BATTLEFIELDS is a progressive experimental/post-metal band born in Minnesota. After the release of their 2009 full-length, Thresholds Of Imbalance, BATTLEFIELDS lost founding guitarist Andrew Wallin, and went on a brief hiatus from playing shows. Agassiz is the band's return to the trenches with two new members and a more sonically assaulting blackened blend of metal and hardcore. Agassiz blasts through six songs in under a half-hour, presenting a concept EP of the glacial lake Agassiz, whose dried up geographic location is where the band's base of operations lies. Fans of the band's previous work my be taken aback by the sheer force of this new material, with pummeling blast beats, but there is still the familiar sound throughout the EP that BATTLEFIELDS has perfected since it's conception in 2006.

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BATTLEFIELDS is Rusty Steele (Vocals), Rob Schmidt (Drums, Electronics), Matt Ricigliano (Guitar), James Kreager (Guitar), Dan Jensen (Bass, Vocals) and Casey Loren (Touring Bassist). Past contributors include Andrew Wallin, Ryan Cofer (Strong Like Bear), Zander Ness (HØST), Dylan Desmond (Samothrace) and Erik Torkelson.