RIP & TEAR, by X.I.L

RIP & TEAR

by X.I.L

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Limited Edition Thrashers CD Bundle Includes the face smashing new album 'RIP & TEAR' from X.I.L, Confused's a$$ kicker 'RIOT' and Overt Enemy's incendiary 'Inception x Possession' for just $20!

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1.	Rip & Tear 04:21	buy track
2.	Speedemons 03:58 video	buy track
3.	Learn to Bleed 04:04	buy track
4.	Breakneck 05:41	buy track
5.	Motorcharge 05:25	buy track
6.	Gone Again 06:55	buy track
7.	Moonlight Mass 09:39	buy track
8.	Equinox 05:08	buy track

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It is the year 202X. In an alternate dimension which pulses between space and time, the ethereal domain containing the entities therein are shaking in chaos from unfathomable plague and eternal war. From the darkness emerges a young band of demonic warrior forces- the SPEEDEMONS, exiled from the interdimensional grounds between their realm and planet Earth through the sonic alchemy of BREAKNECK ROCK N ROLL. Unchained of the apocalypse behind them, the warriors roam Earth's streets. Their mission: to claim the underground of their home world by merging it with our own in a special parascientific ritual known as the EQUINOX. The Exiled Speedemons stop at nothing in their sacred quest to RIP & TEAR the fabric of reality and for universal assimilation/possession of the human mind & spirit by the band's selected recorded material found within this unit.

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released February 25, 2022

XIL is:
Jordan L. Hoffart: Sync-keeper of ravenous MotörBeats / keys
Austin James: Four stringed black thunder / lead vocal destruction
'Big Joe' Aguilar: Hellish blues disturbance / secondary overkill throat

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Roberto Canales at Red barn Studio - Mission Texas

Produced By: Roberto Canales And XIL

All Music written and Performed by XIL

All Lyrics Written by XIL

Synths/Keys: Quinten Serna and Jordan Hoffart

Logo and Front Cover Arrangement:Chevy McQuaid Jr.

Cover Photo: Michael Thomas and Eddie Blanquiz

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X.I.L San Antonio, Texas

Speed metal/thrash n' roll trio from the savage underground of south-central Texas!
We aim to play the loudest, rowdiest rock n roll steel at breakneck speed inspired by the likes of VENOM, BROKEN BONES, & TANK; laced with riffs with a healthy respect for the gods BLACK SABBATH & JUDAS PRIEST. ... more

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