Yesterday I posted the review to Light This City’s fourth and final album, Stormchaser. So what are the other band members up to now that they have disbanded? I was wondering the same thing myself and seeing that it was getting close to the release date of Stormchaser, I figured there was no better time to contact Ben Murray, one of the founding members and drummer of the band.
MM: It’s been almost 5 months since you announced LTC’s disbanding. What have you been doing since then?

Ben: Well, I personally started attending UC Berkeley in August, so I’m busy with …read more

Earlier this year I caught up with Light This City for an interview when they were on tour with All That Remains, Chimaira and Black Tide. At that time they were touring in support of their third album Facing The Thousand which was also their second with second on Prosthetic Records. Facing The Thousand was released in 2006 and Light This City was in the process of writing and recording their next album shortly after this tour.
After the winter tour with fellow label mates All That Remains, Light This City got in to the studio and started recording Stormchaser. …read more

All thought the band is no more, the music lives on in their last and posthumous release, Stormchaser. Light This City’s 3rd and last studio record on the Prosthetic label, finished shortly before they announced their disbanding mid-tour. It’s a shame to see a band that was only at it’s beginning, go their separate ways. Maybe it’s not totally over and we’ll see something in the future, but don;t get your hopes up. Here’s the word from Prosthetic Records:

As some may know, Dallas Coyle of God Forbid does a blog every now and then on Metalsucks.net. Being that the In Thrash We Trust Tour has come to it’s end, Dallas has written an open letter to Light This City and speaks some deep words. Here is a very brief excerpt from it. Click the link to go to Metalsucks.net and read the entire post.
That night when I spoke to LTC it disappointed me. How the fuck are you going to throw away something that only one in a million people can do? Most people don’t have the talent …read more

Well it’s official, Light This City. In a very recent blog post from Ben Murray on the bands Myspace, ben explains the best he can for now. I’ve posted the blog word for word below. The good news is, is that we will see the release of the new album. The last for Light This City. I’m thoroughly disappointed but shit, what can you do. They aren’t the first band to break up and they won’t be the last. All we can do is hope that at some point in time we see some more from each and every …read more

The month of March was quite interesting. A lot of great things happened for me and a few great CD’s came out this month. I gave away some cool prizes and the first batch of the MetalMartyr.Com Compilations went out as well. Below is a list of links to some of this months posts that I think are worth a re-run.
The RIAA is still relentless about screwing artist out of money they get from settlements from illegal, Read about it here
I gave a list of My top 10 songs and cds this year. Some are new and some are old …read more

San Francisco’s melodic death metallers LIGHT THIS CITY have issued the first of four in-studio video updates, while the band is recording its fourth record, tentatively scheduled for a fall 2008 release via Prosthetic Records.

Here is your chance to win not one but TWO Light This City cds. Facing The Thousand and Remains Of The Gods from Prosthetic Records, both signed by Laura Nichol and Ben Murray. Not familiar with Light This City? Then check out the youtube.com video for Unwelcome Savior below. After the fold (read more) you can find out all the details and rules on how to win.

ON March 5th as most of you know I had a chance to sit down with Light This City’s front-woman Laura Nichol and drummer Ben Murray. We discussed a few things such as what they do on their spare times, respectively, touring out of a van, and politics. Light This City has been on the road in Support of the third album Facing The Thousand. Enjoy the video interview!