Walls Of Jericho

From the Motor City of Detroit comes the most savage sound in modern music. Few bands possess as much metallic venom in their guitars while retaining the grit and concrete fury of hardcore/punk in their sounds as Walls Of Jericho. The music is propelled by the inhuman roar of Candace Kucsulain, whom regardless of her gender is one of the most energetic front-people in heavy music to grab a mic. Candace certainly is as tough as her vocals, having sustained a broken nose and gash to her head at recent shows and finishing her sets bloodied and bruised before going to the hospital. This stamina is on full display in the video for the band’s song “There Is No I In F--- You!” (viewable at www.Trustkill.com). The video was filmed while they played to an over-capacity sold out crowd at Anaheim's Chain Reaction. During one song, an overzealous stage-diver jumped with Candace's mic accidentally hooked to his foot, resulting in a bloody blow to her head. Hardcore trooper that she is, Candace merely brushed off the injury, having already suffered two black eyes and a broken nose at previous shows. The band composed of Mike Hasty (guitar), Chris Rawson (guitar), Aaron Ruby (bass) and new drummer Dustin Schoenhofer (formerly of Premonitions Of War) are currently holed up in a studio in Cleveland with producer Ben Schigel (Chimaira, ZAO, Ringworm) recording their upcoming album With Devils Amongst Us All to be released this summer on Trustkill Records. Speaking on the new material Hasty comments “it’s definitely the most varied music we’ve ever written and it’s a lot more anthemic whereas our older material was more about aggression than composition.” Kucsulain explains “we’ve been on tour so much since the last album that we’ve been able to let our true personalities shine through on stage. When we were younger we would just express aggression and then go pass out. However playing live every night, you learn to pace yourself and as you get older you also want to express other things than rage so we’ve definitely developed our live show and our music.” This diversity has worked itself into the band’s lyrics as well which in the past had been terribly bleak. “I’ve definitely developed a much healthier mindset. During the past albums I had gone through bad relationships and bad experiences, now I’m about being productive. I’m still upset about the world, but now I also want to talk about what we can do to make things better.” Walls Of Jericho formed with a different drummer in the late 90’s, the group released their debut full-length The Bound Feed The Gagged which was an important early release for fledgling indie, Trustkill (Metal Maniacs proclaimed the album more abrasive than a belt sander over broken, bloodcaked skin). The group toured the states non-stop alongside groups such as Earth Crisis and In Flames. Between albums Hasty had become a well known producer recording The Black Dahlia Murder and Bloodline Calligraphy among other bands as well as opening a thriving recording studio in Detroit. Ruby had also emerged as a well known tattoo artist, becoming acclaimed for straight edge tattoos (Ruby also does the artwork for the new album). The band’s next release 2004’s All Hail The Dead had a fury of press coverage including Alt Press, Revolver, Headbangers Ball, Hit Parader and helped cement the band’s reputation as a must see live act. Walls Of Jericho has toured with Unearth, Sick Of It All, Mastodon, Fear Factory, Bleeding Through, Throwdown, Most Precious Blood, Bury Your Dead and It Dies Today. The group has just announced that they will be joining Ozzfest for summer 2006 in time to promote With Devils Amongst Us All. 13/08/2008 - MAYHEM TOUR BLOG- FROM DRAGONFORCE'S FRED LECLERQ Speaking from experience, band tour blogs are never that prolific, and whilst DRAGONFORCE have now been on the Mayhem tour a few weeks now, we ... 12/02/2008 - SLIPKNOT BACK ON THE ROAD In what's sure to be the hottest concert ticket of the summer, multi-platinum rock acts SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED will lead the first-ever ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM ... 12/02/2008 - ROADRUNNER GETS SCARY ‘The Hills Have Eyes 2: The Album’ features none other than Roadrunner’s Atreyu and Shadows Fall. The album will be in stores and online next ... 12/02/2008 - GOING UNDERGROUND WITH 36 CRAZYFISTS 36 Crazyfists recently toured the U.S. with Kittie, Walls of Jericho, Dead to Fall and In This Moment. A video of them performing ‘At the ... 12/02/2008 - THE HATEBREED RATPACK Blabbermouth reports that a track from the forthcoming Sick Of It All tribute album, will be performed by Hatebreed, who will cover the track ‘Ratpack’. ... 12/02/2008 - HELLFEST Blabbermouth reports that the following Roadrunner artists are set to appear at Hellfest, taking place June 22-24 in Clisson, France.Machine HeadWithin TemptationHatebreedWalls of Jericho 12/02/2008 - Roadrunner artists confirmed for With Full Force Festival in Germany Satyricon, Hatebreed, and Walls Of Jericho have been confirmed to play With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at ... 12/02/2008 - Roadrunner chats with Walls Of Jericho Having just finished their latest UK tour, Roadrunner got the chance to chat with the awesome Walls Of Jericho leading lady Candace Kucsulain, with a ... 12/02/2008 - WALLS OF JERICHO AMONGST US ALL Led by dynamic frontwoman Candace Kucsulain, we're pleased to announce that hardcore metallers Walls Of Jericho have confirmed a UK headline tour for November. Touring ... 