Brand New Sin Biosheet

Syracuse natives Brand New Sin have returned with their 4th CD featuring (guitarist/founding member) Kris Wiechmann as their new front man. The CD entitled "Distilled" became available to the public on July 8th 2009 .

     Brand New Sin has been recording and touring the USA and UK since 2002 along side many big national bands such as Motorhead, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Corrosion Of Conformity, Saliva, Breaking Benjamin, Soil, Type O Negative, Clutch, Mushroomhead, The Cult and more. They have opened for Godsmack, Dope, Chris Cornell, The Deftones, Drowning Pool, Audiovent, Dillinger Escape Plan, and countless others.

     Lead singer Joe Altier left the band to pursue other interests in early 2008. They found singer Joe Sweet to replace Altier and did some brief touring in 2008. Sweet had too many commitments to stay with a touring band and honorably chose to leave before recording "Distilled". Founding member and guitarist Kenny Dunham also parted ways with BNS in early 2009. Kris Wiechmann stepped up to the plate and tracked the vocals for this recording delivering a conviction and style that fits perfectly with this band's blend of southern metal and hard rock.

     They wrote and recorded the album as a three piece, and are currently performing this way as well. The band is taking their time in finding "the right guy" to replace long time guitarist Kenny Dunham. "Kenny's got some big shoes to fill. Kris and I had been in a band with him for over a decade. We were hoping to just fill his spot in the band right away, but we know now that being patient is the only realistic approach to filling Dunham's spot". -Chuck Kahl

     Sometimes when things look bleak, things have a way of turning around. Shortly after Dunham's departure, the band approached Ron Keck, founder and co-owner of Subcat Studios in Skaneateles, to record a few songs that the band had been sitting on. Keck agreed, and after hearing the band lay two or three tracks, Ron told the band to keep rolling. Since the band has a bunch of material, some new material and some dating back to songs written by Wiechmann and Dunham that never made it to the "Recipe of Disaster" CD, the band was obliged to keep the "tape rolling" and to record more. The band spent the cold New York winter laying tracks for their next CD- Distilled.

"Though we [Brand New Sin] have had set backs because we've had two original members leave the band, as well as the strains that most bands have had to struggle to overcome because of the current state of the music industry, Brand New Sin remains intact; condensed, consolidated, stronger, and more refined. That's what we mean by the title of the CD. We are Distilled" -Kris Wiechmann

BRAND NEW SIN HISTORY LESSON:

Timeline:

· 2002 BRAND NEW SIN debuted their self-titled CD on Now Or Never Records

· 2004 signed with Century Media Records,

· 2005 Released Black and Blue EP

· 2005 Released Recipe For Disaster (LP)

· 2006 Released The Tequila Record (LP - Mastered by George Marino, Produced by Joey Z from Life Of Agony)

· May 9, 2008 - Released new single "Know Yourself" with new singer Joe Sweet

· July 3, 2008 - Released new single "Rusty Drain" with Joe Sweet

· July 8, 2009 - 1st independent release: Distilled with Kris Wiechmann as the new front man

Extras:

· WWE: Wreckless Intent compilation CD debuted at #8 on Billboard (‘Crank it Up’ - theme for wrestler ‘Big Show’)

· UFC: Music for Chuck Liddel's "ULTIMATE ICEMAN" video

· NASCAR: Headlined Nascar Weekend at Watkins Glen

· MTV Videos: ‘Black and Blue’ , ‘Days Are Numbered’ , and ‘Motormeth’ (all of which appeared on ‘Headbanger’s Ball’)

· Paramount Pictures: Cameo appearance in School Of Rock with Jack Black

· KROCK: Performed at Krockathon Festival with Chris Cornell, Deftones, Drowning Pool and Social Distortion

· Cable TV: featured on Homewrecker, Fast Incorporated, Music Choice, MTV2, and Fuse

· Century Media: Featured on "Visual Rebellion" video compilation

· Century Media: Featured on "Metal For The Masses" compilation CD Distributed through Hot Topic

· Jagermeister: Featured on Jagermeister 2005 and 2007 compilation CDs

· Metal Hammer: Featured on Metal Hammer's "The Great Southern Trendkill" compilation CD

Tours:

2007

UK tour with Soil, Godhead and Lennon:

Jagermeister Music Tour with Stone Sour, Lacuna Coil and Shadows Fall (two dates)

Jagermeister Music Tour with The Cult (four dates)

North American tour with Type O Negative and Celtic Frost

Headlined Brooklyn MetalFest at The Hook

Direct support for Godsmack at The Landmark Theater - Syracuse, NY

2006

North American tour with Mushroomhead, Soil, and Autumn Offering

2005

East Coast tour with Isabelle’s Gift

East Coast/ Mid west tour with Motorhead and Corrosion of Conformity

East Coast tour with Life of Agony

East Coast tour with Faster Pussycat

North American tour with Scum Of The Earth and Society 1

North American tour with Dog Faced Gods

North American tour with Black Label Society

2004

East Coast Tour with Soundevice and Throttlerod

Two dates with Slayer, Killswitch Engage, and Mastadon

2003

North American tour with Saliva, Breaking Benjamin and Greenwheel

Three dates with Kittie, Eighteen Visions and Sworn Enemy

East Coast Tour with Clutch and Suplecs

2002

Midwest tour with Diecast, Chimaira, 36 Crazyfists, God Forbid

Midwest tour with with Prong

West Coast tour with Motörhead, Morbid Angel, Today is the Day

Canadian/US tour with Fu Manchu, Speedealer

US tour with Black Label Society

Complete show archive

Endorsements:

Hartke, D’Addario, Sabian, Schecter, InTune Guitar picks, Evans Drum Heads, EMG Pickups, Dirtbag Clothing, Vic Firth, Peavey, and Jagermeister

Discography

Website / Links:

http://brandnewsin.org

http://myspace.com/brandnewsin

http://reverbnation.com/brandnewsin

CONTACT BRAND NEW SIN

KEVIN

KRIS

CHUCK

Blackbird Management

Ctc: Pete Merluzzi

blackbirdmgt1@gmail.com

Public Relations

Ctc: Kathleen Hopkins

kathleen_hopkins@hotmail.com