A STORM OF LIGHT: New York Metal Alchemists Unveil Album Details + Video Teaser

New York metal alchemists, A STORM OF LIGHT, will unleash their long-anticipated new studio offering this Fall! Entitled Nations To Flames, the 11-track follow up to the band’s critically-lauded 2011 opus, As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade, was recorded with Travis Kammeyer (OCOAI, Generation Of Vipers) at Fahrenheit Studios in Johnson City, Tennessee, mixed with Matt Bayles (Isis, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Botch, Mastodon) at Red Room Recording in Seattle, Washington and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, From Ashes Rise, Nails) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon. Additionally, Nations to Flames features Soundgraden’s Kim Thayil and Indian/Nachtmystium’s Will Lindsay on select tracks.

Centered around the apex of human failure, Nations To Flames bears witness to the fall of all governments, all nations, and all religions. The record is both musically and thematically captivating and marks the STORMcollective’s darkest, most immediately punishing creation to date.

Comments A STORM OF LIGHT founding guitarist/vocalist Josh Graham “These songs are much more focused. Even the more ‘epic’ songs are shorter but still accomplish the same journey as the longer songs used to. We’ve ditched the rock elements of the last record and  let our early influences of Killing Joke, Bad Brains, Metallica and Crash Worship seep in. We are bringing back the intensity of Black Ocean but with the speed and precision ore akin to our metal influences. While there are still some slower/sludgy tunes, some songs are twice as fast as the older material.”

Nations To Flames Track Listing:

1. Fall

2. Apostles Of Hatred

3. The Fire Sermon

4. Omen

5. Dead Flags

6. All the Shining Lies

7. Disintegrate

8. Lifeless

9. Soothsayer

10. You Are The Hunted

11. The Year Is One

Nations To Flames will be released in the US via Southern Lord Recordings on September 17, 2013.

Further details, including tour plans, to be unveiled in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out the striking Graham-created Nations to Flames cover art at THIS LOCATION and a teaser video HERE!

A STORM OF LIGHT:

Domenic Seita - Bass, Backing Vocals

Billy Graves - Drums, Percussion

Josh Graham - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Additional Live Musicians (Select Performances):

Will Lindsay - Guitar

Drea Black - Guitar

Nerissa Campbell - Vocals 

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A STORM OF LIGHT To Unleash New Full-Length Via Southern Lord Recordings

Following their 2011 album As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade and a rapturous response to their 2012 shows with the likes of Converge, Sleep, Corrosion Of Conformity, Torche and Valient Thor, A STORM OF LIGHT will return this year with a brand new record via Southern Lord Recordings.

A STORM OF LIGHT's third album As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade was the band's heaviest and most dynamic release to date bringing together the colossal energies and forces of the group, not to mention an assemblage of prestigious guests. 

Their latest offering, entitled Nations to Flames, was recorded with Travis Kammeyer (Fahrenheit Studios), mixed with Matt Bayles (Red Room) and is currently being mastered and readied for our listening pleasure later this year.

The band, wishing to give little away, states that musically, Nations to Flames is "faster, much darker and noisier” adding that…"on this record, we have finally found ourselves."

Further information, including track listing, artwork and audio, will be revealed in due course.

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A STORM OF LIGHT Tour Update Band To Play U.S. Dates With Today Is The Day And Sleep; European Tour To Commence This October

Brooklyn kings of atmospheric doom, A STORM OF LIGHT, are gearing up for a short stint of U.S. tour dates next week that include performances with experimental metal/noise exhibitionists Today Is The Day and reunited stoner metallers Sleep before heading to Europe for a month's worth of shows in October. Said guitarist/vocalist John Graham of the upcoming shows: "The next couple of months are going to be a lot of fun for us. We're lucky enough to share the stage with the legendary Sleep, brutalists Today Is the Day, and then embark on our fourth European tour. Awesome!"

