take a 7 string guitar or a 5 string bass and tune the LOW B down to a LOW A. On a bass its barely audible, it makes a clicking sound more than any actual bass sounds.

clevohardcore - 10-26-2005 at 10:40 AM

HATEBREED is drop D right?

I believe all of the SCRATCH THE SUFACE is drop D. Whatever they tune I love this band.

clevohardcore - 10-26-2005 at 10:48 AM

I got to ask THORP. and if you don't answer it's cool. Did THORP even have a heads up on the SICK OF IT ALL shopping around for a label? or was this pretty hush, hush on SIOA's part? Did THORP give offers? I am going to assume SOIA comand a high dollar, but what do I know. Sounds like SOIA might have had their minds made up for a while on this label because they have been talking aobut it for a while but for legal issues/whatever could not disclose it.

XHonusWagnerX - 10-26-2005 at 11:16 AM

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HATEBREED is drop D right?

I believe all of the SCRATCH THE SUFACE is drop D. Whatever they tune I love this band.

I think that Hatebreed actually tunes to D like Biohazard, not just a drop D.

clevohardcore - 10-26-2005 at 11:18 AM

My bad. I get ya. D is all the strings tuned to each other so they can make powercords right? DROP D is jsut the bottome string tuned to D and the rest are in E or whatever right?

BDx13 - 10-26-2005 at 11:22 AM

it was somewhat widely known that they were looking for a new label, so yes. we've known they were working with century media since we ran into them at a brain failure / dkm show back in the spring.

XHonusWagnerX - 10-26-2005 at 11:44 AM

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My bad. I get ya. D is all the strings tuned to each other so they can make powercords right? DROP D is jsut the bottome string tuned to D and the rest are in E or whatever right?

Yes D is with the bottom string tuned to D and all the others tuned to that string. Drop D Is with the bottom string as a D and the rest norma, but there are some variations on what the other strings are tuned to.