Photo
Credit – Don Levandier
L-R
– Kyle Alexander McDonald
(Bass/Vocals/Synth/Textures), Christopher Lewis (Drums/Percussion)
Touring
all over Europe in support of their latest release "Eidolon", New
Brunswick's ECMA nominees and Music NB award winning doom duo ZAUM announce
they will be trekking across their home country of Canada for the month of
August with support from Pembroke, ON crusty metal punk two piece Flying
Fortress featuring Brandon Wars (Goat Horn, Zuku) vocals/bass and Steelrider
(Goat Horn, Cauldron) drums. The tour will be kicking off on August 3rd in Ottawa and head west for it to wrap up in the east on
August 22nd in Sudbury, ON (dates listed below).
The
band comments:
“It
has been a couple of years since we’ve toured within our home country as we’ve
primarily focused our efforts overseas since our formation in 2014. Needless to say, we’re super stoked for this
summer adventure across this giant beauty of a country in support of our newest
record Eidolon. We were actually just fresh back from our showcase at Roadburn
2017 (with the likes of Baroness and Chelsea Wolfe) and thought, there’s really
no better Canadian band and dudes to do a Canadian tour with than our old buds
in Flying Fortress – and luckily the stars have aligned in our favour.”
Tour
Poster by Josiah Barnett
Tour
Dates:
Aug
4 - Ottawa, ON @ House of Targ
Aug
5 - Toronto, ON
@ Bovine Sex Club
Aug
7 - North Bay, ON @ White Water Gallery
Aug
8 - Sault Ste Marie, ON @ TBA
Aug
9 - Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates
Aug
10 - Winnipeg, MB @ Handsome Daughter
Aug
11 - Saskatoon, SK @ Vangelis
Aug
12 - Edmonton, AB @ Brixx
Aug
13 - Nelson, BC @ The Royal
Aug
15 - Abbotsford, BC @ TBA
Aug
16 - Victoria, BC
@ Logans
Aug
17 - Vancouver, BC
@ The Astoria
Aug
18 - Calgary, AB @ Distortion
Aug
19 - Regina, SK @ The Club
Aug
22 - Sudbury, ON @ The Asylum
About:
ZAUM’s
second and latest full length musical chapter “Eidolon” was released October
24, 2016 via I HATE Records with distribution via Plastic Head/Sony Music
throughout Europe and Century Media in North America to follow their 2014 debut
album "Oracles". In their three years as an active touring band ZAUM
have amassed 200+ shows (mainly international) under their belts including
support stints for Voivod, Pentagram, and Cauldron.
ZAUM
is a passage toward the dark realizations of the old world; a monolithic doomy
mantra based meditative experience forged by bass and drums interwoven with
sitar, woodwind, string and synth textures. Based in New Brunswick, Canada
– observers experience a tranquil resonance whereby the astral and physical
planes can co-exist and be understood from a natural perspective.
ZAUM
is:
Kyle
Alexander McDonald (bass/vocal/synth/textures)
Christopher
Lewis (drums/percussion)
Song
Stream - The Enlightenment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POe486_oUs4
Album
Stream - Eidolon - https://zaum.bandcamp.com/
Track
Listing:
1.
Influence Of The Magi (21:00)
2.
The Enlightenment (21:00)
Album
Length: 42:00
For
more info, please visit www.Zaum.ca.
“ZAUM
blends several moods into a really attractive, cohesive work that not only pays
off, but also distances them from Om, creating
for themselves a sphere of their own.”
-Sputnik Music
“a
new level of headphone-ready, open-consciousness expanse. Nothing matters. Give up your expectations.
Quit your job and move to the forest.
Build a temple by a river and spend your days naming the gods who live
in the trees around you.” -The Obelisk
“Their
sound encompasses the enormity of the likes of Sleep and Om,
yet works in a mysticism that’s haunting and ethereal. The 40 minute span of
this release is a sitar driven daydream that carries the gravitational force of
tectonic plates shifting.” -Iron Fist
“Hold
onto your bong, ponder those scraps of eastern philosophy you’ve picked up
watching Kung Fu films from the 1970s, and prepare to escape from Samsara.”
-Ave Noctum
“Consists
of dread and a haunting sensation to glimmers of hope, but mostly dreadful
darkness. ZAUM cast their own dark
shadow, one I don’t mind being consumed by.” – Bucketlist Music Review (10/10)
“Few
bands can touch the New Brunswick
doom duo in terms of sheer hypnotic atmosphere. Eidolon sees them go further
down their singular path into the heavy unknown. Prepare to be transported to a
higher realm.” -The Sludgelord
“Simply
put, ZAUM is an 11/10. To my fellow people: go home and lay down.”- Don
L’Orange, -Weird Canada
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