Official press release:
Pasadena based record label Pure Noise Records has announced it’s inked a deal with Delaware bred metallic hardcore band Year of the Knife. The quintet joins a roster that includes other notable acts like Knocked Loose, Seeyouspacecowboy, Counterparts and Terror among others. The band said of the signing:
“Pure Noise consistently supports and releases some of the most innovative bands in the scene today, and we could not be more excited to join that family and start the next chapter for Year Of The Knife.”
In conjunction with the signing announcement, Year Of The Knife has released a new record today titled Ultimate Aggression. The album is a compilation of the band’s 2017 EP, Ultimate Disease, and 2018 EP, First State Aggression, and also includes a brand-new song called “Fatal”, which has premiered today via a music video. Ultimate Aggression is available now digitally and can be pre-ordered on CD/Vinyl today at this location.
Watch the video for “Fatal” below. Of the video, the band offered:
“We shot the music video for ‘Fatal’ with Dan Centrone at an abandoned barn in Delaware, and it was such a blast. Dan really nailed the energy and chaos of the song, and we can’t wait for everyone to see what we have planned for the future.”
Ultimate Aggression track listing:
- “Y.O.T.K.”
- “Ultimate Disease”
- “Your Lucky Day”
- “Fatal”
- “Blue Lies”
- “First State Aggression”
- “Untitled”
- “J.R.M.”
- “Evil”
Tour dates:
5/17 – Nottingham, UK | Rough Trade
5/18 – Leeds, UK | Temple of Boom
5/19 – Glasgow, UK | Audio
5/20 – Newcastle, UK | the head of Steam
5/21 – Cardiff, UK | Fuel Rock Club
5/22 – London, UK | New Cross Inn
5/23 – Paris, FR | Olympic Cafe
5/24 – Mannheim, DE | JUZ
5/25 – Querfurt, DE | Return To Strength Fest
5/27 – Warsaw, PL | Poglos
5/28 – Berlin, DE | Trinkteufel
5/29 – Hannover, DE | LUX
5/30 – Geleen, NL | Cafe De Meister
5/31 – Crailsheim, DE | Jugendzentrum
6/01 – Aarschot, BE | Revelation Fest