Cleveland doom rockers VENOMIN JAMES have released the track ‘Unholy Mountain’, the title track to their forthcoming studio album. Check it out using the player below:

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Guitarist Joe Fortunato has released the following on the song:

“We thought it would be cool to share an early teaser mix of one of the new tunes we're playing at Wacken Open Air. This is just a taste of what our next record, Unholy Mountain, has in store for all of the doom fans out there. This specific recording and mix is at about 80% completed and we're working hard to finish everything for a 2011 release.

More importantly, though, this is a song from the last batch of tunes that our drummer Jared (Koston) recorded before he passed away from cancer last year. Our one overriding goal for the album is to use everything he laid down so every song uses his last recorded performances. It's been a difficult and heart wrenching time hearing his drums thundering through the monitors and not seeing his smiling face there with us nodding his head to the beat.

If anything, we hope people enjoy his last performances and understand what a supreme talent he is. We miss him terribly, and this next record is our send off to a supreme human being and our brother-in-arms.

Enjoy and Doom On!”

As previously reported, Venomin James will take part in a meet-and-greet on August 6th at the sold out Wacken Open Air festival, set to place August 4th - 6th in Wacken, Germany.

The signing session will take place August 6th from 7 to 7:45 PM, at the W:O:A Fanclub Stand on the festival grounds. The band is scheduled to perform live later that same evening in a prime time spot at 12:15 AM (Saturday night) on the W.E.T. Stage.

For the complete Wacken meet-and-greet schedule, visit this location.

The band recently premiered the 'Make No Mistake' video, taken from the band's latest Crowe Valley Blues album, released late last year via Auburn Records. The video was directed by Venomin James guitarist Joe Fortunato.

"With this video, we try to visualize the Venomin James sound, and the atmosphere that surrounds our home base in Kirtland, Ohio", says Fortunato.

"To do so, we researched the esoteric, occult history of Kirtland, and incorporated imagery to tie into some of the better known legends. Our goal was to give the viewer the same feeling of uneasiness that they would get from wandering around the landmarks and fringe areas. The video references several historical events, including the Lundgren/Avery Kultland Murders of 1989, the construction of the first Mormon temple in 1833, Dr. H. Crowe and his WWII eugenics research with the so-called Melonheads, and a number of child abductions and murders that occurred in the area. We pay tribute to several classic horror films with the look and visual style, and kept some imagery intentionally vague, for anyone that might want to dig further. If someone asked me to describe the vibe of this place, I could show them this video and only be part of the way there..."

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