Many of the lyrics on Bleeding Through's new album Declaration -- such as "Every broken promise just another dollar well spent/ Kissing ass, sucking up your arrogance makes me ill/ And now I'll defend to the death this dream you're trying to kill" ("Seller's Market") -- are are at least partially directed at the band's label Trustkill, which ran into such severe financial problems they couldn't pay the band let alone producer Devin Townsend (see band's guest blog describing situation).

So, it's sort of ironic that Trustkill is relying on Declaration to stay afloat. The label has posted chunks of every song from the scathing album on their Web site. Click "more" to listen:  Read more...

Throwdown has always and will always be a band for our fans before anyone else.

So it is with great regret that we find ourselves in a situation where we are left with no alternative but to air out years of dirty laundry with Josh Grabelle of Trustkill Records for our fans to read and become as disappointed by as we are.

Several months ago we were forced to send Trustkill Records a "breach of contract" notice (despite the legal fees involved for us with such action) and our "breach of contract" was not cured within the 30 days legally allotted. Trustkill has been in this current breach with Throwdown (it's not the first time) since March 31, 2008. By his own accounting, Josh currently owes the band tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid royalties for CDs sold. We have not once in the history of our relationship with the label received a royalty payment on time. And now that our three album contract with him is fulfilled, we are not hopeful that will change. Read more...