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A Breach Of Silence have a new music video out for their song “Falling Away”. Guitarist Mat Cosgrove said of the video:

“We did this clip because there is a huge value gap for artists and labels in the music industry right now and it needs to be fixed. Best-case scenario, a 12-song album needs to be streamed about 125 times (1,500 total streams) on a subscription-based plan to equal the sale of an album. Our label is fully transparent with us, we see every transaction pertaining to our catalog and we get paid. The problem is that the revenue generated by free, advertising-based business models is fractions of that received from subscription models. If musicians aren’t fairly compensated for their music, then they eventually stop being musicians and are forced to choose other professions that are more profitable.”

Vocalist Rhys Flannery continues:

“A subscription on Spotify (for example) is available for LESS than the cost of a six pack of beer, and that gets me unlimited music from all my favorite bands! We recognize that people don’t want to buy CDs or even download albums anymore, and that’s fine – people should consume music the way they want. All we’re asking of people is to subscribe to whatever service they prefer, because free streaming simply cannot sustain music creators OR the streaming services over the long-haul.”

The group’s new album, Secrets is set to drop on February 24th through Eclipse Records. It was produced by Fredrik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, Arch Enemy, In Flames) and mixed by Henrik Udd at Studio Fredman. Pre-orders of the album are available now on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.

Secrets track listing:

1. “Falling Away”
2. “Ride Or Die”
3. “Undefeated”
4. “Secrets”
5. “Nightcrawler”
6. “Faith Weather Friends”
7. “Buzz Killington”
8. “The Revelator”
9. “A Better Place”
10. “Broken”
11. “Shameless”
12. “Dethroned”
13. “Sugar And Spice”

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[via Eclipse Records]