• • • • • • Battlefields • • • • • •
Rusty Steele : : Vocals
Rob Schmidt : : Drums-Electronics
Matt Ricigliano : : Guitar
James Kreager : : Guitar
Dan Jensen : : Bass-Vocals
*Casey Loren : : Touring Bassist
After the release of their 2009 full-length, "Thresholds Of Imbalance", BATTLEFIELDS lost founding guitarist Andrew Wallin, and went on a brief hiatus from playing shows. "Agassiz" is the band's return to the trenches with two new members and a more sonically assaulting blackened blend of metal and hardcore. Agassiz blasts through six songs in under a half-hour, presenting a concept EP of the glacial lake Agassiz, whose dried up geographic location is where the band's base of operations lies. Fans of the band's previous work my be taken aback by the sheer force of this new material, with pummeling blast beats, but there is still the familiar sound throughout the EP that BATTLEFIELDS has perfected since it's conception in 2006. Agassiz lyrical content deals with when Lake Agassiz's ice dams broke and rose sea levels, destroying the old world, and setting up the new world for corrupt religious control. Featuring artwork and layout by Seldon Hunt.
: : 2005 - 2009
The band was formed in 2006 by Rusty Steele (Dispensing of False Halos), Rob Schmidt, Andrew Wallin, Matt Ricigliano and with an open door to contributing guest bassist, Dylan Desmond (Samothrace/Lethe), Ryan Cofer (Strong Like Bear), Zander Ness(Høst), Erik Torkleson (examination of the…) and current touring bassist Casey Loren (Ricky Fitts) and finally a solid bassist to help us write and play local shows. Battlefields play a mixture of dark ambient metal, post-hardcore and sludge. Critically claimed to be at the “top of the tier in the genre”.
Battlefields have been touring relentlessly since 2006 and accruing massive accolades for their brutally honest music and astounding live performances and their two previous records, both released on indie label Init Records. BATTLEFIELDS have definitely stepped up to the plate and created an instant classic in “Thresholds of Imbalance” that encompasses a new direction in extreme and epic mind-expansive music.
BATTLEFIELDS’ Translation Loss debut “Thresholds Of Imbalance” was recorded at The Devil’s Workshop in Minnesota with drummer and engineer Rob Schmidt and was mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance Audio (Torche, Jesu, Battle of Mice) with art direction and concepts by Paul Romano for Workhardened.com (Mastodon, Godflesh, Dead to Fall).
On top of sharing the stage with the likes of Red Sparowes, Wolves in the Throne Room, Tombs, Minsk, Kylesa, Pelican, Baroness, A Storm of Light, High on Fire, Akimbo, Cephalic Carnage, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Big Business, Russian Circles, Coliseum, Genghis Tron, This Will Destroy You and Murder by Death, as well as, toured extensively with Rosetta, Irepress, Amen Ra, Across Tundra, Overmars, Across Tundras, Adai, Junius, Lye by Mistake, City of Ships they have also appeared the last three years at SXSW playing highly successful showcases. Battlefields not only have toured the U.S. in its entirety on several occasions, they have also toured in the U.K. and Europe.