Artist: Scale the Summit
Title: The Migration
Genre: Progressive / Instrumental
Release-Date: 14th June 2013
Label: Prosthetic Records
Musically wise beyond their years, the Houston-based SCALE THE SUMMIT has accomplished things in six short years that many veteran acts still dream of achieving. After self-releasing their acclaimed debut album in 2007, the instrumental progressive hard rock quartet signed with Prosthetic Records before issuing their sophomore effort, 2009′s “Carving Desert Canyons.” The album won extensive praise from the likes of Guitar World, Revolver and their hometown Houston Chronicle (the ninth-largest newspaper in America, and Texas’ biggest daily publication), as well as their musical peers in such groups as Dream Theater, Between The Buried And Me and Protest The Hero, all of which invited the group to tour with them in the year following the album’s release.
After headlining Prosthetic’s SXSW showcase last spring and gaining notoriety via their music’s inclusion in the Rock Band Network, SCALE THE SUMMIT spent much of 2010 writing and recording their third album, “The Collective.” Produced, engineered and mixed by Mark Lewis (All That Remains, Trivium, DevilDriver), and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side (Baroness, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Hatebreed), the album saw the band step up their game sonically while continuing to craft expansive, atmospheric music that speaks volumes without saying a word.
Following the release of “The Collective,” SCALE THE SUMMIT embarked on an extensive national tour alongside Fair To Midland and Periphery. Over the next 18 months, they continued to tour with the likes of Cynic, The Contortionist, 3, The Human Abstract; they also reteamed with their old friends in Protest The Hero, as well as some members of BTBAM when they invited Trioscapes to support them on a 2012 headlining run.
SCALE THE SUMMIT's third Prosthetic release, "The Migration," was recorded with Jamie King in early 2013. Like its predecessors, the evocative and stirring album highlights the proficiency of the band members, including new bassist Mark Michell. This isn’t a wanky shredfest by guitar-store nerds, though, for while these young virtuosos play with the skill of seasoned veterans, the group lets their songs breathe — and as a result, they resonate long after the final notes fade.
SCALE THE SUMMIT will kick off the "Migration" touring cycle this summer, when they will hit the road with Intronaut.
Tracklist
01. Odyssey
02. Atlas Novus
03. The Olive Tree
04. Narrow Salient
05. Oracle
06. Evergreen
07. The Dark Horse
08. Willow
09. Sabrosa
10. The Traveler
Source: Press Release
