Due to an injury to one of the band members Virginia doom
rockers KING GIANT have been unable to tour in support of
their praised sophomore LP Dismal Hollow this year.
While regretfully the band cannot take the new album's
anthems to the highways of America at the present time, in lieu of touring, KING
GIANT has opted to begin constructing new material for their upcoming
third full-length release. Talks have also started between the band and Kevin
Barker, who produced and directed several of the band's previous videos, to
begin work on another upcoming visual narrative based on another anthem from Dismal
Hollow. Further details will be unveiled in the weeks ahead.
KING GIANT's thunderous Dismal Hollow can
still be streamed in its entirety via THE
OBELISK and the "Appomattox " video at RUE MORGUE. Interviews with KING GIANT are
available worldwide anytime in any format via Earsplit.
Released in January -- a split release between KING
GIANT’s band-operated imprint Graveyard Hill Records and The Path Less
Traveled Records -- Dismal Hollow was recorded at
Inner Ear Studio (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Avail, Jawbox, Dave Grohl) Dismal
Hollow flows with nearly fifty minutes of KING GIANT's
homage-laden southern doom metal portrayed at its finest yet. The album is
out now on digipak CD, deluxe digital download and 180-gram gatefold LP
available in swamp green with bone swirl, and bone with gold haze color
schemes.
"...a southern doom/rock lover’s pleasure coated bed
sheets; the crème de la crème of wet riff dreams. These guys have effectively
taken their songwriting tactics to the next level and delivered an album that’s
striking from track to track." - Hellride Music
"...tales of bootlegging, abject alcoholism and
spousal abuse with murderous retribution. This is real life. 9.2/10" -
Metal Injection
"Fans of metal and hard rock will find this
collection, consisting of eight King Giant tracks, just about bulletproof.
9/10" - Blistering
"There are eight irresistible rock masterpieces on
this release. This album is almost perfect in every detail. 9.5/10" -
Doommantia
"The Virginia quintet has a righteous boner for
folk, and uses the rich tapestry of the American Civil War, backwoods lore, and
all kinds of Americana miscellanea to source the lyrical inspiration that binds
Dismal Hollow in one narrative thread. 8/10" - Decibel
"Where Dismal Hollow reaches its peak is with the
innate ability to make each song worthy of acclaim on its own... 4/5"
- About.com
"...odes to boozing, bloodshed, and one of the
finest bits of instrumental doom in recent memory." - No Clean Singing
"Wrecking ball riffs come wrapped in a down home
doom that makes the album’s eight songs sound like a moonshine’d Danzig
dragging a bloated corpse through the dirt and dry leaves." - Broken Beard
"Here's hoping that the tales of Appalachian
decadence and discontent found on Dismal Hollow will turn King Giant into
troubadours for all the world to hear..." - Heavy Planet
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