News•July 3, 2013 3:20 PM ET•6,411 views

Sumerian Records signs The Kindred

Official press release: Sumerian Records has signed Ottawa, Canada's progressive rock sextet, The Kindred. Formerly known as Today I Caught The Plague, the band is no stranger to road or studio. They successfully self-financed a full-length disc in 2011, which cultivated tours with bands such as Protest the Hero, The Devin Townsend Project, Periphery, The Faceless, Jeff Loomis and Scale the Summit. The group's well-proven work ethic and sustainable functionality as a unit speaks for itself on their upcoming release; an album which seamlessly and tastefully blends modern progressive elements, while at times creating tones reminiscent of classic artists such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. The band's upcoming record was handled by producer John Paul Peters (Propaghandi, Comeback Kid). JP's knowledge and skill, combined with the contribution of several incredible orchestral players, gave the group just the right amount of creative freedom to allow for a whole new level of musical growth. The Kindred will release their debut album this fall on Sumerian Records. You can hear the debut track, "Decades" from the upcoming album here: David Journeaux (vocals) states: "I remember when we were writing material for our independent full-length, LORE, having multiple conversations about Sumerian Records as a label, and how well they seemed to work with their bands. Those conversations always ended with some variation of the statement 'it would be great if we could get ourselves onto their roster'. Knowing this, you can imagine how we felt when we first heard from the label. From that initial correspondence forward, we only had the best experiences in dealing with the people at Sumerian and we're quite excited to move forward with everything that's to come. As a group, we've always been really proud of what we've been able to achieve for ourselves, but now, with the support of an entity like Sumerian, we seem to be closer and closer to realizing some of the bigger goals that we've always had for ourselves."

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anonymous 7/3/2013 12:30:01 PM

first

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anonymous 7/3/2013 12:30:20 PM

first to say no one cares

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anonymous 7/3/2013 12:32:28 PM

First to call em skindred

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anonymous 7/3/2013 12:32:56 PM

Protest the Kindred

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anonymous 7/3/2013 12:44:02 PM

Guardians is not stoked, fck oliver

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Get_Some 7/3/2013 12:47:31 PM

Kindred > The Kindred

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anonymous 7/3/2013 12:48:08 PM

i guess its good to see Sumerian branching out from i see stars and asking alexandria but this shit is just as bad.

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anonymous 7/3/2013 1:20:30 PM

ten other bands are mentioned in this press release.

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anonymous 7/3/2013 1:52:52 PM

Yeah, I'm not really feelin' this.

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anonymous 7/3/2013 2:39:46 PM

Ash... You are a fcking moron. PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Why can nobody see? Why? Just why?

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anonymous 7/3/2013 3:09:22 PM

kindred had a split with culture back in the day. culture definitely won, if it was a contest, but kindred held their own... now who are these kids??

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anonymous 7/3/2013 3:11:51 PM

eric stone their bassist is a beatr.

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anonymous 7/3/2013 3:12:20 PM

yeah i heard he screws around with 13 year old girls lol

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anonymous 7/3/2013 3:36:47 PM

Ice T is stoked

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anonymous 7/3/2013 3:56:32 PM

Sumerian Records is a monopoly.

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MeatDelivery 7/3/2013 5:01:07 PM

What chu know about hardcore

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anonymous 7/3/2013 6:18:37 PM

prog rock isnt supposed to be boring.

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anonymous 7/3/2013 6:41:02 PM

Lore by Today I Caught the Plague is one of the best CDs I have ever purchased. Very pumped for this album. Talented dudes

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anonymous 7/3/2013 6:42:59 PM

afi is shocked

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anonymous 7/3/2013 8:35:31 PM

Singer goes full retard in the chorus

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anonymous 7/3/2013 9:39:18 PM

TICTP deserve this. Hardworking Canadian band. Congrats Mike!

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anonymous 7/3/2013 10:00:38 PM

these guys wanna be periphery and their bassist is a rapist for sure.

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anonymous 7/3/2013 10:10:46 PM

This is so bad I expected Lambgoat to actually like it.

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anonymous 7/4/2013 8:28:50 AM

"TICTP deserve this. Hardworking Canadian band. Congrats Mike!" Hardworking Canadians......... ... ... ... .. .. . . .

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anonymous 7/4/2013 9:35:37 AM

stop bashing eric. he's a good guy, and the 13 year old lied about her age and is a slut anyway.

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anonymous 7/4/2013 3:11:48 PM

So he did bang a 13 year old!? Lol, 13 is young, he must've at least had an inkling she was underage

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anonymous 7/4/2013 3:52:25 PM

she was 14 noob

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anonymous 7/4/2013 3:54:16 PM

lol bassists are always rapists. i'm sure he knew she was 13. i mean the fact she never got the rag must've tipped him off

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anonymous 7/4/2013 7:02:20 PM

Took over ten seconds to get past the intro, too long; didn't listen

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anonymous 7/4/2013 7:41:15 PM

You're all just mad Eric fcked all of your girlfriends, that's why I hate him. He fcked my girlfriend, he fcked her while I watched and cried. but i kept dating her. We are trying to make it work.I'm sad.

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anonymous 7/4/2013 8:41:45 PM

^^ Kill yourself you pathetic c*nt

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anonymous 7/5/2013 8:28:34 AM

she must have been 13. with a small c*nt.

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anonymous 7/5/2013 9:18:24 AM

Sumerian Signs Skindred?!

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LoydChristmas 7/8/2013 7:36:32 AM

anonymous 4 days ago ten other bands are mentioned in this press release.

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anonymous 7/8/2013 8:38:28 AM

who???

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anonymous 7/8/2013 10:38:58 AM

....lol

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anonymous 7/11/2013 6:36:09 AM

They dropped Enfold Darkness the same day - Only band on there that had any kind of metal.

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