HAMMERS
OF MISFORTUNE have made themselves
a name in the underground metal scene
with their uncompromising and yet talented
Metal offering. Some skilled musicians
from San Francisco gave birth in the
late 90s to this project, previously
known as UNHOLY CADAVER, and released
later in 2001 their first full length
album “The Bastard” (an
epic tale told in three acts with three
distinct characters/voices) on Tumult
Records.
The album achieved excellent results such
as being voted among the 40 best releases
of 2001 by the writers of Terrorizer magazine
and receiving by the magazine Lamentations
Of The Flame Princess, the awards for
Best Album, Best Concept Album and Best
Overall Packaging.
The prolific song-writer
John Cobbett (guitarist, also playing
with Slough Feg and Amber Asylum among
other projects) soon needed to put his
inspiration into music, and the band
recorded a new album, untitled at the
time, in 2002.
Early in March 2003 some line-up changes
took place, when bassist Janis Tanaka
(ex L7) left to join international star
P!NK. Soon replacement was found in
Jamie Myers (from Like Flies on Flesh)
and also Sigrid Sheie (from Menstrual
Tramps, pronounced "shay")
entered the band.
Now that the new line-up was fixed the
band was also ready to hit the road
again. Anyway it still seemed there
was no interest from labels to release
the recorded and untitled album, until
CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC became aware of this
well-concealed secret and offered the
band a two-album deal.
“The August Engine”, the
title that was chosen to represent this
second album, is a piece played with
experience and true enthusiasm. An elegant
offer that comes from the hearts of
these musicians.
 
We dare everybody to say HAMMERS
OF MISFORTUNE is not offering
something out of the ordinary
standards. You might like it
or not, but cannot deny the
evidence that this is something
you hardly hear nowadays. We’d
like to think of those Albums
where every word is tied to another,
where every note is a part of
a Universe, those Albums you
play from start to end and again,
and again, and again…
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