JUNIUS - CD REPORTS FROM THE THRESHOLD OF DEATH

01. Two years have passed since the release of Junius? critically-acclaimed album The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist. After touring solidly across North America
02. the UK
03. and Europe with bands like Mastodon
04. Rosetta
05. Caspian and Tombs for the last several years
06. Junius will release their highly anticipated follow-up
07. Reports from the Threshold of Death
08. on Prosthetic Records. With their last album
09. Junius explored the controversial theories of scholar Immanuel Velikovsky. Influenced heavily by the trials and tribulations of Velikovsky?s life
10. the album?s concept provided a captivating narrative to the band?s expansive
11. dreamlike soundtrack
12. which Pitchfork.com called ?a rich
13. immersive experience
14. a bleak jewel of a record that takes obsession as its theme and rewards it in equal measure." Conceptually picking up where The Martyrdom left off (with the death of Velikovsky)
15. Reports chronicles the journey of the soul after physical death.
16. Described by Rolling Stone as ?a perfect hybrid of Neurosis and The Smiths
17. ? the members of Junius have crafted their own distinctive style of genre-bending rock that?s born of experiments in isolation and asceticism. It?s this austere approach from one of America's hardest working bands that adds a weighty sense of purpose and
18. CT with longtime friend/producer James Dunham of rock-noir band InAeona. The recording was in many ways a return to Junius? roots
19. with engineering assistance from past collaborators Will Benoit and Daryl Rabidoux. The album was mastered by Nick Zampiello and Rob Gonnella (Isis
20. Converge
21. Torche
22. Doomriders)
23. while the album?s artwork was designed by former Junius bassist Ira Bronson (of Black Day Creative).