An intensely powerful fusion of metal, hardcore and melodic indie-rock

San Francisco trio Lower Forty-Eight's previous album, 'Skin Failure' (2003), was hailed in the European press as a powerful, dynamic and complex album that combined the best elements of hardcore, mathrock and punk.

With their latest album, 'Apertures', the band have further solidified their identity, creating their most accomplished album to date. 'Apertures' is a personal account of human conflict and moral struggle, set to music that is heavy and intense, but also beautiful and melodic; a skillful fusion of metal, hardcore and indie-rock that highlights the band's superb grasp of composition and structure. The culmination of two years of intensive writing and touring, 'Apertures' is a knife-edged album that is epic in its scale and cinematic in its passion.

Formed in 2000 and hailing from the bands Spackle, LandShark, Model, and The Rail Gun Ensemble, Lower Forty-Eight have always striven to forge new approaches to the standard rock constructs Vocalist/guitarist Andrew Lund also plays bass with Monotreme labelmates The Mass, with whom Lower Forty-Eight toured Europe in 2004.

Album credits:

Phil Becker (drums)
Andrew Lund (guitar, vox)
Grady Mutzel (bass)