THE LAW Working On New Material

August 19, 2009

Guitarist Björn Larsson of THE LAW, the Swedish San Francisco Bay Area thrash-influenced metal band, has issued the following update:

"We are rehearsing new material and building a studio in order to demo the new stuff. We have about seven or eight new songs that are basically done, 'cept for the vocal parts that we'll focus on during the demo recording process.

"We've really tried to get away from the bogus '80s wannabe scene that frankly is getting a bit boring. We've taken the energy and the catchy stuff from the originators, but our main focus is to do something fresh and interesting. I think we're doing just that, but then again, that's what we've always tried to do. It's thrash, sure, but it's THE LAW — not 'Pleasures Of The Flesh' [EXODUS] or 'The New Order' [TESTAMENT]. We're not interested in dress codes such as stretch jeans and mullets, and we never were. I guess you could say that we ain't posers."

THE LAW recently parted ways with bassist Jimmie "Ninja" Frödin and replaced him with Kristian "Anti-Kristian" Karlsson from INFERIOR.

Rick Ernst — director of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — has posted video footage of THE LAW's August 30, 2008 release party in Karlstad, Sweden for the band's debut album, entitled "Distorted Anthems from the Suburbs". Watch the clip below.

"Distorted Anthems from the Suburbs" was released in August 2008 via Metalcentral Records. The artwork for the CD, which was created by the Polish artist Lukasz Jaszak (BLOOD RED THRONE, THE VISION BLEAK, BEHEMOTH),can be seen below. According to a press release, the disc includes "nine tracks of thrashing anthems inspired by the greats of the '80s, but with a modern touch and some flavors of [THE LAW's] own."

THE LAW is:

Tobias Jansson (ANGEL BLAKE, TREASURE LAND, SUGARGLIDER) - Vocals
Björn Larsson (KARENSDAG) - Guitar
Peter Östlund (VOMITORY) - Guitar
Kristian "Anti-Kristian" Karlsson (INFERIOR) - Bass
Johan Rudberg (KARENSDAG) - Drums

For more information, visit the band's MySpace page.

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