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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 FALLEN MARTYR DEBUTS EP, "The Six Roots of True Will," ON JUNE 5
Will kick-off a tour after a main stage performance at the Summer Slaughter Tour in Baltimore

May 22 " Fallen Martyr's eagerly awaited EP, "The Six Roots of True Will," will be released June 5 on the band's Web site. Due to popular demand, the band will play a debut show on the main stage of what promises to be the most extreme U.S. tour of the year, the Summer Slaughter Tour. Additional tour dates on the East Coast will follow. 

Off of the new EP, the song, "The Man Becomes the Prophet," displays an accessible, gritty beat, with the kind of technical guitar work and powerful vocals that any metal fan would like. In another song, "Like a Sinking Feeling," strong build-ups and powerful hooks root a song that is strung together with creative, progressive lyrics and guitar solos that will reward a surprised listener. 

Inspired by the classic work of Dream Theater, Testament and Arch Enemy, the band also draws upon the progressive influence of Opeth to deliver a new sound. Lead guitarist, Gabriel, describes Fallen Martyr as a band without inhibitions, freely melting the forms of metal into artwork that cannot be replicated or replayed in less than five minutes on the stage. 

"Metal is starting to sound the same now-a-days. I don"t want to define a genre. I want to start my own. That's how I've always felt," Gabriel said. "It's all about challenging and pushing yourself, and in that aspect we take pride in ourselves." 

As the ranks of metal bands continue to break into the mainstream today, the underground band, Fallen Martyr is rapidly shredding through a growing number of speakers cranked to capacity. After completely forming as a band of five, the songs on the EP came naturally to the band. It only took a few more live shows for fans in Baltimore's Sonar Nightclub, to vote Fallen Martyr onto the main stage of the Summer Slaughter Tour for a show. 

The band's singer, Ryan, from the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, uses crushing screams and carefully timed melodic interludes to help every song naturally rise and fall. Gabriel, one of the band's founding members, duals with the second lead guitarist, Mikey, to add cascading solo assaults to every song. The music is propelled by the powerful drumming of Jake, and the band's second founding member, Doug, on the bass.

"We are all different and have certain extremes that are different than the other " but we just click and we balance each other out," Gabriel said. "We don't do something singularly, we aren't just a death metal band, we aren't just a thrash band -- we aren't just one thing. We play what we like to hear and it turns out sounding like this. 

"Music should be musical, and people should be able to leave a Fallen Martyr concert wanting to hear the songs again. We practice all the time, and want people to see it first hand at a show," Gabriel said.  

Upcoming tour dates:

June 5 -  Summer Slaughter Tour MAINSTAGE - @Sonar  Baltimore, Maryland - link
June 19 -  MENSREA (Featuring members of GWAR) - @Sonar  Baltimore, Maryland - link
July 24 -  Abigail Williams, Goatwhore, Daath, Abysmal Dawn - @Jaxx  Springfield, Virginia - link
August 28 "  Knights of the Abyss, This or the Apocalypse, Suffokate - @Mt. Airy Firehall Mt. Airy, Maryland - link 

Fallen Martyr is also proud to be supported by Ed Stone. Learn more at www.edstone-usa.com/underground.html. 

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Rightclick Studios will be working this release. Reach out to the band directly, fallenmartyr@rightclick-studios.com or your press contact, matt@rightclick-studios.com  for more information or to arrange an interview.