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Breath and Decay

Between life and death there is BREATH and DECAY

About Me

The music, it just wasn’t speaking to me anymore. That is to say, 2006 was a hard year. A really hard year. That was a year which saw breakups, breakdowns and the worst mental place I’ve ever been in my life. During this time I just wanted to feel whole, to feel OK and most of all to feel anything but the emptiness I was living. And worst of all, the music just wasn’t speaking to me.
Looking for solace in the pulse of the clubs, the booming halls, and the bitter scenes… all I could hear was this muddy sound of confusion, feigned cynicism… words without meaning. Words too busy fitting in to stand out. Tired words lost in the mud. Lost in the hum of street lights and blurry nights.
Searching for meaning I thought I couldn’t get any more lost… but slowly words started to make it out of all this mess… Pieces of truth, moments of energy… strong words looking for life. Blinding words demanding a voice. And it was these words that burnt my heart and gave me hope… saved my life.
Breath and Decay was born of this new strength, this courage for truth and this message of hope. For the first time in years, the music was speaking to me.
Our first ever official release!! Check it out!!
Our song "Alive Right Now" will be appearing on this amazing compilation out June 24th. 20 tracks, 17 of which have never before been released for only 6.98! Get in on the pre-orders now at www.bitriotrecords.com .
This comp features never before heard material from 16volt, Acumen Nation, Rabbit Junk, Cyanotic, DJ? Acucrack, Left Spine Down (Featuring members of Front Line Assembly), End.User, Prude (feat. Jared Louche of Chemlab + members of Caustic and Cyanotic), Torrent Vaccine and more.
During the pre-order our label Bit Riot Records is letting people check out the entire record for free at www.bitriotrecords.com .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/10/2006
Band Website: breathanddecay.com
Band Members: In the studio:
E. M. August - Songwriting, Vocals, Production
Jason Prost - Additional Production and Engineering

Live:
E. M. August - Vocals
Tonya Leigh - Keys / Drums
Kevin Baron - Bass / Keys

Influences: Combichrist, Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Modulate, Death Before Dishonor, Ahnusse, Cyanotic, mindFluxFuneral, Torrent Vaccine

Sounds Like: Body Hardcore
Record Label: Bit Riot Records / WTII
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Good reasons to come check out my upcoming DJ Gigs!

Hey all, I have a few DJ gigs coming up in the next month or two.One is at Smartbar on June 25th, and will be part of a new Wednesday night weekly / Monthly my wonderful friend Kristin is helping to p...
Posted by Breath and Decay on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:03:00 PST

Cyanotic Presents: Gears Gone Wild Pre-Orders are open!!!

June 24th will see the release of the long awaited compilation "Cyanotic Presents: Gears Gone Wild", the latest in an ongoing series of compilations put together by Sean Payne and his Chicago based gl...
Posted by Breath and Decay on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:26:00 PST

New Song Posted!

Hey everyone, I thought it was about time to get a track up on here! This first song is called The Hidden Potential and its about being pushed and pushed, until it all goes wrong. It will be appearing...
Posted by Breath and Decay on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:42:00 PST

Where is the music?

Good question. Short answer is - still recording vocals. Long answer is, I have gone back and forth over and over and while I want to share what I have been creating with everyone right this second I ...
Posted by Breath and Decay on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:25:00 PST