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NEW ALBUM WORK CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND – REHEARSAL STILL LEGAL IN ESSEX UNDER TIER 2

23 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment
Last weeks sessions post tier 2

Kaine will return to work on the new album this weekend at Pioneer Music in Colchester.

Despite Essex being in Tier 2 Lockdown rehearsals for bands are still legal in the county and Pioneer is still open for business. Earlier this week the Police were called to Pioneer after a tipoff to investigate Osmium Guillotine’s rehearsal there, however all the correct COVID measures were in place and everyone was adhering to the rules so no action was taken.

Last weekend a set of new band pictures were taken by Rachel W. Photography which can be seen on her Instagram page.

REHEARSALS STILL GOING AHEAD – ESSEX STUDIOS TO REMAIN OPEN DURING TIER 2 LOCKDOWN

15 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment
Last weeks rehearsals

From midnight on Saturday 17 October, Essex will move from medium to high alert level after Government agreed with Essex County Council to increase local lockdown measures following a dramatic increases of COVID-19 cases over the last few days throughout the area. Throughout the East Anglia region Norwich and North Norfolk have also seen a spike, as have places such as Ipswich, Cambridge and Saffron Walden.

However, under current guidelines recording studios as a place of work can remain open. Pioneer Music will continue to operate a COVID-19 safe environment including the wearing of masks when entering the hallways and other communal areas as well as a one way system around the building to prevent people from coming into direct contact with one another between sessions. The rehearsal rooms have already been made safe and are cleaned regularly.

Kaine will continue to rehearse while it remains legal to do so in Essex.

REFORGE THE STEEL SELLS OUT ON CD

15 Oct 2020 — 1 Comment

Kaine’s 4th album Reforge The Steel has sold out on CD. A new CD is currently in the works for this album and a further announcement will be made soon with more information on this. Reforge The Steel is the second Kaine album to have sold out on CD in recent weeks as Kaine X Live has also sold out. Kaine X however will not be printed again in any format.

Stock is running low on the following items which will not be printed again:

The Waystone

Items:

  • The Waystone Album CD – 7
  • The Waystone EP CD – 104
  • The Waystone Patch – 9

A Crisis of Faith

Items:

  • A Crisis of Faith [UK] CD – 87
  • A Crisis of Faith [EU] CD – 8
  • A Crisis of Faith Vinyl – 169
  • A Crisis of Faith Live CD – 4
  • A Crisis of Faith T-Shirt – 7

Reforge The Steel

Items:

  • Reforge The Steel Live CD – 47

Kaine X Live Items:

  • Kaine X DVD – 62
  • Kaine X Shirts – 6

Order from: https://kaine.bandcamp.com/merch

THE WAYSTONE EP SCORES 9/10 WITH METAL GODS TV

10 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment
EP Artwork

The Waystone EP has scored 9/10 with Metal Gods TV. This is the first review of the EP, which features 4 re-recorded songs from the original album (The Waystone [2014]) and a brand new song (Monument).

Metal Gods TV said that: “The effort of independent groups to generate interesting musical works with a level of quality comparable to that of bands already consolidated in the genre is admirable, in the case of Kaine, it is an album that will keep you attentive from beginning to end, since each one of the songs has a different proposal adorn by that influence of the new wave of British heavy metal and maintains that very old school sound with a fresh and modern touch. I have expectations about the future of this band as it has a pretty solid musical identity and has the elements to shine soon.”

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You can read the full review by clicking here. You can order the EP on CD here while stocks last.

NEW ALBUM REHEARSALS AT PIONEER MUSIC ON SUNDAY

10 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment
Last Weekends Sessions

Kaine will again be at Pioneer Music this Sunday working on a brand new album. So far the band has 6 new songs currently being worked on at rehearsals (which can be seen on the video above) with more to come in the following weeks.

Yesterday the band announced that a new version of the album Reforge The Steel will be released soon following the recording of addition backing vocals last weekend at Gallow Wood Media. This version will come in a new package and contain new bonus tracks.

NEW EDITION OF REFORGE THE STEEL COMING

9 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment
Recording and Rehearsals from last weekend

The bands 4th album Reforge The Steel is close to selling out on CD with only 2 copies remaining to buy. The band will be issuing a new CD later this year for the album which, following feedback from The Waystone EP, will feature a remix with the inclusion of additional backing vocals and some alternate versions of songs from the original album. The CD package itself will also be different from the original release and the full details about the new version of the album will be announced at a later point.

The backing vocals were recorded by Talon Payne at Gallow Wood Media on October 3rd and feature Liam Etheridge, Toby Woods and Talon Payne. You can see the sessions on the video link above.

You can still order the original album while stocks last by clicking here.

NEW ALBUM WRITING AND REHEARSALS RESUME TOMORROW

3 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment
Last weeks sessions

Kaine will resume their new album writing and rehearsal sessions tomorrow at Pioneer Music in Colchester. Last week the band worked on 6 new songs from the album, two of which were newer additions and the other four had been worked on in previous weeks.

Today the band will be working with Talon Payne again at Gallow Wood Media in Danbury on a soon to be announced release. Kaine worked with Talon previously as he recorded both Kaine X and Reforge The Steel Live with the band as well as recently recording some of the vocals for The Waystone EP. Talon also provided some of the backing vocals himself to the EP.

KAINE TO RECORD AT GALLOW WOOD MEDIA TOMORROW

2 Oct 2020 — Leave a comment

In addition to their Sunday session at Pioneer Music, Colchester this week the band will be heading to Gallowood Media in Danbury, Essex for a recording sessions tomorrow.

The band has recorded there previously for the recent Waystone EP, and have also worked with engineer Talon Payne (who also provided backing vocals on the EP) on the Kaine X and Reforge The Steel live albums.

A further update to follow in the coming weeks.

REFORGE THE STEEL DOWN TO THE FINAL 5 COPIES

27 Sep 2020 — Leave a comment
The album has over 16,000 plays on NWOTHM Full Albums

There are only 5 copies remaining of Reforge The Steel available on CD. The album was released last October and is close to selling out for the first time. The album will not be printed in this format again, so if you wish to order one of the first prints of the album before they are gone for good please click here. The album will be reprinted in a different format for the second print run at a later date.

Stocks are also low for the following items which will not be printed again:

  • The Waystone Album CD – 14 copies remaining
  • A Crisis of Faith Album CD [EU Edition] – 8 copies remaining
  • A Crisis of Faith Live Album CD – 4 copies remaining
  • Reforge The Steel Live CD – 47 copies remaining
  • Kaine X Live DVD – 62 copies remaining
  • The Waystone Patch – 9 remaining
  • A Crisis of Faith T-Shirt – 7 remaining
  • Kaine X T-Shirt – 6 remaining

These can be ordered from here.

BACK IN THE STUDIO THIS WEEKEND + GIG UPDATE

26 Sep 2020 — Leave a comment
Our last rehearsal session featuring … Stevo!

The band took a break from writing and rehearsing last weekend however Rage and Toby met to run through two brand new songs Toby has written for the album last week. This week they will be back at Pioneer Music Studio as normal tomorrow to continue work on the new album.

In other news the UK has in effect going into a light lockdown for a further 6 months due to a new spike in COVID-19 cases following the easing of restrictions in the months previous. This will mean that the band will not be playing live again until well into 2021. There are now more reported new COVID cases than at the height of the pandemic back in May, so at this stage the band is not ruling out another full lockdown which may prevent them from rehearsing and writing again in the coming weeks.

The UK’s daily coronavirus death toll will rise from 34 to 100 a day in three to four weeks’ time, an expert on the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has warned.