12/02/2008 - A FULL WOJ OF TRACKS Walls Of Jericho recently completed a video for the track 'A Trigger Full of Promises' which was filmed by director Dale Restighini (TRIVIUM, HATEBREED, FALL ... 12/02/2008 - A WALL OF SOUND WALLS OF JERICHO have posted this studio update on their official myspace blog. "so we finally finished the record. its pretty freakin sweet i do ... 12/02/2008 - AN AUDIO/VISUAL BALL For your delight we have posted up a tasty selection of music & Videos from the recently released Headbangers Ball: The Revenge compilation. The album ... 12/02/2008 - HAVE A BALL! Headbangers Ball- The Revenge compilation is out now! The tracklisting is as follows: Disc 1: 1. Slipknot - Before I Forget 2. Korn - Liar ... 12/02/2008 - LET THE MIXING BEGIN! Update legends Walls Of Jericho have blessed us with another fine installment courtesy of their MYSPACE PROFILE. "What's up everyone just wanted to check in ... 12/02/2008 - WITH DEVILS AMONGST US ALL The first lady of hardcore Candace - Walls Of Jericho has posted the following update on their myspace profile: "Hey whats up it's candace. just ... 12/02/2008 - HEAD AGAINST THE WALL That's right folks! We've got an exclusive stream of "Walls Of Jericho - A Trigger Full Of Promise" taken from the forthcoming Headbangers Ball - ... 12/02/2008 - A THIRD WOJ OF NEWS Walls Of Jericho have posted the following second studio update on their Myspace profile. "well we started on guitars yesterday. i think its safe to ... 12/02/2008 - A SECOND WOJ OF NEWS Walls Of Jericho have posted the following second studio update on their Myspace profile. "yeah so. Ben is still a munch. Nothing on that end ... 12/02/2008 - A WOJ OF NEWS Michigan Monsters Walls Of Jericho have posted the following album update on their MYSPACE profile. "First off before I even get started let me say ... 12/02/2008 - HIS MASTERS ROADRUNNER COLLECTION The forth coming ROADRAGE DVD will now be exclusively available through HMV from the 12th of September. In addition to this the good Ladies & ... 12/02/2008A BLOODY REVOLUTION!! Rising Trustkill Stars Set To Tear Down The Walls In A Bloody Revolution! Two of Trustkill's finest bands announce dates... Most Precious Blood and Walls ... 12/02/2008More Trustkill Classics Further to the previous exciting news about the new Roadrunner/Trustkill licensing deal, we have just added artist pages for Walls Of Jericho, Eighteen Visions, Poison ... 12/02/2008A FULL WOJ OF TRACKS Walls Of Jericho recently completed a video for the track 'A Trigger Full of Promises' which was filmed by director Dale Restighini (TRIVIUM, HATEBREED, FALL ... 12/02/2008Hammering Roadrunner The new September issue of Metal Hammer has just hit the streets. And we think you should go pick it up... here's why: - free ... 12/02/2008Trustkill & Roadrunner: A New Era We are thrilled to announce that Roadrunner Records has struck up a special deal with the good folks over at TRUSTKILL Records, home to a ... 12/02/2008There's No I In F*ck You On the eve of a video shoot, this note from Walls Of Jericho... "compton here we come! or i mean anaheim. whatever thats the same ... 12/02/2008Life After Eastpak Following last week's awesome (albeit too short)Walls of Jericho sets on the EastPak Resistance dates, the band are now back at home, and Mike sends ... 12/02/2008Black Eyed Jericho Hardcore troopers WALLS OF JERICHO have preserved the brutality of their live show for future generations of moshing masses in their new video for "There's ... 12/02/2008Trustkill Cheese If you like the bands on Trustkill, or ones in that kind of vein, but you don't much know about the little lot on Trustkill, ... 12/02/2008Trustkill Round Up Did you know? Peta2.com presents the "Compassion Over Fashion Tour" with Most Precious Blood, Remembering Never, It Dies Today, and Dead To Fall. This kicks ... 12/02/2008Bleeding Danzig BLEEDING THROUGH are currently touing the US on the MTV2 "Headbanger's Ball" tour as main support for Cradle Of Filth, appearing with Arch Enemy and ... 12/02/2008HELLFEST Blabbermouth reports that the following Roadrunner artists are set to appear at Hellfest, taking place June 22-24 in Clisson, France.Machine HeadWithin TemptationHatebreedWalls of Jericho 12/02/2008THE HATEBREED RATPACK Blabbermouth reports that a track from the forthcoming Sick Of It All tribute album, will be performed by Hatebreed, who will cover the track ‘Ratpack’. ... 12/02/2008Ask Walls Of Jericho During the Eastpak tour dates here, we hooked up one of our street teamers, Jade Chau, to put some questions to Walls Of Jericho. Here's ... 12/02/2008Roadrunner artists confirmed for With Full Force Festival in Germany Satyricon, Hatebreed, and Walls Of Jericho have been confirmed to play With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at ... 12/02/2008WALLS OF JERICHO AMONGST US ALL Led by dynamic frontwoman Candace Kucsulain, we're pleased to announce that hardcore metallers Walls Of Jericho have confirmed a UK headline tour for November. Touring ... 12/02/2008Walls Of Jericho - Eastpak What did you do with yourself last Friday night? We spent ours at the London Astoria, taking in all the awesome bands on the Eastpak ... 12/02/2008E-Cards Have you visited the ECARDS section of this site lately? We have brand new e-cards up for: Most Precious Blood Walls of Jericho High Holy ... 12/02/2008HIS MASTERS ROADRUNNER COLLECTION The forth coming ROADRAGE DVD will now be exclusively available through HMV from the 12th of September. In addition to this the good Ladies & ... 12/02/2008Walls Of Dustin Walls Of Jericho split with drummer Alexei, announce new drummer Dustin. "So to dispell any weird rumors it's best to just say right here and ... All Hail The Dead All Hail The Dead