SHAI HULUD have announced that Justin Krauss from With Life In Mind, will be fronting the band on their upcoming run of shows in February, including their trip to Australia for their appearance on Soundwave.

"Last summer our pal Justin, singer for New Jersey's With Life In Mind, did backups over almost our entire new album. In the song "Reach Beyond The Sun," his is actually the first voice you hear near the beginning. Here's a clip of him backing up Chad on the song "Think The Adder Benign."

We're thrilled to have Justin filling in for us at our record release shows in February. He's family. Get to these shows and stomp it out with us.

And then you can visit Justin at your local Arby's."

Reach Beyond the Sun, the fourth entry in Shai Hulud's storied catalog, will see its release in February of 2013. The album was produced by current New Found Glory guitarist, Chad Gilbert, and notably, vocalist on Hulud's debut LP Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion. In addition to producing, Gilbert also returned to sing on the album - his first offering of recorded vocals with the band in over a decade. Not unlike Shai Hulud's previous releases, Reach Beyond the Sun was born of several years of toiling before ever entering a studio. The band's previous effort, Misanthropy Pure, a polished, metallic and frenzied piece of masterwork, is contrasted by the much more visceral, instinctively compositional songs found on Reach Beyond the Sun, an embracement of the raw Hardcore/Punk elements that sit at the cornerstone of the band's influences. Longtime bass player Mad Matt Fletcher asserts, "Anyone who really knows the band will agree this album is our definitive sound, encompassing all of our different influences and styles." He conclusively reiterates, "Yep, this sounds like Shai Hulud."

In recording Reach Beyond the Sun, Shai Hulud welcomed the vocal talents of accomplished friends from throughout the hardcore community. Fans will note guest vocals from: Jay Pepito (Reign Supreme, Blacklisted) on "A Human Failing, John Vigil (The Ghost Inside) on "If A Mountain be My Obstacle," Louis Hernandez (Alpha & Omega) on "Man Into Demon," all officially recorded former Hulud vocalists Matt Mazalli, Damien Moyal, and Geert van der Velde on "Medicine to the Dead," as well as additional vocals throughout the album from the likes of Justin Krauss (With Life In Mind), Martin Stewart (Donnybrook, Terror), David Wood (Down To Nothing, Terror), among others."

Written and recorded by:
Matt Fox - Guitars
Matt Fletcher - Bass
Matt Covey - Drums
Chad Gilbert - Vocals