Welcome To The Graveyard is the forthcoming new full-length from West Coast doom metallers, CASTLE.
Captured by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Neurosis, Brothers Of The Sonic
Cloth, Eyehategod, Ommadon et al) at Type Foundry Studios in Portland,
Oregon this past Winter, the eight-track offering will see official
release July 15th via Ván Records.
In advance of its official unveiling, Castle
have released a brand new video for second track, “Hammer And The Cross.”
Directed by Jaan Silmberg of Pistoltrixx, “Hammer And The Cross,” was
shot north of Toronto, Ontario while the band was between recording and
mixing sessions for Welcome To The Graveyard this past winter.
“The song ‘Hammer And The Cross’ commands a lot of space and we
wanted to find a location to match its starkness,” elaborates vocalist
Elizabeth Blackwell of the clip. “We filmed the video at an old,
abandoned dairy farm north of Toronto in the middle of February in
Canada. The cold, swirling imagery is a perfect complement to the
hypnotic doomy sounds of the song. It was a successful collaboration
with our director and a lot of fun to make”.
[CASTLE 'Hammer and the Cross' VIDEO LINK] https://youtu.be/1Rb18z8M0WM
Welcome To The Graveyard sees CASTLE merge
their doom-powered riffing with soaring 1970s rock . The album features a
new level of confident songwriting and is a creepy-crawl through the
wastelands of the band’s new Los Angeles’ home; a hard-boiled barrage
of classic heavy metal riffery tempered with blasts of melodic
orchestrated doom. The perfect soundtrack for a Hollywood cult
initiation.
Elizabeth Blackwell’s haunted vocal style draws a sigil of death and
madness — envision the Wilson sisters singing hymns from the stygian
void, while lyrically CASTLE adapt the stark and
compelling vistas of Aleister Crowley’s Amphora for the song “Traitors
Rune” and Eliphas Levi’s Transcendental Magic, whose mystic rumination
inspires the lyrical backdrop for the lead-off single “Flash Of The
Pentagram.”
[CASTLE 'Flash of the Pentagram' AUDIO LINK] https://heavycastle.bandcamp.com/track/flash-of-the-pentagram
Welcome To The Graveyard Track Listing:
- Black Widow
- Hammer And The Cross
- Welcome To The Graveyard
- Veil Of Death
- Flash Of The Pentagram
- Traitors Rune
- Down In The Cauldron Bog
- Natural Parallel
CASTLE was forged in San Francisco in 2009 and released their debut full-length, In Witch Order,
on Germany’s Ván Records in 2011. The album brought light to the
newly-formed band and earned them “Album Of The Year” honors from Metal
Hammer Norway, as well as Roadburn Festival’s “Newcomer Of The Year.”
Shortly thereafter, the band joined the Prosthetic Records roster in
North America and released their critically-adored sophomore album Blacklands. The record led to a Canadian JUNO nomination for “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year.” CASTLE
performed over two-hundred shows worldwide in support of the release
alongside the likes of The Sword, Conan, Intronaut, and Pentagram among
many others as well as appearances at some of the underground’s largest
fests including Roadburn, and the London and Berlin Desertfests.
Since the release of Under Siege in 2014, CASTLE,
which consists of vocalist/bassist Elizabeth Blackwell,
guitarist/vocalist Mat Davis and drummer Al McCartney, has maintained a
relentless touring schedule with multiple expeditions throughout the US,
Europe and Canada including stops at the 2015 edition of Heavy Days In
Doomtown Fest in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Acherontic Arts Fest in
Oberhausen, Germany.
CASTLE Upcoming Tour Dates6/15/2016 Yucca Tap – Phoenix, AZ
6/26/2016 5th Quarter – Indianapolis, IN
6/27/2016 Skeletunes – Ft. Wayne, IN
6/28/2016 Vaudeville – Des Moines, IA
6/29/2016 O’Leaver’s – Omaha, NE
6/30/2016 Flux Capacitor – Colorado Springs, CO
7/01/2016 Metro Bar – Salt Lake City, UT
7/02/2016 Chateau le Punk – Las Vegas, NV
7/17/2016 Slidebar – Fullerton, CA #
7/19/2016 Mission Tobacco – Riverside, CA #
7/20/2016 Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA #
7/21/2016 Hi Water Mark – Portland, OR #
7/22/2016 Funhouse – Seattle, WA #
7/23/2016 The Palace Lounge – Missoula, MT #
7/24/2016 Railyard – Billings, MT #
7/26/2016 Reggies – Chicago, IL *
7/27/2016 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI *
7/28/2016 Franks Power Plant – Milwaukee, WI *
7/29/2016 Shakespeare Pub – Kalamazoo, MI *
