Following a successful set at Denmark’s Heavy Days In
Doomtown Festival, Rhode Island-based doom conjurors PILGRIM are
pleased to announce their headlining appearance on this year’s edition of The
Stoner Hands of Doom Fest. Set to take place August 30 through September 2
at El n Gee Club in New London, Connecticut, PILGRIM will
appear alongside the likes of Earthride, Revelation, When The Deadbolt Breaks
and more!
Stoner Hands of Doom is one of the premier annual gatherings
for underground heavy/stoner/doom music in North America. SHoD has been held
annually since 1999 in various small venues throughout the U.S. Many acts are
unsigned/indie and many travel thousands of miles to gather in the name of
rock. The concept was dreamed up by promoters Rob and Cheryl Levey, who have
planned, booked and organized it since its inception. Under their guidance, the
festival affectionately known as SHoD has grown over ten years from a one-day
event to a weekend-long gathering, featuring over three dozen bands.
Comments drummer Krolg Splinterfist , the
Slayer of Man: "Playing in Scandinavia was a great honor. The first ever
Heavy Days in Doomtown festival was a massive success and PILGRIM is
proud to have been a part of something that will surely become a chief ceremony
for all lovers of music that is slow and heavy. Hails to all of the promoters
and organizers who made our shows in the area a possibility! We will return
sooner than later! PILGRIM looks into the future with great
eagerness. The Stoner Hands of Doom festival has a long history in the New
England doom metal community and we are prepared to add our name to the long
list of bands that have glorified this fest. We are privileged and honored to
be headlining the bill with the legendary Revelation, who has been an
inspiration to many modern doom bands, ourselves included."
In addition to their stint on SHoD, PILGRIM will
bring their dirge to the stage of Brooklyn this Friday at Saint Vitus with
fellow doom doers Witch Mountain.
PILGRIM Upcoming Dates
6/8/2012 Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY
8/31/2012 SHoD @ El N Gee Club – New London, CT
PILGRIM come to the Metal Blade roster via Alan
Nemtheanga’s imprint, Poison Tongue Records. The doom trio consists of:
Splinterfist alongside bassist Count Elric the Soothsayer and
guitarist/vocalist The Wizard. With a mix of destruction, misery and beauty,
these young disciples of doom blend a surprisingly original sword ‘n’ sorcery
feel with the classic chest-caving heaviness of the masters, Black Sabbath,
Saint Vitus, Reverend Bizarre and Pentagram. Their thick walls of majestically
darkened guitar, massive booming bass, and dangerously powerful yet calculated
drumming lull listeners into an intense dream-like trance, abducting them to
places they never knew were dwelling within their own minds. Commented
Pitchfork: “…in a realm where the old-school and the experimental push
against one another in an eternally dynamic non-equilibrium, it's certainly not
about who your influences are. It's, of course, about how you use them. PILGRIM simply
have fun with these predecessors, renewing old sounds with the zeal of teenage
boys worshipping cheap Sabbath posters on their bedroom walls and the skills of
players who've been at this for a while. PILGRIM sing about
devils and tears, paying dues and surviving adventures, taking care to touch on
most of the requisite tropes while not pushing any one too far... This
is an excellent debut from a preternaturally developed upstart.”
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