EPK – Sinnery – Below the Summit (2023) – Exitus Stratgem Records
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Management – Joel Spielman – emg.joel.spielman[@]gmail[.]com
“We are thrilled to get our new EP “Below the Summit”. This record marks another important milestone in our lives and careers as we continue to explore further and expand the horizons of what Sinnery’s music can be.
We put a lot of thought and effort into Below The Summit to try and get everything we can into it. We sat for hours producing it and sharpening every riff or word in it to make it an experience like we never did before. BTS is a moment in time when we didn’t know exactly how things will turn out for us, we were isolated in our homes when we began writing this, sharing ideas from afar. It was a special experience for us to write this record like this and we feel like we really put that into it.” – Sinnery
For fans of Metallica, Gojira, Testament, The Haunted, Sylosis, Trivium, Power Trip
EP Title: Below The Summit
Release Date: September 29, 2023
Label: Exitus Stratagem Records (EXSR)
Distribution: Sony/The Orchard
Tour Dates:
September 18 – The Cobbletones – Bridgewater, UK w/ Sworn Amongst
September 19 – The Black Heart – Camden, UK w/ Sworn Amongst
September 20 – Percy Picklebackers – Nottingham, UK w/ Sworn Amongst
September 21 – Fuel Rock Club – Cardiff, UK w/ Sworn Amongst
September 22 – The Gryphon – Bristol, UK w/ Sworn Amongst
September 23 – The Cavern – Exeter, UK w/ Sworn Amongst
September 28 – Quantic Club – Bucharest, RO – Metal Gates Festival w/ Katatonia, Rotting Christ
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Music Video – Share This – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5of0iJ_mw
Single pre-save – https://hypeddit.com/sinnery/sharethis
“I’ve said this many times in the past, but one of the many things I love about this business is following the progress of bands as they come of age, mature and get better at their craft. What’s not to love about paying early witness to a bunch of folks gelling and heading on an upward trajectory as they make the move towards proverbial world domination? Israeli thrashers Sinnery are one such band. Gathering their Exodus, Testament, Gojira, The Haunted and post-St. Anger Metallica influences, the quartet from Herzliya, Tel Aviv will soon be releasing their second full length, Black Bile via Exitus Stratagem Records. This new tasty little rager pops the clutch and pumps the gas on modern thrash with a grizzled edge that improves upon the roots planted with their 2016 debut A Feast of Fools and their 2013 demo, Showing Teeth.” – Decibel Magazine
“Sinnery [Israel] Proves Thrash is NOT Dead in Groove-Oozing Cesspit of ‘Black Bile’” – Metal Has No Borders
““Death thrash” is the simplified genre description for what Sinnery do, but it’s the strong melodies and the variations among and within the songs that make the album such an adventure to experience from start to finish. Compared to the debut all those years ago, which was entirely written by vocalist/guitarist Alon Karnieli back when he was about 16-17 years of age, these tracks are more elaborate, more sophisticated, more reflective of different moods, while at the same time being more brutally extreme.” – No Clean Singing
“You just gotta love a band that knows exactly what the hell they wanna be. Sinnery bow to no one, instead turning heel to scissor kick you in the temple with battering ram riffs, suplexing drums, and neck-twisting vocals. You know the opening of Back to the Future where Marty McFly plays a single guitar chord on Doc Brown’s hyper amplifier and goes flying across the room from the resulting sound? “The Burning” provides the same effect regardless of the size of your chosen sound output device – you will be ragdolled and tossed around like a frisbee in a college quad by the quartet’s supreme rippage.” – Everything Is Noise
“I am old enough to have seen the likes of Metallica, Anthrax and others perform live at small venues in London. I’m also a huge fan of the new wave of thrash like Dust Bolt, Lost Society, etc. Sinnery is welcome inclusion with their aggression, energy, and obvious hunger. They might verge on Death Metal a tad with the vocals but that’s ok. With Matt Hyde (Machine Head, Trivium, Slipknot) having mixed and mastered this beast you know the sounds are gonna be right in your face. An excellent sophomore effort – please just keep thrashing!” – My Global Mind
“Sinnery straddle those lines between conventional thrash and modern/groove metal with enough solid musicianship and heaviness to align well with a multitude of touring possibilities.” – Dead Rhetoric
“So, what do Sinnery bring to the table? For starters, the album ripples with energy. You can feel the vibes pulsing through opening track ‘The Burning’ which leads straight into the title track. Alon Karnieli’s delivery is savage, a gritty, raging roar that combines the bruising aggression of Krysthla’s Ade Mayes with the power of ex-Onslaught frontman Sy Keeler.” – Ever Metal
