Latest News
07/27/10
Hail and Salutations!
I am pleased to announce that I am neither dead nor retired ;)
ALL tracking (other than some vox) for the new Samsarra album- the long awaited "Coming Forth By Day" has been completed, thanks to Dom and Adam Camardella at Santa Barbara Sound Design, Seti Orion at Island Vortex (Hawaii) and Larry Cowsert and Travis King at 12 Bar Productions here in Missouri. My deepest thanks to ALL involved in this project.
One new track, "Product" has been posted on the mp3 page.
We expect a Fall release. More to come soon. Thank you all.
Reverend Scott
St. Charles, Missouri
03/24/10
Hello all!
I have a few topics to discuss in this latest post, first among them being my promise of new material in the immediate future. Matt and I will, in the next couple of weeks, lay down bass and vocal tracks on three songs from the new album, "Under An Alien Sun". These will be posted here and on our MySpace page as soon as they are ready. I look forward to sharing them with you. The tracks will be "Behind Enemy Lines", based on John McCain's Viet Nam experience, "The Spin" addressing the radical leftist media bias in America and "Crock"-which focuses on modern American society and the human race's chances for survival.
In other news, Sammy has resigned from Samsarra due to Personal Reasons and moved back to California. He will finish his excellent guitar work on "Under An Alien Sun" and he and I will hopefully continue to write and record together, although he will no longer be in Samsarra's performing line-up. The search continues for qualified individuals in the St.Louis, Mo. area for drums and guitar positions that remain open.
I must also, as a thinking human in the modern age, give some positive credit to the catholic chuch for a slight sign of progress after eighteen centuries of rape, torture, abuse and secrecy. On Saturday pope benedict issued an apoogy and a directive regarding the latest sexual abuse revelations. While I feel that his apolgy is quite impersonal and incomplete, considering his own official directives to cover up abuse and his own history of transferring child molesters to new areas with new children, this is a positive sign of change within the hierarchy of the vatican. Benedict even went so far as to order the clergy to "disclose everything and submit to the justice of Man". While I remain an Enemy of the papacy, I applaud this first move towards deceny and morality by the papacy since 189 C.E. when the assertion of the primacy of the Church of Rome was made by Irenaeus of Lyons.
More to come very soon!
Reverend Scott
St. Charles, Missouri
02/28/10
Hello all!
I regret to inform you all that I am neither dead nor retired. I continue to carry the fight to those who would propogate the dangerous lies of the "Man-Made-Global-warming Hoax",
the completely corrupt and biased radical left-wing media in America and the catholic church. I have dedicated my few remaining years to eliminating these present blights upon the collective soul of Humankind.
Together, we can, with clear and free independent thought, make the world a better place to live in and try to extend the survival estimations for the human race.
My warmest wishes go out the people of Chile in their present time of chaos.
I also need to announce the firing of recent drummer-for-hire Ralph Masters for "Gross Dereliction of Duties." No more need be said on that subject.
So...I am currently seeking BOTH an excellent, experienced double-bass/blast beat drummer
and shredding lead guitarist in the St. Louis , Missouri area. Interested parties may contact me using the contact form on this site.
(*NOTE: PLEASE have at least one pro recording, ten years minimum experience (the rest of us have over 20-30 years each) and extensive live experience and pro gear ).Also- be prepared to record and tour several surrounding states-
PLEASE DO NOT WASTE MY TIME!!!!
Anyway- my best wishes to you all, and I think I will have new material for you all (free) within the next four-five weeks.
Matt and I just need to lay down some bass and vocal tracks on the new stuff. ;)
Reverend Scott
St. Peters, Missouri Feb. 28, 2010
02/21/10
Greetings to you all!
Sam and I just moved Samsarra about 2,000 miles east to the STL/St. Charles area in Missouri.
I want to formally welcome our old friend Matt Skinner to Samsarra-he has now assumed bass duties and we are glad to
have a bassist of such awesome talent.I also want to extend a welcome to our new drummer; St. Charles native Ralph Masters.
He showed up for his first jam session last night and kicked much ass- resulting in him being offered the spot.
So, we have a new complete line-up, and we should be out and gigging in a few weeks.
We are also underway with
recording sessions for the new album "Under An Alien Sun".
We were planning on having a couple of relatively finished advance tracks posted by now, but we were delayed by a an emergency in our engineer's family;
Adam- we wish your bro-in-law a speedy recovery!
So,much more to come VERY soon!
Thank you All!
Reverend Scott
www.samsarra.com
St. Charles, Missouri
12/17/09
Hello, All!
