June 14, 2011: Stab Wounds & Stitches is now available for purchase on iTunes. You can preview the album on the Media page and alternately purchase it from TuneCore. For those of you that still prefer to hold a CD in your hands, check back in a few days to order your physical copies right here on exestl.com.

June 12, 2011: We've got the first copies of the album ready to go! In a couple days you'll be able to order physical copies of the disc right here on exestl.com and digital copies will be available via iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic, and more. Follow us on Facebook for all the latest news.

May 28, 2011: The album is now in print, we'll have an official release date for you soon! For now, check out this video by Kenn Nardi of Sleepwalker with the audio from Stab Wounds & Stitches.

April 7, 2011: EXE will now have tracks in rotation on L33T G33K Radio. The site locally maintained in St. Charles, so go check out the site, tune in and support the locals!

February 20, 2011: Swapped out the preview tracks. You can now download Ash and Sleepwalker from the Media page. Enjoy! [Downloads removed 03.05.2011]

Also went ahead and made the full album of Bloodlines available for download including bonus tracks that weren't included on the CD.

February 12, 2011: Got another set of mixes from Kenn last weekend, the album is getting really close to being ready. Hop on over to the Media page and get a taste of the new album with free downloads of Fit for a King and Scar. Check out all of the other freebies while you're there too... [downloads removed 02.20.2011]

In completely unrelated news... If you were ever a fan of 12 Rounds, they have finally gotten the rights to the tracks from their unreleased 3rd album back from Trent Reznor / Nothing Records and have been posting the tracks on their site for free download. Check them out at 12rounds.net.

January 11, 2011: EXE will be playing @ Just Bills on January 29th w/ Virucide, Ever More Broken and a 4th band that hasn't been announced yet. Doors are at 7pm and show starts @ 8pm. $5 at the door and this is an 18+ show.

In other news, Kenn has been hard at work on the mixes for the new album and they're sounding great! It shouldn't be much longer before everything is ready to go. We'll keep you posted. Below is the final design for the cover.

October 19, 2011: Recordings are finished! Dawn, Rodney and Chris laid down the final tracks last night and it's all in Kenn's hands from here. I'm working out some designs for the cover and as soon as I can get wth everyone to see what they do and don't like I can move on. So far I've got two cover designs and two back cover designs. Once I know what direction I'm headed, I'll start working with Chris to get all of the inside jacket work done... Take a look below for one of the designs.

September 16, 2010: Once again I'm slacking on the updates, but there really hasn't been much to report. The last show at the Way Out Club went well. If you missed it, you missed out... it will probably be the last show for a while as things are kind of busy for everyone right now and we're still in the process of recording. All of the drum tracks are done as are 99% of the guitar tracks. Russ will be laying down the bass tracks next week, then it's on to keys and vox. With Kenn at the helm, this project is moving right along and it won't be long before we've got another full length for you to feast upon. That's all for now...

August 13, 2010: First off... it's Friday the 13th for you superstitious people... enjoy. Next, EXE started recording tracks this week for the upcoming album. There's really no info to give yet as the full track listing hasn't even been decided much less a title for it. What I can tell you is that Kenn Nardi is Engineering, Recording and Producing it and it's going to rock! We've already got 5 accoustic drum tracks recorded and we're going to be working on more drum tracks tonight.

On another note, it was brought to my attention that the Hitler speech sample used in Fit for a King might be misunderstood and perceived as some sort of hate message or some such... I assure you that it was researched before use and so that there are no misunderstandings, I have posted the full English translation plus two sources of translation on the Media page. So hop on over there and see for yourself that we are not Nazis and that we do not promote, endorse or otherwise idolize or even like Hitler, Nazis or the agenda of the Nazi party of the past, present or future. I hope that clears it up and you can rest assured that our feelings towards Hitler can be summed up in two words: Fuck Hitler

August 8, 2010: Updated the navigation links... not sure if I like them; subject to change, but good enough for now. Made some minor tweaks to the css which IE8 doesn't display correctly... the site still works fine in IE8, but Firefox and Opera display it the way it should be... I also checked the site on my crappy PPC and my Mac Book and the site displays a little different in both Safari and Firefox due to different fonts on Macs than Windows based PCs, but it is still fully functional.

