Amidst a cluster of regional Summer tours, including recent
performances throughout the Midwest and Southern US and a show in Canada,
Chicago’s orchestral, epic doom outfit EARTHEN GRAVE will head
east this week!
The band will play an early show at Acheron in Brooklyn, New
York this Friday, preceded by a concert by bassist Ron Holzner’s other band The
Skull with Eric Wagner at Saint Vitus Bar. The next day EARTHEN GRAVE will
travel to Connecticut for a performance at Stoner Hands of Doom XII on Saturday
alongside RoadSaw, Ichabod, Raw Radar War, Pilgrim, Earthride, Revelation, Pale
Divine, Iron Man, Elder, War Injun and tons more at the four-day all-ages
event. EARTHEN GRAVE will be unveiling a brand new track at the East
Coast shows this weekend as well.
EARTHEN GRAVE will also be supporting Kill Devil
Hill (featuring Rex Brown and Vinny Appice) Thursday Sept 13th at Chicago’s
Double Door, their performance to be streamed live on Gigity.TV. Specifics will
be posted on the band’s website shortly.
Having recently performed at the two-day Days Of The Doomed
II Festival in Cudahy, Wisconsin alongside Solace, Blood Farmers, Earthride,
Revelation, Argus and more. The outfit then crossed into Canada and played
their first international show, as part of the Music & Beyond Festival
in Ontario where they performed within deconsecrated wood cathedral. Several
weeks later as they were set to play in New Orleans, the show was canceled
en-route. Making last-minute arrangements, EG ended up joining
the bill at a raging, beer-soaked CD release party for Hipsterectomy in Austin,
and also landed a spot on Ripple Festival in Dallas where the infamous Sherman
from Earthride joined them for two songs, and guitarist Jason Muxlow met one
his biggest metal influences when he busted a guitar string mid-set and John
Perez stepped out of the crowd to fix it.
View new footage of EARTHEN GRAVE performing at Days
Of The Doomed II and the Music & Beyond Festival and more AT THIS LOCATION.
EARTHEN GRAVE Tour Dates:
8/31/2012 The Acheron - Brooklyn, NY w/ Iron Man, War Injun,
Kin of Ettins
9/01/2012 El 'n' Gee - New London, CT @ SHoD Fest [info]
9/13/2012 The Double Door - Chicago, IL w/ Kill Devil Hill
Founded in 2008 by guitarist Jason Muxlow (The Living
Fields, Wintering) bassist Ron Holzner (formerly of Trouble, Debris Inc., Place
of Skulls, etc.),and drummer Scott Davidson (ex-Stonehenge, owner of Rebel
Radio), the trio recruited vocalist Mark Weiner (Trifog), guitarist Tony
Spillman (Spillage), and renowned classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine on
extended range electric flying V violin. In late April of this year, EARTHEN
GRAVE entered the studio to create their mammoth first album, simply
entitled Earthen Grave. Produced by Ron Holzner, and released
via his own Claude & Elmo Music, this layered opus showcases even more
range and diversity to the band's commanding material, clocking in with over an
hour of epic music!
Stream the entire self-titled album at EARTHEN GRAVE’s
Bandcamp page.
Interviews with EARTHEN GRAVE, live coverage of
their upcoming shows and review copies of Earthen Grave are
available worldwide via Earsplit PR.
"...one of the year's most promising debuts...
Earthen Grave sounds old school without being retro, managing to go through
every element on wich lesser bands uusally fail with exquisite grace and solemn
subtelty..." - Terrorizer
"...the integrity and honesty of the musical
endeavour shines through, making this a thought-provoking, melancholic metal
creation with some real magic..." - Zero Tolerance
"Simply put, “Earthen Grave” is a modern doom metal
classic that will live beyond a mere best-of-the-year bestowing. 4.5/5" -
Metal Underground
"...a unique and refreshing take on the doom metal
genre. 8/10" - Doommantia
"...they take the Black
Sabbath/Pentagram/Witchfinder General formula to another level by adding in
Pine's lovely violin work, which gives these crushing songs an almost
Kansas-ish feel to them in spots. 4/5" - Sea of Tranquility
"...one of the year’s best doom newcomers." -
Blistering
"...one of the most unique doom sounds I have heard
in a long time. This Chicago based band has certainly offset themselves from
their peers. 9/10" - This Is Not A Scene
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