Pardon my long silence. I would first of all like to thank (from the deepest depths of my blackened heart and soul)
all who
stop by here.
Your faith and support (and interest) mean a lot to all of us.
We have been hard at work on the new album, entitled "Under An Alien Sun".
We have finished up the last small parts of the writing process and are now in pre-production.
Two rough tracks have been posted on our Myspace page; "Product" and "Behind Enemy Lines".
Go Check them out
here!
We will begin recording in January.
I am long overdue to post a welcome here to Samsarra's new drummer: Maxwell Leatherman.
It has been quite nice to have fresh new blood infusing the metal.
I also want to thank Gary Braun of Stomprocket ( stomprocket.ning.com)
for volunteering his most excellent bass skills
to this album!
There also will be various other local friends guesting on this album.
In other news, Sam and I will be moving
to the Saint Louis, Mo. area in the near future to reunite with our old
friend and incredible bassist, Matt Skinner.
I hope the Midwest is ready for us ;).
Reverend Scott
Santa Barbara,Ca.
03/26/09
D-Day speaks with the Rev from Samsarra:
Check out the interview at DDays Revenge Official Homepage!
03/21/09
Welcome All and Thanks for dropping by.
A most happy Spring (or Fall, if you live in the other hemisphere) is wished to You All!
My apologies for my long silence. The new album, "The Unbeliever", is available as a completely free digital download including all of Valgorth's amazing artwork on the "albums" tab, as is the first e.p., "Savor The Taste".
( I personally have found that the Winrar extractor works best for unzipping the albums). I have been busy working on the next Samsarra album, which has a working title of "Sealed In Blood", and will once again be a blend of new material and higher quality, partially re-recorded/mixed/mastered older material.
There will be both Metal and Acoustic tracks, and I am about 99 % sure that I will release "Sealed In Blood" (most hopefully sometime in late 2009) as another free digital download to tide you all over until Sam, Terry and I finish writing and recording the next release, which I hope to get out in 2010. I am also working on another overseas project that I can't divulge any info about at this point, other than to say. I think there will be new Reverend Scott stuff to listen to in the relatively immediate future.
I want to also thank the media folks who have supported Samsarra; the webzines/webradio/websites/etc, like DDay's Revenge, Chronicles Of Chaos, Wicked Spins Radio,etc.
More To Come Soon!
Reverend Scott
12/05/08
My Best Wishes to All Who Stop By.
My warmest multi-national/denominational Holiday wishes to you all and your kin. Most of our cultures share early winter celebrations, so I hope none are offended. And the same to all present and past members of Samsarra.
I have three (or four, depending upon how you divide these things up) announcements of Great Importance.
First of all, I would like to formally announce the completion of All recording for the new Samsarra album: "The Unbeliever", with completion officially achieved at 9:45 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on November 26th, 2008. (Thanks , Adam!) The album is on schedule for the Official Release Date of December 21st, 2008- exactly four years before the end of the Mayan Calander and four years and seven months to the day after the release of the last Samsarra album, "Savor The Taste".
Again- thanks to the webmaster for keeping this site running, and making these spordaic announcements possible. I owe her a debt of Gratitiude that I can never repay.
Also- A Grande Muchas Gracias por Todo to Valgorth The Hammer Swinger in Argentina for his most amazing artistic and layout work on all exterior covers of "The Unbeliever", as well as several solid years of support and encouragement.
PLEASE visit his site:
Secondly, I would like to thank my Producer and Recording Engineer, Adam Camardella for volunteering his most excellent drum work and backing vocal skill to track #10-"Grandad" which is my Eulogy for My Grandfather- and yes- I know it is fourteen years overdue; my apologies for the passing of the years. Joseph Brewer Schwartz was a decorated WWII Veteran-and I know that if the Fallen Warriors of the World have a place of Honor Somewhere- then he is among them. Sleep Softly, Grandfather.
Thirdly & Fourthly, I would like to announce the "Return To The Fold" of two old Friends and Band members: Terry Casserly & Sam McPherson, who were with me on the 1996 Sheister album, "Program In Force". Terry is a most amazing bass and acoustic flamenco player and a friend of mine from high school, and Sam is a friend of over fifteen years and the best guitarist I have ever had the pleasure of writing / working with. In Other Words- I have 3/4 of My "Dream Team" assembeled now, and we have already written about half of the next Samsarra album, "Coming Forth From Day", which of course will feature another most excellent artistic masterpiece from Valgorth for the cover.
