American rock band Stavesacre has checked in with the following announcement
“Just wanted to give you all a brief update on the progress of our new record. We’re scheduled to start tracking vocals on January 27th, with the hope of being finished tracking vox the following week. Meanwhile, overdubs will continue and hopefully be completed by then. That means…mixing in Feb 2017. We are VERY happy with the way the record is coming along, and our collaboration with Paul Fig has been nothing short of amazing. Can’t wait to share all the jams with you guys, thanks for your encouragement and patience.”
Stavesacre was formed in 1995 as a post-hardcore band following the breakup of The Crucified. Vocalist Mark Salomon and guitarist Jeff Bellew played in The Crucified and, following its disbandment, the two still had a desire to write music. Salomon and Bellew recruited bassist Dirk Lemmenes and drummer Jeremy Moffett. They knew Lemmenes from his former band, Focused, which The Crucified toured with. Salomon and Moffett had been roommates for a while, and Moffett played in the band The Blamed.
They became known at first for their Heavy and leaning towards hardcore metal and thrash sound, in the spirit of Die Happy or Tourniquet. The sound of the band slowly metamorphosed from heavy metal to what some say is an emo style of rock, described by others as “Forceful Angular Rock”, over the years from 1996- 2004. Their music has become just “straight up passion, truth, and rock, with an edge.”
Stavesacre‘s last release was “Against the Silence” EP (CD/DVD) in 2009.
2014/2015 saw a resurgence in activity online, with a variety of pictures posted on members Facebook pages as well as the band’s, showing the band apparently writing new music.
The current line-up is: vocalist Mark Salomon, guitarists Jeff Bellew and Ryan Dennee, bassist Dirk Lemmenes and drummer Sam West.