A STORM OF LIGHT U.S./Euro Tour Dates 2010

08/31/10 32st St Pub - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Today Is the Day

09/01/10 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD w/ Today Is the Day

09/03/10 Santos Party House - New York, NY w/ Today Is the Day

09/04/10 AS220 - Providence, RI w/ Today Is the Day

09/07/10 Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA w/ Sleep

09/08/10 Brooklyn Masonic Temple - Brooklyn, NY w/ Sleep, Lichens

10/01/10 Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, UK

10/02/10 Whelans - Dublin, Irelandw/ Stand Up Guy

10/03/10 The Spring And Airbrake - Belfast, Ireland w/ Stand Up Guy

10/04/10 Captain’s Rest - Glasgow, Scotland

10/05/10 The Croft - Bristol, UK

10/06/10 The Underworld - London, UK w/ Sedula, Sons Of Alpha Centauri

10/07/10 Nouveau Casino - Paris, France

10/08/10 Simplon - Groningen, Netherlands

10/09/10 013 - Tilburg, Netherlands

10/10/10 Juha West Matinee Show - Stuttgart, Germany

10/12/10 Rhiz - Vienna, Austria

10/13/10 Kset - Zagreb, Croatia

10/14/10 Randall - Bratislava, Slovakia

10/16/10 Firlej - Wroclaw, Poland

10/17/10 Powiekszenie - Warsaw, Poland

10/20/10 Nabaklab - Riga, Latvia

10/21/10 Nosturi - Helsinki, Finland

10/23/10 Garage - Oslo, Norway

10/24/10 Debaser - Stockholm, Sweden

10/25/10 Loppen - Copenhagen, Denmark

10/26/10 Hafenklang - Hamburg, Germany

10/27/10 Feierwerk - Munich, Germany

10/28/10 Spazio - Turin, Italy

10/29/10 Urban - Perugia, Italy

10/30/10 Init Club - Rome, Italy

A STORM OF LIGHT -- guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Josh Graham (Neurosis visuals, Blood And Time, Battle Of Mice), bassist/vocalist Domenic Seita (formerly of Tombs and Asea) and guitarist/keyboardist Joel Hamilton (Book Of Knots, Battle Of Mice) -- released their second full-length, entitled Forgive Us Our Trespasses via Neurot last October.

"... gloomy and unrelenting, like staring into the abyss." -- Rock Sound

"Forgive Us Our Trespasses remains every bit as engaging for all of its 60 minutes, and impressively, it really does linger in your thoughts long after it has finally fallen silent." -- Outburn

"Quality epic metal is quite an effort to get right and this band have done a superb job with this release." -- BlogCritics

"...the overall tone is oppressively heavy and where the shifts between ambient and crushing were predictable and unsatisfying on And We Wept the Black Ocean Within, here they're blended together for a new brand of musical heft that sets A Storm Of Light apart from generic b-list post-metallers and shows the true potential of the band." -- The Obelisk

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A STORM OF LIGHT: Additional Tour Dates Announced

A STORM OF LIGHT: Additional Tour Dates Announced;

Shows With SHRINEBUILDER And HARVESTMAN Confirmed

Brooklyn, NY atmospheric doomsters A STORM OF LIGHT are proud to announce additional US tour dates, including seven west coast shows with SHRINEBUILDER! The tour will commence on February 18th at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia and make it's way across the country before coming to a close in their hometown on March 18 at Union Pool.

Commented vocalist/guitarist Josh Graham of the upcoming trek: "We are really looking forward to this US tour; FINALLY getting out and playing some more of the west coast. While A STORM OF LIGHT and SHRINEBUILDER have each played one west coast show to date, the bulk of these shows will be both bands' first time in many of these cities. It is an honor to share this maiden west coast voyage with these guys, all of whom have been in some of the most groundbreaking bands around. Along the way we are playing shows with many great bands including Harvestman, US Christmas, Via Vengeance, Rumanian Buck, Batillus, Indian, Battlefields and more. "