*Secret Fifth Announcement- Lmao ;)
There will, in the near future, be a first full-length Juggling Chainsaws album featuring Adam, Sam, Terry and I alongside Original Samsarra Drummer Scott Cummings who has graciously volunteered his percussion skills to me once again. Feel free to download the free first Samsarra album featuring Scott C. and I on the "mp3" tab. (Yes- Carlie Pearson Nelson- "I Never Said Goodbye " will be on this JC album ;))
As I have stated-
The Unbeliever will be available on this site as a free digital mp3 download with all artwork, etc starting December 21st, 2008. Hard copies, of a higher sound quality, of course, will be available for a minimal processing/shipping fee- and YES- I SHIP WORLDWIDE!!!!
All Media inquiries regarding press copies , etc. may be addressed to me by using the Official contact form - easily found on the "Contact " tab here.
*Also- I believe Michaela has uploaded another track from "The Unbeliever" into the Mp3 page- "Beside Still Waters (Live)" as a free download.
*The "pictures" tab will actually have some new stuff on it as soon as my wonderful So. Cal. Friend Melissa Ramos gets me those jpegs back;) Thanks Hun;)- You rock! Again, Melissa-thanks for your years of help and support, especially with the lyrics for my Daath audition and the picture processing.
Also- Special long-overdue thanks to Jordyn Dakota Dawn Anderson in Ohio for four solid years of support and promotion. I Hope McKenna had a most wonderful B-Day Yesterday. My Best Wishes...Always.
And also a most sincere thanks to Johnny and Linda Fulks for flying me out to Virginia and putting me up in June- had a lot of fun running around those "War Between The States" Battlefields. I hope this album cover doesn't offend the Family too much. (Please remember- I'm attacking The actual organized Catholic Church here-not anyone's personal faith).
Again- My Most Sincere Blessings and Gratitude to All Who Care. A most warm and special holiday season is wished upon you all.
Also- a most sincere thank you to all of my family and friends who have endured me this long;) I love you all.
-The Reverend Scott Braden Schwartz Santa Barbara, California December 5th, 2008.
09/11/08
Welcome One and All-
On this most Solemn of American days, let's all take a moment and remember the men and women of all nations who lost their lives in those horrible and unprovoked attacks in New York, Shanksville, Pa and Washington, D.C. that were fueled by religion and religious hate. Today is September 11, 2008- seven years later; I like to think we are safer today and a little closer towards a day of peace.
I am most proud to publicly release the Art for the forthcoming Samsarra album, "The Unbeliever". This amazing work was created by non other than the Legendary Argintinian Artist- Valgorth.
Visit his site:
I have used the space on the back cover to thank those whithout whom this work would not be possible. There are many more expressions of gratitude and other info on the inside of the front and back covers, never fear- I haven't forgotten anyone...yet;).
AND- Samsarra is a using a new logo, designed by Valgorth & Reverend Scott.
While I don't mean to personally offend anyone.
I hope this album moves us all a little farther away from organized religion and the hatred and intolerance that those belief systems spawn.
More to come VERY soon.
Thank you All.
-The Reverend Scott Braden Schwartz
-September 11th, 2008
-Santa Barbara, California
01/08/08
I regret to inform you all that I am neither dead nor retired.
There will be at least one Samsarra e.p. released this year- hopefully two, if life, time and finances allow it.
I once again want to thank all of those who have taken the time to even stop by this page and read my words.
On that note, please know that these next words about the New Year are meant to make the world a better place .
As we say goodbye to another year and look forward with hope to the new one fast approaching, let us remember some things we still need to change to make this world a place worth bringing children into.
Tens of thousands of children starve to death every day.
1 in 4 people on the continent of Africa ( Mother Continent to the entire Human Race ) are infected with HIV.
The catholic church is run by a nazi- an actual member of Hitler's armies- and no one but me seems to find this disturbing. I shouldn't be suprised, considering the church's complicity during the Holocaust.
The abrahamic religions ( judaism/ christianity /islam ) still exist - and poison billions with their ancient hatreds. Some progress must be made towards eradicating organized religion if we want to survive as a species.
Religion is our vestigal tail- the last lingering primitive thing from the dark times in the caves that we still cling to.
And on that note- Best wishes to all.
Reverend Scott
08/21/07
All is well. I hope the same is true for all of you. Thank you for coming by.
Things are underway once again, and I will have more to post soon. I have been busy getting one of my older bands, Sheister, going again.
You can find the links to that in the Projects section of this site.
I am still working on the next album, with new members and new material. These things take time to do right, but still I apologise for my long silence.
Scott "The Rev" Schwartz
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