Metal Monday: Ion Dissonance; Free MP3 - "Kneel"

Meet Ion Dissonance (whom I knew as ID357 for longer than I'd like to admit before I got a clue). These Canucks make brutal grindcore that will be visiting VA for the Summer Slaughter Tour and Allentown, PA for Infest 2007. I just listened to their latest track, "Kneel", and this is a preview of what I am convinced will be the band's most mature, technical album to date. As a huge fan of metal, prog, and so much more, I am thrilled to see heavier and heavier bands get more and more technical.

Ion Dissonance's new album, Minus the Herd, comes out on June 5.

Free MP3: Ion Dissonance - "Kneel"

Infest 2007 in Allentown, PA

Infest 2007 is scheduled for June 2 in Allentown, PA at Crocodile Rock.

Acts scheduled for the festival include:

ARSIS
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK
BENEATH THE MASSACRE
THE BINARY CODE
BURY YOUR DEAD
CATTLE DECAPITATION
CEPHALIC CARNAGE
DECAPITATED
THE FACELESS
ION DISSONANCE
NECROPHAGIST
SINCE THE FLOOD
STICK TO YOUR GUNS
SUICIDE SILENCE
UNHOLY

More bands are expected to be announced.

I gotta say, 2007 is an exciting year for hardcore metal. With other festivals and tours like Robot Mosh, Summer Slaughter, and so on, there's a lot to see!