“Black Bile is a thrash metal record that departs from many conventionally established thrash tropes and performs all the better because of it. This is a record whereby the band went into the writing process with a clear head and had a strong idea of what they wanted to accomplish; their first album in six years it’s evident they want Black Bile to the thrash album they can be proud of and I hope they are, because it really is an excellent ride. By departing from so many expected thrash tropes, relaxing the pace and aggression at which many of their songs play at, they enable their songwriting to bleed through with all the more memorability. Sinnery understand coherently that speed doesn’t necessarily equate quality, their songwriting for many of their tracks is testament to that axiom. The resulting, steadier pace of this record gives us time to absorb and appreciate all this album can offer and we only want the album to go on for longer as their songwriting is given the time to flesh itself out. On the whole I thoroughly enjoyed Black Bile, rendering Sinnery as a thrash band Israel can be deeply proud of sporting.” – The Razor’s Edge
“For those that just want to bang heads and go nuts, there are songs like “The Burning,” “Who Will Be Eaten First,” and “Anti Tribe.” “Hanged From The Sun” and “Holes” flesh out their thrash by either toning down the speed or putting an emphasis on melody.” – Heavy Music Headquarters
“Those of you who are hungry for some taut, frenzied Thrash metal with its nose pressed up against an actual battlefield should look no further than the Israeli four piece’s debut” – Edwin Mcfee – Metal Hammer July 2016
“…must be heard by anyone who is looking for any good aspiring thrash bands, you will absolutely find plenty of enjoyment out of this piece, and that I can promise you.” – Vintered – Metal Addicts
“It’s like we could fuse the dirty and raw aggressiveness from bands as NUCLEAR ASSAULT with the melodies presented on old works from METALLICA, and with some bits of raw power from bands as M.O.D., and a personal touch the makes “A Feast of Fools” tasteful.” – Metal Temple (2016)
“Sinnery is not about the usual metal but more about interesting and original combinations that infuse the clean with the rough while keeping it all high energy” – (Translated from Hebrew) Yoni Oren on a Sinnery live show for Metalist July 2021
“straightforward, old school, thrash worship… From its opening moments, A Fest Of Fools is utterly brimming with palpable enthusiasm for all things thrash—and that isn’t just a turn of phrase. Sinnery consistently manage to hit an impressive amount of recognizable benchmarks of the traditional thrash sound throughout their debut record.” – Metal Observer (2016)
“A Feast of Fools is a good album that shows a band full of youthful energy.” – Angry Metal Guy (2016)
“the band’s first full-length album shows off a band full of hunger and energy. The music, at its best, thrashes hard and shows off a commitment to making music that is hard and intense. Check out the way the band struts its stuff on “Built to Kill.” Other highlights include “Holy Grounds” and “Mad Dog.”” – Sea of Tranquility
EP Title: Below The Summit
Release Date: September 29, 2023
Label: Exitus Stratagem Records (EXSR)
Distribution: Sony/The Orchard
Track Listing:
1. Somber
2. An Ode (Knife Of Erato)
3. We Just Want You To
4. Share This
5. Serene
EP Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Sinnery
• All songs written by: SInnery
• Produced by: Sinnery
• Mixed by: Arie Aranovich
• Mastered by: Arie Aranovich
• EP Artwork by: Xul1349
EP Band Lineup:
Alon Karnieli – Vocals & Guitars
Idan Kringel – Guitars
Saar Tuvi – Bass
Liam Fine – Drums
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The EP as a whole:
Below The Summit is a very fast-paced piece of music where a lot is happening all at once. It’s a journey further into our minds. The music and lyrics are about puking out exactly what we feel in the most authentic and exaggerated way we can so the listener will really feel the intensity. These are strange times to be alive in and there’s a lot going on inside each and every one of us, and such is the record, a very human experience.
Track by Track:
1. Somber – Somber was the first song we wrote for the EP we wanted a ferocious song combining everything we knew how to play until that point in time.
Musically it’s probably one of the fastest, heaviest tracks we ever did.
Lyrically it’s about growing out of the dirt that is life. Prioritizing ourselves and dealing with our toughest issues. we knew our next record will begin with the words “ It feels like burying your mother” cuz we knew that we wanted people to feel the intensity of the subject from the get-go.
2. An Ode – The melodic An Ode was a cool song to write we tried to grow out of our usual patterns and boxes and find some things that we didn’t do on our last record Black Bile.
Musically it’s a thrashy song with a very cool chorus.
Lyrically it’s about not being worthy of a romantic relationship because of choosing your own best interest. A true story we had.
4. Share This – We started writing the EP when Covid started so we’re all left with just Social media to keep us connected with everyone outside our home.
It’s a song about losing touch with what matters about reality for the sake of technological progress and how we numb ourselves to those things we are fed through social media.
Musically we tried to get heavier than ever with some new school thrashy
Verses and intense courses lead to a very heavy breakdown mid-song.
This song always gets some extra energy in the room when we play it live.
5. Serene – Somber and Serene both share a message looked upon from two points of view. Somber we deliver our problems in a very chaotic and gruesome way only to find the power in it to solve it.
Serene is more about dwelling in those problems. These two songs together are an example of how one day we can go full throttle on our problems trying to solve and grow out of them and some days we are just stuck in our own heads.
