VULTURE INDUSTRIES, already famed for the theatricality of the stage performances of their frontman Bjornar Nilsen, have taken it a stage further by joining forces with the Happy Gorilla Dance Company to create Turning Golem, a show that is part concert rooted in the heavier segment of experimental/progressive metal and part theatre performance.

Commenting on the band’s decision to step outside the boundaries of a straight musical performance, Nilsen had this to say: “This project is a great opportunity for us to cultivate our theatrical side, and to cross breed the howling hounds of hell with the delirious dingoes of drama. Those familiar with the energy and singularity of a Vulture Industries live show and who wonder how much further we can take it, are about to find out."

Turning Golem features music that was especially composed for the piece, and which was inspired by the music of the Ancient Sumerians - the oldest written music that has been found to date. The show will be staged on three separate occasions, the first being on the 17th August at the Dark Bombastic Evening in Transylvania, Romania, and the second at the Garage in Bergen, Norway on the 25 th October, while the third will take place at the Phantoms of Pilsen Festival in the Czech Republic on the 26th October. The theme of Turning Golem is based around the premise that “truth” is relative and that we all have an inherent need to define ourselves and our world by means of a manufactured infallible system of truths. It’s about our need to believe in order to justify our own existence; about our need for meaning, and the anguish of the void. A short movie about Turning Golem is also in the works.

With a their new full-length album, The Tower, due out on Season Of Mist on the 27th of September in Europe and the 1st of October in North America, Vulture Industries will include the first live debut of five tracks from the album during the Turning Golem show in Romania. The show in Bergen, which is coincidentally the home town of both Vulture Industries and the Happy Gorilla Dance Company, is a collaboration with BIT-Teatergarasjen, and forms part of their Meteor Theatre Festival, which will also feature an exhibition by Romanian designer Costin Chorineu and his creations based on Turning Golem. The show will also serve as the release party for The Tower.

Vulture Industries are due to hit the road in September for a series of European dates guesting with LEPROUS on the first leg of the latter's European Coal Tour. Starting in Vulture Industries' home country of Norway on the September 13th, the tour routing is as follows:

September

13 - John Dee - Oslo, Norway
14 - Tribute - Sandnes, Norway
15 - Buddy - Drammen, Norway
16 - Parkbiografen - Skien, Norway
17 - Musikken Hus - Gothenburg, Sweden
18 - Debaser - Stockholm, Sweden
20 - Nosturi - Helsinki, Finland
21 - A2/Sputnik - St Petersburg, Russia
22 - Tapper Club - Tallinn, Estonia
24 - TBC - Gdansk, Poland
25 - Progresja - Warsaw, Poland
26 - Kwadrat - Kracow, Poland
27 - Alte Zuckerfabrik - Rostock, Germany
28 - Beta - Copenhagen, Denmark

With a live career spanning 9 years and with almost 100 shows under their belts, Vulture Industries’ live performances are known both for their technical skill and the eccentric and somewhat manic antics of frontman Bjørnar E. Nilsen, whose on-stage weirdness has garnered a multitude of fans for the band over the years.

Commenting on the tour he had this to say: “We are thrilled to have been invited along on this tour. The route covers areas we haven’t toured much in the past, and we are eager to visit our East European fans in Russia and the Baltic for the first time. The more extensive visit to Poland is also a welcome one. We’re particularly happy to tour alongside Leprous and in general we will have a good amount of playing time on this tour, so we will get to quench the thirst of our fans temporarily."

More information about Vulture Industries can be found on the band’s website at

Vulture-industries.net.

Six tracks from Vulture Industries can be found at http://soundcloud.com/vulture-industries or embedded using the following code:

VULTURE INDUSTRIES PLAYER by VULTURE INDUSTRIES

Video footage by Kogaionon Magazine of Vulture Industries performing 'Hangman’s Hatch' and 'A Path of Infamy' live at the Silver Church Club in Bucharest in October 2010 can be seen at below: