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SAMOTHRACE

About Me


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We came together, initially, in friendship made thru our individual involvements in the DIY Punk/Hardcore/Metal(death to false, of course) community. Hometowns spanning from New Mexico to Kansas to Oklahoma, we currently reside in Lawrence, KS. '05/'06 began the process of shaping Samothrace into our present state. Heavy music for heavy times. The lyrics, albeit poetic, are rooted in the ideals of social change, political incoherence, and a bleak but positive outlook on life... intended for those who've taken back their breath and risen on their own and those who wish to do so.
Members are currently or have been involved with; Oroku, Lethe, Black Christmas, Sentient, The Fuktards, This Building Is Cursed, Short Bus Kids, Christianistan...
Samothrace is an evolving beast. Keep it heavy... keep it underground.Samothrace T-SHIRT. Illustration by Tom Denney. $10. YL and Adult S-XL available.Please send a detailed message to us via myspace or the email address, [email protected] if you are interested. Thank you for the support. Hailz and cheers!!!Hello friends, it has been long in the works and the fruits of the labours have now paid off! Our debut album, "Life's Trade," is now avaiable from our label 20 Buck Spin. The Gatefold 2xLP is available both on black, and on limited edition gold vinyl (150 copies). It is cut at 45 RPM. All copies include a poster, the same A2 size as was included with the Coffins and The Endless Blockade LPs. All vinyl also includes a coupon for a free download of the entire album. The direct mailorder version comes with an embroidered Samothrace logo patch and a sticker of the amazing artwork by David D’Andrea. The CD version is available nowas well. Don't forget, you can also purchase the cd, and soon 2xLP, from us directly on tour. Check our profile page for tour dates. Please go to the following website for ordering information... www. 20buckspin. com We are so appreciateive of all the support we have received so far. Thanks to you all. In other news... we have several interviews out/coming out as well as numerous reviews to come. Check the current issue of 'Unrestarined' for an interview, as well as the upcoming issues of Decibel, Metal Maniacs, and Skyscraper. More goodies to come.
Hailz and cheers, Samothrace Samothrace "Life's Trade" CD/ 2xLP now available!!!
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You can pick it up from 20 Buck Spin .
Here are links to a couple of reviews:
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Members: Bryan Spinks : Guitar, vocals and noise
Dylan Desmond : Bass, noise and samples
Joe Noel :Drums
Daniel Nokes :Guitar
Former members
Renata Castanga : Guitar
Elijah Hyde : Drums
Willie Stein : Drums

Influences: gravity
Sounds Like: heavy... tuned to the eons-long drone of the darkest creations of space and the ever evolving galaxy clusters that lie therein... give or take about 50 octaves.
Record Label: 20 Buck Spin
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Seattle!!!

Samothrace is relocating to Seattle, WA in April 2009. We have long been in discussion of a move to the Northwest and the time hath come. We have many close friends from Oklahoma, Kansas, and everywhe...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:50:00 GMT

Ton of review/interview links...

Hello y'all. Hope all is well. Here is a list of links you can either copy and paste or click to read some reviews on our album, "Life's Trade." We are stoked to have the album be so well received. Th...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:08:00 GMT

Samothrace in Decibel...

Hello y'all, we are stoked, and a little intimidated, to say we have; 1) been featured as an Upfront Profile in the December issue of Decibel Magazine. Hell, we even got our name on the cover. Go...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:10:00 GMT

A few reviews of "Life’s Trade"

Thanks to everyone who's been checking out Life's Trade!  We appreciate all the feedback!From Invisible OrangesFirst Cough, then Thou, then Samothrace - it's a great time for Americansludge/doom....
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:13:00 GMT

Fall ’08 Tour!!!

Hello friends, the dates for our Fall '08 record release tour are posted in our shows section. Some dates are definitely subject to change, so be patient. Most dates are under control bookin-wise, but...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Recording/ New Track...

 Hello all, we are out of Volume studio with Sanford Parker and in possesion of an unmastered, but completely mixed, copy of our debut record for 20 Buck Spin Records. We had a fucking kille...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Samothrace update 12/04/07...

Band / Recording / LP news...Hello, all. We just want to let anyone interested know what is going on in the Samothrace camp. We have been laying somewhat low, locally, since coming home from our last ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:28:00 GMT

"La Llorona" rough mix...

So, here is the rough mix of another of the newly recorded tracks, "La Llorona"... Again, we had to compress the file quite a bit. In thic case so much during the mp3 conversion that it...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:33:00 GMT

rough mix of new song

... here is the rough mix of 1 of 3 songs we're finishing up with our friend Chris Hess at the recording helm.This song calls itself "Cacophony" and we are very pleased thus far. We had to convert th...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:20:00 GMT

the recording approaches completion

Hello all. We are almost finished with the recording process and should be mastering soon. We have been listening to a rough mix and this fucker is heavy. We are going to be very pleased in the end. H...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:38:00 GMT