Still waiting on further details about the August 27th show at Way Out Club, but it is confirmed and the show starts around 9pm. We also got together with Kenn Nardi over the weekend, he's going to be working on the new album with us. Still working out some of the details, but it looks like we'll be doing 10 - 11 tracks. We'll post more info on this soon, for now we're planning to start working on the programmed tracks this week. We're going to try and pound it out as quick as possible, but our time each week is limited, so it may take a while before we're anywhere close to a finished product. Stay tuned!

August 7, 2010: Updated a bunch of little stuff no one will ever notice... Added a couple of old videos to the Media page, started working on the Bio page and removed the news archive page. Still going to work on changing out the navigation links, but I think I hear Jack Daniels calling my name...

August 4, 2010: Finally got around to setting up the Facebook page... Rodney confirmed a show @ The Way Out Club with Ravaged Hearts for Friday, August 27th. there's another band playing but we don't know who yet...

July 31, 2010: Fixed a bunch of little things and added a couple of pics from the 07/17/2010 show at Just Bill's to the gallery. The pics are courtesy of Eric Boschert.

Update 2: Added a couple more pics, changed the heading on the Media page, added the Bloodlines cover and link to purchase on the Media page, fixed the contact form on the Contact page, and a few other minor fixes and tweaks. I also tested the site in IE8, Firefox 3.68, and Opera 10.60 and it all works the way it should.... Next task will be to actually set up the Facebook page and update the navigation pane.

July 30, 2010: The site is now 80% up to date. Added cover art and all seven tracks for 7 Deadly Hymns to the Media page for download. Great album considering it's a basement recording that was done on shitty equipment. I cleaned the tracks up as best I could, but it is what it is and it's free. I have tons of pics to sift through for the gallery update and more on the way... I'll try to get that done this weekend, but these will likely be the last updates for a couple weeks as I have a hellish couple of weeks coming up at work. Aside from that, EXE was offered a show with Ravaged Hearts but as of yet there's no further details about when or where... Info on that will be posted when/if the show is confirmed. Lastly, I'll also be working on getting a Facebook page together... the account is created, I just have to get it together....

July 29, 2010: Got some updates done, trying to gather materials to get the various pics and such up to date. The gallery is going to remain as is with some added pics when I get time as it lends to the history of the band.... For now, updates to the home and Bio pages. Back to work on the cover art....

Update 2: Finished the cover art... Added links to the videos by Kenn Nardi and the demo tracks to the Media page. Also added the cover art and downloadable demo tracks to the Media page. Still looking for a pic to replace the one on the Media page. Other minor updates and tweaks...

July 28, 2010: After two and a half years... this site is finally going to get an update. Not to be confused with an upgrade, I just don't have the time anymore to do a full redesign and my xhtml/css is rusty to put it mildly.

That said... There's been a lot going on over the past couple of years and it would be pointless to try and cover it all, so I'll hit the high points...

Lineup changes: Matt Brendle moved to Dallas, obviously, he s no longer playing synth. Darrell Mumford quit the band to... we'll go with pursue other interests. Chris Speciale is now the guitarist. Russell Farha joined the band on bass. Dawn Keim is still doing what she does; vocals and synth. Rodney Cornett has added programming and synth to his duties behind the kit.

Live changes: Since Rodney can't be in two places at once, all of his synth parts along with some of Dawn's have been tracked to free her up to move about the stage....

Releases and Recordings: Bloodlines ended up being released back in January 2008. It was recorded, engineered, mixed, produced, edited, hacked, sliced, diced, and so forth by Darrell Mumford at his home studio. It's available on CD Baby... Currently, we're putting the finishing touches on a 5 song demo that will feature 4 brand new tracks and one classic that was previously unreleased. The tracks have already been posted on the Myspace page. The demo was recorded and engineered by me (ZHC) and EXE, edited by me and mixed/mastered by Brian Woods in Denver, CO (formerly with Digital Hitmen and long time friend). The demo is going to end up being a freebie at upcoming shows and wherever else we can get it into your hands. It's going to be a packaged in a slimline case with a pretty basic package that I'm hard at work on... or something like that. In the near future EXE will be back in the studio to record another full length album. Kenn Nardi, a long time friend of Chris, from the legendary band Anacrusis will be helping out with the new recordings and will end up doing the final mixing an mastering. We're really looking forward to it! Currently Kenn is working on some videos he did at 7/17 show with Megalith. There's a video of Kenn singing Nail Us to Your Cross with Megalith on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. I'll get some links posted to the EXE vids once he's got them done. We saw a preview of Sleepwalker at the 7/22 show with URN from Chicago and it's looking great!

That's about it for now... I'll try to get this site up to date soon.

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