Slumbering Sun's album Starmony out now, US tour starts June 4

Austin melodic doom/grunge/shoegaze FFO: Alice In Chains, Warning, Trouble, Green Lung

 

"Trippy, melodic doom metal. From the moment you hit play, 'Liminal Bridges' feels like a transitional track meant to guide you along a wispy, winding trail in a slightly foggy forest while on a quest." -- Metal Sucks


“An ice-cold blend of 90s alternative, doom, and prog that will quench your thirst for captivating melodies, thundering percussion, and grungy riffs! They’ve created an epic mash-up of classic doom and added the soaring vocals and towering instrumentation that took us on the sonic journey from Sabbath to Maiden to Soundgarden.” — CvltNation

 

"Nothing short of fantastic, and should be blasted at full volume." -- Metal Injection

 

"Possibly the best doom album I've heard this year... Front to back it's an insanely well done work, with remarkably clear vision." -- Invisible Oranges

 

“This album feels more confident, more expansive and even more personal. The songs stretch out and breathe, blending crushing riffs with soft, folky undercurrents and shoegaze textures. It’s doom, but not the kind that wallows. There’s heartbreak, beauty, and even a little hope in there.” — Psychedelic Baby Magazine

 

Slumbering Sun is a powerful new melodic doom entity formed by members of underground mainstays Temptress, Destroyer of Light and Monte Luna. Their resulting sound explores broader melodies and sonics than their other bands, inspired as much by Celtic folk standards as by doom, grunge and shoegaze.

 

Slumbering Sun makes music for crazy romantics. Keegan Kjeldsen, James Clarke, Kelsey Wilson, Garth Condit and Kelly “Penny” Turner joined forces in 2022 in order to weave a dreamy kind of doom that would incorporate shoegaze, grunge and prog. All were friends in the Texas metal scene, assembled from bands in Austin & Dallas, who sought to elevate the love and camaraderie they’d found over the years into an artistic vision.


After releasing their debut, The Ever-Living Fire (2023, #20 debut on Doom Charts), Slumbering Sun played their first show at Stoner Jam during SXSW, embarked on a series of regional tours, and capped off the year with an appearance at Ripple Fest. The band spent all of 2024 making their second effort, Starmony, in between touring the Midwest, and releasing their single “Out of the Blue & Into the Void” — a brilliant mashup of Neil Young’s and Black Sabbath’s classic tracks. With no plans to slow down, and the band intends to make more metalheads than ever pound their fists and cry about their exes.

 

Starmony will be available on limited edition LP and digital on May 9th, 2025. Orders are available HERE.

 

Band members:

James Clarke (Vocals) – of Monte Luna

Keegan Kjeldsen (Guitar) – of Destroyer of Light

Kelsey Wilson (Guitar) – of Temptress

Garth Condit (Bass) – of Monte Luna, Scorpion Child

Penny Turner (Drums) – of Destroyer of Light

 

SLUMBERING SUN LIVE 2025:

06/04 El Paso, TX - Rosewood

06/06 Tempe, AZ - Yucca Tap Room

06/07 Las Vegas, NV - Dive Bar

06/08 Palmdale, CA - Transplants Brewing

06/10 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of The Hill

06/12 Eugene, OR - Sparrow & Serpent

06/13 Portland, OR - High Water Mark - Soundcastle Festival

06/14 Olympia, WA - McCoy's

06/15 Bellingham, WA - Shakedown

06/17 Moscow, ID - Mikey's

06/18 Boise, ID - Neurolux

06/19 Salt Lake City, UT - Aces High

06/20 Denver, CO - Squire

06/21 Colorado Springs, CO - What's Left Records

06/22 Wichita, KS - Kirby's Beer Store

07/11 Asheville, NC - Doomed and Stoned Festival

Artist: Slumbering Sun

Album: Starmony

Record Label: Self-released

Release Date: May 9th, 2025

 

01. Together Forever

02. Keep it Secret

03. Midsommar Night's Dream

04. The Solar Bear

05. Danse Macabre

06. The Tower

07. Wanderlust


On The Web:

linktr.ee/slumberingsun

slumberingsun.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/slumbering_sun

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