7/30/2016 Corktown Tavern – Detroit, MI *
7/31/2016 Howlers – Pittsburgh, PA *^
8/01/2016 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH ^
8/02/2016 Rockin Buffalo Saloon – Buffalo, NY ^
6/26/2016 5th Quarter – Indianapolis, IN
6/27/2016 Skeletunes – Ft. Wayne, IN
6/28/2016 Vaudeville – Des Moines, IA
6/29/2016 O’Leaver’s – Omaha, NE
6/30/2016 Flux Capacitor – Colorado Springs, CO
7/01/2016 Metro Bar – Salt Lake City, UT
7/02/2016 Chateau le Punk – Las Vegas, NV
7/17/2016 Slidebar – Fullerton, CA #
7/19/2016 Mission Tobacco – Riverside, CA #
7/20/2016 Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA #
7/21/2016 Hi Water Mark – Portland, OR #
7/22/2016 Funhouse – Seattle, WA #
7/23/2016 The Palace Lounge – Missoula, MT #
7/24/2016 Railyard – Billings, MT #
7/26/2016 Reggies – Chicago, IL *
7/27/2016 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI *
7/28/2016 Franks Power Plant – Milwaukee, WI *
7/29/2016 Shakespeare Pub – Kalamazoo, MI *
7/30/2016 Corktown Tavern – Detroit, MI *
7/31/2016 Howlers – Pittsburgh, PA *^
8/01/2016 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH ^
8/02/2016 Rockin Buffalo Saloon – Buffalo, NY ^
8/03/2016 Geno’s – Portland, ME ^ w/ Hessian
8/04/2016 Ralph’s – Worcester, MA ^ w/ Pilgrim
8/05/2016 Acheron – Brooklyn, NY ^ w/ Pilgrim
8/06/2016 The Fire – Philadelphia, PA ^ w/ Pilgrim
8/07/2016 TBA – Washington, DC
8/08/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Chesapeake, VA
8/09/2016 Pilot Light – Knoxville, TN
8/10/2016 The End – Nashville, TN
8/11/2016 Vino’s – Little Rock, AR
8/12/2016 The Grotto – Ft. Worth, TX
8/13/2016 The Lost Well – Austin, TX
8/14/2016 The Elbow Room – Wichita, KS
8/16/2016 The Underground – Santa Fe, NM
8/17/2016 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
8/18/2016 Flycatcher – Tucson, AZ
8/19/2016 The Merrow – San Diego, CA
8/20/2016 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA
8/27/2016 Doom Over T.O. Fest – Toronto, ON
9/07/2016 Katacombes – Montreal, PQ
9/08/2016 Envol at Macadam Fest – Quebec City, PQ
9/09/2016 Panic Room – St. John, NB
9/10/2016 Gus Pub – Halifax, NS
9/11/2016 Baba’s – Charlottetown, PEI
9/12/2016 Capitol Complex – Fredericton, NB
9/13/2016 Ti-Petac – Trois Rivieres, PQ
9/14/2016 House Of Targ – Ottawa, ON
9/16/2016 Black Pirates Pub – Thunder Bay, ON
9/17/2016 King’s Hotel – Winnipeg, MB
9/18/2016 TBA – Saskatoon, SK
9/19/2016 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
9/20/2016 Fernando’s – Kelowna, BC
9/21/2016 The Office Pub – Kamloops, BC
9/22/2016 Funky Winkerbeans – Vancouver, BC
9/23/2016 Logans Pub – Victoria, BC
9/24/2016 Palomino – Calgary, AB
9/26/2016 The Club – Regina, SK
9/28/2016 New American – Sault Ste. Marie, ON
9/29/2016 Call The Office – London, ON
# w/ Disenchanter
* w/ Brimstone Coven
^ w/ Blizaro
8/04/2016 Ralph’s – Worcester, MA ^ w/ Pilgrim
8/05/2016 Acheron – Brooklyn, NY ^ w/ Pilgrim
8/06/2016 The Fire – Philadelphia, PA ^ w/ Pilgrim
8/07/2016 TBA – Washington, DC
8/08/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Chesapeake, VA
8/09/2016 Pilot Light – Knoxville, TN
8/10/2016 The End – Nashville, TN
8/11/2016 Vino’s – Little Rock, AR
8/12/2016 The Grotto – Ft. Worth, TX
8/13/2016 The Lost Well – Austin, TX
8/14/2016 The Elbow Room – Wichita, KS
8/16/2016 The Underground – Santa Fe, NM
8/17/2016 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
8/18/2016 Flycatcher – Tucson, AZ
8/19/2016 The Merrow – San Diego, CA
8/20/2016 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA
8/27/2016 Doom Over T.O. Fest – Toronto, ON
9/07/2016 Katacombes – Montreal, PQ
9/08/2016 Envol at Macadam Fest – Quebec City, PQ
9/09/2016 Panic Room – St. John, NB
9/10/2016 Gus Pub – Halifax, NS
9/11/2016 Baba’s – Charlottetown, PEI
9/12/2016 Capitol Complex – Fredericton, NB
9/13/2016 Ti-Petac – Trois Rivieres, PQ
9/14/2016 House Of Targ – Ottawa, ON
9/16/2016 Black Pirates Pub – Thunder Bay, ON
9/17/2016 King’s Hotel – Winnipeg, MB
9/18/2016 TBA – Saskatoon, SK
9/19/2016 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
9/20/2016 Fernando’s – Kelowna, BC
9/21/2016 The Office Pub – Kamloops, BC
9/22/2016 Funky Winkerbeans – Vancouver, BC
9/23/2016 Logans Pub – Victoria, BC
9/24/2016 Palomino – Calgary, AB
9/26/2016 The Club – Regina, SK
9/28/2016 New American – Sault Ste. Marie, ON
9/29/2016 Call The Office – London, ON
# w/ Disenchanter
* w/ Brimstone Coven
^ w/ Blizaro
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