David Lee Dailey
IDES OF GEMINI: ETHEREAL SOUND ALCHEMISTS REVEAL “THE CHALICE & THE BLADE”;
OLD WORLD NEW WAVE RELEASE DAY DRAWS NEAR
In celebration of Old World New Wave, the impending new release from ethereal sound serpents, Ides Of Gemini, we can offer the first official sampling of the record with “The Chalice & The Blade.”
Relays singer/bassist Sera Timms of the tune, “The main riff [guitarist] J [Bennett] brought in for ‘…Chalice…’ marches in as a transcendent assault with [drummer] Kelly [Johnston-Gibson]’s oppressive, jagged beat moving it forward like some re-animated corpse. A mechanized shamanic trance that sent me straight into the underworld lyrically.”
Turn up and zone out to the infinitely absorbing “The Chalice & The Blade,” now playing via Soundcloud
Listed among Alternative Press’ Most Anticipated Albums Of The Rest Of 2014 as well as The Obelisk’s Records Not To Miss Before The New Year Hits, the follow-up to the band’s 2012 Constantinople debut, Old World New Wave was recorded at Valley Recording in Burbank, California, engineered and mixed by Chris Rakestraw (Danzig), mastered by Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer) and boasts the striking hand-drawn cover art of Kelly Johnston-Gibson (see below).
Ides Of Gemini will bring their ethereal nightmares to the stage this Autumn with a pair of live performances in LA, the first serving as the trio’s official record release gala, the second playing Intronaut’s tenth anniversary show. Additional Ides rituals will to be announced in the coming weeks, and we are hoping that shall include news of shows on this side of the pond.
IDES OF GEMINI LIVE:
9/19/2014 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA IDES OF GEMINI Record Release Show w/ Ancestors, Glaare, Maja D’Aoust (as The Oracle) [info]
12/18/2014 The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA [info]
9/19/2014 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA IDES OF GEMINI Record Release Show w/ Ancestors, Glaare, Maja D’Aoust (as The Oracle) [info]
12/18/2014 The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA [info]
Old World New Wave will be released on CD and digitally via Neurot Recordings and on vinyl via SIGE Records on September 15th, 2014.
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