{"id":59632,"date":"2017-08-02T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=59632"},"modified":"2018-01-18T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T19:46:07","slug":"news-salem-sign-album-contract-with-dissonance-productions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-salem-sign-album-contract-with-dissonance-productions\/","title":{"rendered":"SALEM Sign Album Contract With Dissonance Productions (August 2nd, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>SALEM Sign Album Contract With Dissonance Productions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>August 2nd, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/salemuk2017promophotonews.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hull, England-based hard rock \/ heavy metal band Salem have signed an album contract with Dissonance Productions, revealing this development on August 2nd, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Paul Macnamara commented: \u201cWe are delighted to have signed with Dissonance Productions \u2013 their knowledge and experience, combined with Plastic Head\u2019s world-renowned distribution, all represent a very positive step forward for Salem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new album, <em>Attrition<\/em>, has been over a year in the making, and we are confident that our fans will love it. Once again the focus is on strong melodies, with a hard rock \/ NWOBHM flavour, and high-octane delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to working with Steve, Tom and the rest of the team for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dissonance Productions label boss Steve Beatty added: \u201cWhat to say? It\u2019s great to have Salem on the label! They are back with a renewed energy, what I have heard so far from <em>Attrition<\/em> is exciting and worth any metalhead\u2019s attention. 2018 is going to be a great year from Salem and their fans \u2013 a great record will hopefully be followed a lot of live shows!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s third full-length studio album <em>Attrition<\/em> is scheduled for a February 2018 release.<\/p>\n<p>Salem\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Simon Saxby (vocals)<br \/>\nPaul Macnamara (guitar)<br \/>\nMark Allison (guitar)<br \/>\nAde Jenkinson (bass)<br \/>\nPaul Mendham (drums)<\/p>\n<p>Second studio record <em>Dark Days<\/em> was <a href=\"\/site\/news-salem-release-second-studio-album-dark-days\/\">released<\/a> in April 2016 via Pure Steel Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALEM Sign Album Contract With Dissonance Productions August 2nd, 2017 Hull, England-based hard rock \/ heavy metal band Salem have signed an album contract with Dissonance Productions, revealing this development on August 2nd, 2017. Guitarist Paul Macnamara commented: \u201cWe are delighted to have signed with Dissonance Productions \u2013 their knowledge and experience, combined with Plastic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3590],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salem-uk-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65322,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59632\/revisions\/65322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}