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on the underground
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module that they would release an EP consisting of four re-recorded tracks from their debut album: "Under Siege", "Escape These Walls", "Like
Clockwork" and "The Impact of Two Hearts". The EP was originally announced to be released around Christmas, but was delayed indefinitely. Justin Lowe, the
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So the tracks to come are Under Siege, Escape These Walls, Like
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on Sunday 1 July. The band replaced Rivers, one of the bands that developed out of The Eyes of a
Traitor that had to pull out of the festival. Hollings and Alex Green, formerly of English mathcore-
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