| Glass Casket | ||||
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| Released | June 9, 2023 | |||
| Studio | The Basement Studios, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||
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| Length | 13:36 | |||
| Label | Silent Pendulum | |||
| Producer | Jamie King | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Distorted Sound | 8/10 [1] |
| New Noise |  [3] |
| Punktastic | Positive [4] |
Glass Casket is an EP by American deathcore band Glass Casket. The EP was released on June 9, 2023 through Silent Pendulum Records.
Shortly after the release of the band's second album, Desperate Man's Diary, Glass Casket became mostly inactive as the members focused on other projects. [5] In January 2014, it was announced that guitarist Wes Hauch had joined the band. [6] Around this same time, band members stated that they were writing material for a new Glass Casket record.
On January 27, 2023, Silent Pendulum Records founder and CEO Michael Kadner announced that Glass Casket had been signed to the label and that a new record would be released later in the year; additionally, Kadner also announced that Silent Pendulum had obtained the rights to We Are Gathered Here Today and Desperate Man's Diary and would be reissuing the albums on vinyl. [7] After spending more than a decade in development hell, Glass Casket released its first new song in 17 years, "Let Them Go", on March 16 as the lead single from the upcoming release. [8] That same day, the band announced that it would be releasing a self-titled EP on June 9. [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Merrymaker" | 1:17 |
| 2. | "Let Them Go" | 2:44 |
| 3. | "Prison of Empathy" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "For the Living" | 6:03 |
| Total length: | 13:36 | |
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