Stand Down

---------NEW UNMASTERED TRACKS UP FROM "WORLDS AWAY"----------- "Music is our life and our escape from the troubles in this world today. We deliver hard, passionate truth the best way we know how, through music". With the release of their second album Villains Parade two years behind them, STAND DOWN emerges from the studio once again with their third full length album WORLDS AWAY, giving STAND DOWN a hole new epic energy of ear candy and face melting sound to the bands music style of versatile writing, that releases a diverse blend of thought and depth captured in the band’s music, that is both compelling and convincing in delivery. The Vancouver-based band spent the last two years intoxicating and immortalizing the local music scene in a sea of head-banging, sweat-dripping shows to promote the Band, opening for such bands as MISFITS, DEFAULT, ILLSCARLETT, and TWO LIVE CREW and upcoming shows playing with MATTHEW GOOD, OFFSPRING, PAPA ROACH, CHEVELLE, and EAGLES OF DEATH METAL has raised the hype for the bands upcoming album WORLDS AWAY. Placing top 10 in Vancouver’s Seeds 2008 Competition and top 20 in 2009, STAND DOWN proved to be connected by an allied field of hard-rock and metal culture, moving the boys throughout Western Canada, venue after venue, channeling emotion and passion into a progressive, blood curling audio assault of riff, rhythm and rhyme. The former four-piece unit originated from Cranbrook and Fernie BC in 2003 and migrated to Vancouver soon after. They began by pushing their name and playing smaller shows then slowly built a foundation among the Vancouver scene with increasingly strong feed back from local promoters and patrons. Since the release of Villains Parade, the band has brought on yet another fresh face behind the guitar, Cody Jackson (also Cranbrook bred). Now with two guitarists dueling onstage, STAND DOWN has created a larger-than-life sound that emulates their audio aggression. With Chris Payne on the rhythm axe, laying the bottom and Sean Jmaeff’s hard-hitting drums syncopating the beats behind every potent song, STAND DOWN’S backbone is intact giving Justin Lacey and Cody Jackson free range to set the mood with deviant guitar riffs as front man and lead commander, Ken Goode, releases the perfect enigma of a somber rocker, immersing the audience in his vocal authenticity and explosive stage presence. STAND DOWN has recently just finished recoring in the studio with producer Jay Evjen from Juice Mix Productions, who has produced bands such as WIDE MOUTH MASON, INCURA, VERSUS THE NOTHING, HOT HOT HEAT, JENNY GAULT and THE TURN. With the new album "WORLDS AWAY" set to release April 21, 2010, STAND DOWN proves to be a staple in the Vancouver music scene. Giving a paradoxal meaning to their moniker, they mean every note they play, provoking more demand from their hard-rock assembly. As a compiled unit on the forefront of a fresh page, STAND DOWN is prepared to do the work required to deliver, ultimately giving the fans a well-deserved reward for supporting one of Vancouver strongest exports.