Glass Casket (EP)

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ReleasedJune 9, 2023
StudioThe Basement Studios, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Genre
Length13:36
Label Silent Pendulum
Producer Jamie King
Glass Casket chronology
Desperate Man's Diary
(2006)
Glass Casket
(2023)
Singles from Glass Casket
  1. "Let Them Go"
    Released: March 16, 2023
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted Sound8/10 [1]
New NoiseStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
PunktasticPositive [4]

Glass Casket is an EP by American deathcore band Glass Casket. The EP was released on June 9, 2023 through Silent Pendulum Records.

Contents

Background

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Glass Casket
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