ZOROASTER - New Track Streaming Online; Band Set To Kick Off Tour
February 13, 2009, 15 years ago
BraveWords.com has recieved the following:
Avant-garde psych metal trio ZOROASTER has completed work on it's new album, Voice Of Saturn. The follow up to the band’s release, Dog Magic, Voice Of Saturn will see a March 10th release via Terminal Doom Records.
An advance listen to what Voice Of Saturn holds in store is now available as the new Zoroaster song 'White Dwarf' premieres online today via Brooklyn Vegan. Check out the thunderous track, which features a searing guitar solo and backing vocals from fellow Atlanta rocker Brent Hinds of MASTODON, now at this location.
Zoroaster will launch a US tour in support of Voice Of Saturn beginning tonight in Hickory, NC. The trek will include a set as part of the Scion Rock Fest in Atlanta on February 28TH, where the band will share the stage with like-minded acts NEUROSIS, HIGH ON FIRE, BORIS and more as well as multiple gigs as part of the 2009 SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Zoroaster's live show has been described as "an obliteration of the senses", earning the three piece the title of “Atlanta’s loudest band".
Recorded at The Living Room in Atlanta (THE BLACK LIPS, Mastodon) with engineer Ed Rawls, Voice Of Saturn pushes Zoroaster’s heady mix of mammoth metal and psychotropic shoegaze to skyscraping new heights. From the galloping post-Sabbath rock of the roll out track 'Spirit Molecule' to the concrete street cleaning of 'Lamen Of The Master Therion' and through to the tribal percussive vertebrae of the album’s “hidden” closer, Voice Of Saturn administers in-the-red levels of both the band’s mysticism and barbarism in spades.
Zoroaster, who has been called "one of the U.S.'s most promising underground metal bands", formed in Atlanta, GA in 2003 out of the need for “sedation by high volumes and low frequencies". The group has met to shining praise from both metal and indie rock press alike since its formation, receiving accolade for its deafening power, use of left-of-center instrumentation (which has included Moog synths, theremins, ominous vocal choirs and even brass sections) and unique take on heavy music.
When asked for comment on Voice Of Saturn, Zoroaster guitarist / vocalist Will Fiore stated, “With Voice Of Saturn, we’ve continued to expand on our sound, while still keeping that heavy base we started with. The new album is another step in our ongoing evolution.”
The final track listing for Voice Of Saturn is as follows: 'Intro', 'Spirit Molecule', 'Undying', 'White Dwarf', 'Voice of Saturn','Lamen of the Master Therion', 'Outro'.
Alongside Fiore, Zoroaster features bassist / vocalist Brent Anderson and drummer / percussionist Dan Scanlan.
Zoroaster tour dates:
February
13 - Hickory, North Carolina - Drip's Coffee (with Amenra, US Christmas)15 - Brooklyn, New York - Europa (with Amenra, A Storm Of Light)
16 - Providence, Rhode Island - AS220 (with Amenra)
17 - Boston, Massachusetts - The Church of Boston (with Amenra)
18 - Burlington, Vermont - 242 Main (with Amenra)
19 - Montreal, Quebec - Katacomes (with Amenra)
20 - Toronto, Ontario - Siesta Nouveaux (with Amenra)
21 - Lansing, Michigan - Mac’s Bar (with Amenra)
22 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Borg Ward (with Amenra)
23 - Chicago, Illinois - The Empty Bottle (with Amenra)
24 - Bowling Green, Ohio - Howards Club H (with Amenra)
25 - Baltimore, Maryland - Talking Head (with Amenra)
26 - New Brunswick, New Jersey - America (with Amenra)
27 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Johnny Brenda’s (with Amenra, Starkweather)
28 - Atlanta, GA - Scion Rock Fest (with Mastodon, Neurosis, High On Fire, more)
March
17 - Little Rock, Arkansas - Downtown Music and Records18 - Dallas, Texas - Reno’s Chop Shop (with Battlefields, Irepress)
19 - Austin, Texas - (as part of SXSW)
20 - Austin, Texas - (as part of SXSW)
21 - Austin, Texas - (as part of SXSW)