Hailing from the depths of Minnesota and Fargo-North Dakota, BATTLEFIELDS have been touring relentlessly for the last three years and accruing massive accolades for their brutally honest music and astounding live performances and their two previous records, both released on indie label Init Records. BATTLEFIELDS have definitely stepped up to the plate and created an instant classic in “Thresholds of Imbalance” that encompasses a new direction in extreme and epic mind-expansive music.
BATTLEFIELDS’ Translation Loss debut “Thresholds Of Imbalance” was recorded at The Devil’s Workshop in Minnesota with drummer and engineer Rob Schmidt and was mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance Audio (Torche, Jesu, Battle of Mice) with art direction and concepts by Paul Romano for Workhardened.com (Mastodon, Godflesh, Dead to Fall). Guest appearances in the studio and live performances by Dylan Desmond (Samothrace), Zander Ness (Host) and Erik Torkleson (Examination of the…)
On top of sharing the stage with the likes of Red Sparowes, Wolves in the Throne Room, Tombs, Minsk, Kylesa, Pelican, High on Fire, Big Business, Russian Circles, Coliseum, Genghis Tron, This Will Destroy You and Murder by Death, as well as, toured extensively with Rosetta, Irepress, Amen Ra, Across Tundra, they have also appeared the last two years at SXSW playing highly successful showcases. Battlefields not only have toured the U.S. in its entirety, but have also toured in the U.K. and Europe.
“all of the explosiveness and abrasiveness that made their first two releases so appealing, but it also takes a major step in a more depressing, less accessible direction. It might take a few listens, but it won’t be long before sludge and doom metal fans will be all over this.” -Lambgoat.com
“it’s in fact a brilliant album that sees Battlefields fully unfurl their sound to its potential and should see them mentioned in the genre’s elite.” “This could easily be 2009s second best post rock album behind Wavering Radiant, and that’s no small feat.” -TeethoftheDevine.com
“Thresholds Of Imbalance” proves that you don’t have to play music at a frantic pace to create something epic. Battlefields is a one and a million band that has surpassed Isis, to become the next great underground band.” –Hardcoresounds.com
“this is one of the premiere metal bands from this region; if you are a metal fan and live within 20 miles of Fargo or Minneapolis, consider yourself ashamed to not know this band after Thresholds. And truthfully, any doom metal fan in the nation should definitely check out this album this year if you consider yourself a fan of the genre” –Mind Inversion
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