WHAT HAVE AT ALL COST BEEN UP TO, YOU ASK?

It’s been a while since we’ve written about At All Cost, the Austin, Texas metal quintet whom we wouldn’t shut up about last summer and whose phenomenal 2007 Century Media debut Circle of Demons placed close to the top of both mine and Axl’s year-end Top 10 lists.

Since we last saw them this past Christmas as part of Hatebreed’s Stillborn Fest (also featuring God Forbid, Agnostic Front and others), there have been some changes within the band. By that time guitarist Trey Ramirez had already departed (we’ve since written about his new outfit Pack of Wolves) and had been replaced by new guitarist Ryan (above, second from right). In an interview conducted that night that we never published, bassist CleanBobby told us he would be leaving the band and that’s exactly what happened, to be replaced by the dude above, middle, whom MySpace tells us is named Liam. We are also sad to report that the band also lost their unofficial sixth member, the collosal beard of lead guitarist Michael Garrison Throeald.

At All Cost has a couple of Texas dates posted on their MySpace page, and we can assume they’re working on new material in their down time. In the aforementioned interview Throeald told us the band was working on new stuff that was stonier and trippier than their past efforts. Color us interested.

-VN