A universal goal of any band is to reach the maximum number of listeners as possible. Simply having just a few friends and fans that enjoy the noise you're making is rewarding beyond measure. People coming and telling you their favorite songs and favorite instrumental breaks within your material is an absolute gem of an experience. The concept of strangers down the street, strangers out of state, or strangers in another country not only knowing about your band, but truly enjoying your art and requesting media and merchandise from you is yet even more unfathomable. We in Arsena have accomplished these wonderful feats, and we're forever grateful; We also continue to strive and work for ourselves and for our fans to keep this hype and excitement coming.

In the summer of 2020, our band had a two-week long tour lined up, however as we all know, an unforeseen global crisis put a stop to that. In lieu of this news, we decided to keep working and continue channeling our creativity in whatever avenue felt most appropriate to us. This avenue made itself known as a collection of four fast tunes that we recorded and released that year called "Dawn Of The Second Sun". The feedback, connections, and inspiration we received from such a swift and sudden project was astounding. The unfortunate reality is that after its release, the world was still shut down due to the ongoing pandemic. What else were we to do but persist in our creative endeavors?

We decided to dedicate ourselves to a full length release this time around, pulling on inspiration similar to what we had drawn from on our previous project. This compilation of songs was formed from a culmination of old, unfinished material each of us hadn't worked on in years, other complete songs that weren't fully fleshed out yet, and plenty of brand new riffs and concepts. As expected with any sequential project from a band, we feel our songwriting has improved heavily in characteristics such as catchy hooks and unique tones, as well as portraying a cohesive concept from beginning to end.

Blood Rusted Mother Earth is a monumental effort from us to you. We've poured tons of effort, love, soul, and passion into this record, and we can't wait to hear all of your thoughts, as well as see where we will be headed next after the reception of this album. Also, rest assured... We've already got more material in the works.

- Josh Deckman (The bass dude in this band)

(Seeds of the Dead single art by Audree Bonavita)

THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY, 08/26 - NEW SINGLE "SEEDS OF THE DEAD" DROPS EVERYWHERE

Yeah, you heard it right. We're dropping a single this week and we're dropping another the next week and then on September 9th, we will release BLOOD RUSTED MOTHER EARTH on all streaming services and with CD preorders available! Get ready for new music, new merch, new shows, new everything. 

Pre-save Seeds of the Dead on Spotify to hear it as soon as it's available!: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/arsena/seeds-of-the-dead

Some may already be aware, some may not have a clue, and yet in either instance something colossal awaits us all. Yes, that's exactly right:

Arsena has a full-length album in the works. 

Recording has already begun in our home studio, expanding even further upon the tools we used to craft our killer 2020 EP, "Dawn Of The Second Sun", all the while keeping some of the very best elements in tact, such as mixing by Ben McLeod of All Them Witches and mastering by Mikey Allred of Dark Art Audio. The alchemical blend of musicians that make us Arsena are continuing to push the envelope with developing these tracks to be not only technical and precise, but to be catchy and digestible as well.

Ten tracks. Most are brand new, some are classics, all of them crushing and monstrous.

Here's one of them played live in Baltimore this past September. This one is called "Kamikaze Sun God", hope it tides you over as we continue to post our progress.

(Video credits - Bailey Kahle)

We've been hard at work with the new full length and have been evaluating where we are as we hit the almost-halfway-point of 2021. While we continue to write, rewrite, and prepare to begin recording, we advance further our skill level on our instruments and search the horizon for the opportunities ahead to be able to play live again. With vaccines rolling out, it's possible we may be able to play a stage once more. Thus, part of our time has been devoted to searching for potential shows and festivals to share the stage on and get some heads moving. Exciting things are coming as we approach the summer and our first radio campaign. Stay tuned for more Arsena material as it flows.