Musically this song is very melodic and different from anything we ever did.
It has those verses where we felt like we explode rhythmically with the music following the vocal lines. The chorus we felt was very catchy because of the melodic classical line and the vocal parts on top of it. We are super excited to release that song and expose a different side of Sinnery to our fans.
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Story Angles – Fun Facts:
1. The initial concept behind Somber was taken from the book “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck” By Mark Manson.
In the book, Mark says “Learn to sustain the pain you’ve chosen. When you choose a new value, you are choosing to introduce a new form of pain into your life. Relish it. Savor it. Welcome it with open arms. Then act despite it”
This resonated with Alon when he was writing up ideas for the lyrics.
“When we choose to make Sinnery happen we choose to fight every day for it, we choose to be obsessed over it and to sacrifice everything we have to make it happen day after day.
Sometimes this endless climb on top of the mountain can seem endless and too absorbing to sustain for long.
That concept introduced by Mark helped spark the whole Somber concept, although in the song it is represented on a larger scale as Alon is talking about humanity itself that cowers behind pain instead of using it as fuel.
2. The main art for Below The Summit was inspired by a famous Japanese painting called “Thunderstorm Beneath The Summit” by legendary artist Katsushika Hokusai.
The main composition is referencing the painting while taking it to a more grim hellish vibe that resonates with Sinnery and the Below the Summit concept.
In the painting, you might find the band themselves and artist Xul1349 tortured by demons.
3. In this EP, Sinnery introduces new drummer Liam Fine.
Liam has written and recorded the whole EP all while learning the band’s former material for his first show behind the Sinnery drums at their biggest local show to date the “Black Bile” release show.
In just 4 months Liam learned 19 songs and wrote 4 more.
Doing so much all at once is probably the most “Sinnery” thing that could have happened to anyone joining in.
4. The 3rd track on the EP called “We Just Want You To” is a sketch that was made as a joke.
We came up with the idea for it after a band meeting where we had to gather a lot of content for our social media pages.
Although we much rather play music, we take pride in the digital content that we make, and we strive to produce even more.
Although it’s mentioned in the sketch itself Sinnery does not operate a Only Fans page. Yet.
5. Below The Summit marks the final time Sinnery will play the E Standard guitar tuning at least for a while.
Since day one Sinnery has been playing the standard tuning aiming to be the heaviest band to play it.
But while producing the EP the band came to the realization that they need to explore more sounds in order to stay on their toes and come up with fresh new ideas.
L to R – Idan Kringle Lead Guitar, Liam Fine – Drums, Alon Karnieli – Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar, Saar Tuvi – Bass
Photo Credit – Or Shenkerman
Forged by the love for metal and hatred for anything else, Sinnery formed in late 2012 in Herzliya, Israel. The four-piece toured Israel nonstop while entering the studio with Israeli producer Eli Pikover to record their first album “A Feast of Fools”.
In 2016, the band signed with Pitch Black Records and together released Sinnery’s debut LP “A Feast of Fools”, getting the band to play in Cyprus’s biggest metal festival “Power of The Night Fest 2017”. AFOF gained the band many new listeners receiving great praise worldwide.
In 2019, the band toured with legendary German thrashers, Tankard.
Fast forward to 2022, The band completed production on their highly anticipated album “Black Bile”, mixed and mastered by Matt Hyde (Machine Head, Trivium, Slipknot, Bullet For My Valentine). The album was released on Sept 16th via the label Exitus Stratagem Records (EXSR).
Now in 2023, thrash metal fans can brace themselves for an onslaught of unrelenting aggression as Sinnery returns with their latest EP “Below the Summit”. Across five tracks, they harness the essence of true thrash, delivering a sonic storm that will leave fans and critics alike gasping for breath.
According to the band, writing “Below The Summit” was a very productive and consistent process, they really bled these songs out.
Sinnery believes that all of their existing fans will find that these five tracks implement what they are all about in the most concise way yet. From catchy choruses to parts heavier than ever before they feel this is their most complete work yet. “Below The Summit” is recommended for fans of Metallica, Power Trip, and Trivium.
“Below The Summit” is due out on September 29, 2023, via Exitus Stratagem Records.
Discography:
2023 – Below The Summit – EP (Exitus Strategem Records)
2022 – Black Bile – LP (Exitus Strategem Records)
2016 – A Feast of Fools – LP
Shared Stage with: Lamb Of God, Behemoth, Decapitated, Kreator, Tankard
Tours and Festivals:
2023 – Metal Gates Festival – Bucharest, Romania
2023 – UK Tour w/ Sworn Amongst
2023 – Psychoward – Tel Aviv, Israel
2022 – Bronzefest – Tel Aviv, Israel
2022 – Rockstadt Festival – Romania
2021 – IMF – Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 – United Under Hate Tour – St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tver, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk – Russia
2017 – Power of the Night fest – Nicosia, Cyprus
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