{"id":26755,"date":"2015-08-21T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=26755"},"modified":"2017-08-04T01:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T01:56:55","slug":"news-act-of-defiance-release-debut-album-birth-and-the-burial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-act-of-defiance-release-debut-album-birth-and-the-burial\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT OF DEFIANCE Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Birth And The Burial\u2019 (August 21st, 2015) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACT OF DEFIANCE Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Birth And The Burial\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nAugust 21st, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles, California-based thrash metal group Act Of Defiance issued debut full-length studio album Birth And The Burial<\/em> on August 21st, 2015 through Metal Blade Records.<\/p>\n

Guitarist Chris Broderick handled vocal and guitar production at his own Ill-Fated Studio in Los Angeles, while drummer Shawn Drover worked with Chris \u201cZeuss\u201d Harris in tracking the drums at Dexter\u2019s Lab in Milford, Connecticut. Matt Bachand laid down bass at ManShark in Southampton, Massachusetts, meanwhile.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties were handled by Travis Smith.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Throwback\u2019
\n02. \u2018Legion Of Lies\u2019
\n03. \u2018Thy Lord Belial\u2019
\n04. \u2018Refrain And Re-Fracture\u2019
\n05. \u2018Dead Stare\u2019
\n06. \u2018Disastrophe (A New Reality)\u2019
\n07. \u2018Poison Dream\u2019
\n08. \u2018Obey The Fallen\u2019
\n09. \u2018Crimson Psalm\u2019
\n10. \u2018Birth And The Burial\u2019<\/p>\n

Act Of Defiance\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Henry Derek (vocals, ex-Scar The Martyr)
\nChris Broderick (guitars, ex-Megadeth \/ ex-Jag Panzer)
\nMatt Bachand (bass, Shadows Fall)
\nShawn Drover (drums, ex-Megadeth)<\/p>\n

In its first week of release, Birth And The Burial<\/em> charted on the following Billboard charts; Top 200 Current Albums (#124), Top 200 Albums (#171), #6 Heatseeker (#6), #18 Hard Music (#18), Rock (#44), and Independent (#28).<\/p>\n

Music videos were filmed for the tracks \u2018Throwback\u2019 and \u2018Legion Of Lies\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n