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Stone Circle Announce EP Crowdfunding Campaign!

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Progressive metal band Stone Circle (UK) has set up a crowdfunding campaign to aid the recording of their next EP, to be recorded at Bandit Studios with producer Jonny Renshaw (guitarist for Devil Sold His Soul, ex Mahumodo). The EP will be their 5th release to date and Stone Circle are calling on fans to help contribute towards the recording.

The band are hoping to raise £1500 to cover the full cost of recording and mastering.

www.indiegogo.com/projects/stone-circle-ep-metal

Stone Circle have received numerous accolades from the press, including Terrorizer Magazine stating: “What with Opeth going all ‘full-prog’ on us, the time couldn’t be better for a new band to take up the mantle of king purveyors of intelligent, melodic and progressively-minded death metal.”

Metal Hammer gave the group 8/10 for their performance at UKTechfest “…Their Opeth and Enslaved-inspired metal is a welcome change for the bill and expertly executed.”

Their next release promises to maintain their progressive metal edge while staying true to the nature of progressive music.

Stone Circle formed in 2004 with Joe Ashwin (Lead Guitar/Vocals), James Pearce (Bass) & Sam Hill (Drums) and the line-up was complete in 2005 with the addition of Tom Skelton (Rhythm Guitars). Over this time the band developed their sound into the progressive metal that they play today, inspired by Opeth, Katatonia, Morbid Angel, Gojira, Amorphis and more.

In 2006 Stone Circle recorded their first EP – Parchment – with Dominic Young (well known for being the live sound technician for Sikth). After a relocation to Brighton to study music, the band then worked on their first full-length album – also recorded with Dominic Young – in October of 2009. The album Myth was released at the end of 2010 through Glasstone Records.

Additionally, Stone Circle featured on the Brighton Institute of Modern Music album Whats In Your Head: Volume II, becoming the first band of the genre to be included in the institution’s showcase collection.

Stone Circle released their fourth (self-titled) release in Terrorizer Magazine at the end of 2014 and are currently working on material for their next EP, scheduled for recording in 2016.

Over the years, Stone Circle have supported the likes of Orange Goblin, Evil Scarecrow, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Breed 77, Ill Nino, Sylosis, Abhorrent Decimation and made festival appearances at Bloodstock Festival, Download Festival, UKTechfest & Mammothfest.

Recommended if you like:
Opeth, Gojira, Morbid Angel, Katatonia, Enslaved, Mastodon, Porcupine Tree, Cult of Luna, Bloodbath, Amorphis

About Chris Jennings (1963 Articles)
I love metal. Always have. Always will. As editor of Worship Metal - a site dedicated to being as positive about metal and its myriad of sub-genres as possible - my aim is to 'worship' metal through honest reviews, current news and a wide variety of features; offering the same exposure to underground bands as we do to mainstream/well known acts. Our mantra; the bands are partners and we exist to serve the bands \m/

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