Philadelphia’s metallic hardcore pack JESUS PIECE have announced their signing to Century Media Records with a new wild single, ‘An Offering to the Night’. The track arrives with an Eric Richter-directed video in collaboration with the clothing brand Noah. JESUS PIECE isn’t merely the sum of its parts. It’s the nexus for an explosive creative chemistry between the bands’ five founding members who have channeled their love for old school metalcore, hardcore and death metal into a sound that’s as furious as it is oblique. The band gallantly broke into the scene in 2015, turning heads for their frantic, feral live shows and grandiose, melodic songwriting which has since cemented them as standard stirrers and boundary-breakers. “An Offering To The Night” is caustic and an exercise in tension-a...
So Unknown [Analog]
Vinyl LP pressing. Includes booklet. Seven years into a career built on an uncompromising ethos and carefully crafted, brutal sounds, Jesus Piece melds intelligence and aggression in a manner that doesn't just push the genre's rigid boundaries. It sets the standard for the shape of hardcore to come.... So Unknown is the sound of articulated brutality that defies categorization. It's 28 minutes of rage and introspection slammed into the red. From explosive opener 'In Constraints' to the dissonant strains of 'Tunnel Vision' to the caustic 'An Offering to The Night', Jesus Piece's Century Media debut and their first full-length since 2018's landmark, 'Only Self' has been worth the wait. Co-produced and mixed by Randy LeBouef (Every Time I Die, Orthodox), '... So Unknown' is a spectacular second act and a passage to something more intense and personal for the five Pennsylvania natives.