A STORM OF LIGHT Tour Dates

2/18/2010 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA

2/19/2010 Gallery 5 - Richmond, VA

2/20/2010 The Hideaway - Johnson City, TN

2/21/2010 King Pin Bowl - Athens, GA

2/22/2010 Club 529 - Atlanta, GA

2/24/2010 Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX

2/25/2010 Emo’s - Austin, TX

2/27/2010 23 West - Tempe, AZ

2/28/2010 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ

3/02/2010 Casbah - San Diego, CA *

3/03/2010 Echo - Los Angeles, CA *

3/04/2010 Echo - Los Angeles, CA *

3/05/2010 Voodoo Lounge - San Jose, CA* + HARVESTMAN

3/06/2010 Oakland Metro - Oakland, CA * + HARVESTMAN

3/07/2010 The Independent - San Francisco,CA * + HARVESTMAN

3/09/2010 Neumos - Seattle, WA *

3/10/2010 Rotture - Portland, OR

3/13/2010 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN

3/14/2010 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL

3/15/2010 Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH

3/18/2010 Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY

* w/ SHRINEBUILDER

A STORM OF LIGHT's 2010 touring lineup is:
Josh Graham (Battle Of Mice, Blood And Time, Neurosis): guitar, vocals
Domenic Seita (ex Tombs): bass, backing vocals
Geoff Summers (Batillus): drums
Zohra Atash (Religious To Damn): vocals

A STORM OF LIGHT's permanent members are:

Josh Graham (Battle Of Mice, Blood And Time, Neurosis): guitar, vocals, synthesizers, banjo, piano

Domenic Seita (ex Tombs): bass, backing vocals, percussion

Joel Hamilton (Battle Of Mice, Book Of Knots): guitar, modular

The band released their second full-length, Forgive Us Our Trespasses, in October via Neurot Recordings.

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A STORM OF LIGHT 2010 Tour Update

Brooklyn, NY's doom experimentalists A STORM OF LIGHT, who made it a point to end the year with a crushing performance in their home borough at Club Europa opening for Coalesce, are in the process of booking a string of tour dates for the new year. The band will hit Richmond, Athens, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, Chicago, Cleveland and NYC as well as a handful of west coast dates with the mightySHRINEBUILDER.

Confirmed dates thus far include:

2/21/2010 Kingpins Bowl and Brew - Athens, GA

2/22/2010 Club 529 - Atlanta, GA

2/25/2010 Emos - Austin, TX

2/27/2010 23 West - Tempe, AZ

3/13/2010 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN

3/14/2010 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL

More dates TBA.

A STORM OF LIGHT's 2010 touring lineup will be:

Josh Graham (Battle Of Mice, Blood And Time, Neurosis): guitar, vocals

Domenic Seita (ex Tombs): bass, backing vocals

Geoff Summers (Batillus): drums

Zohra Atash (Religious To Damn): vocals

A STORM OF LIGHT's permanent members are:

Josh Graham (Battle Of Mice, Blood And Time, Neurosis): guitar, vocals, synthesizers, banjo, piano

Domenic Seita (ex Tombs): bass, backing vocals, percussion

Joel Hamilton (Battle Of Mice, Book Of Knots): guitar, modular

The band released their second full-length, Forgive Us Our Trespasses, in October via Neurot Recordings.

Testimonials:

"...it was opening act A STORM OF LIGHT who really nailed down the connection between the turbulent chaos of the untamed wilderness and the churning guitars of modern metal... A STORM OF LIGHT played before a towering video montage devoted to the awe of the natural world: Beating hearts, stormy seas, and collapsing glaciers bled together on the screen while the group plowed through a sweeping dirge of down-tempo doom." -- Live review from The Austin Decider

"Forgive Us Our Trespasses (love the artwork, by the way) for all intents and purposes, falls under the metalgaze category. Absent are those dreamy, uber-melodic moments that Isis and Rosetta love, but the stark, oftentimes minimal nature of these songs allows for some truly striking moments, just check out the opening 'Alpha' and grueling 'Tempest.'" -- Blistering

"Despite Graham's lyrical insight and guest appearances by Lydia Lunch and Jarboe, it's Forgive Us Our Trespasses' transcendentally rich doom that offers thrifty apocalypse enthusiasts way more value than, say, Roland Emmerich's 2012." -- Decibel

"The overall tone is oppressively heavy and where the shifts between ambient and crushing were predictable and unsatisfying on And We Wept the Black Ocean Within, here they’re blended together for a new brand of musical heft that sets A STORM OF LIGHT apart from generic B-list post-metallers and shows the true potential of the band." -- Stonerrock.com

"Equal parts funerary lament and celebration, A STORM OF LIGHT's Forgive Us Our Trespasses represents a series of brutal acts of beauty that surge and combine to announce a great sweeping aside." -- Vile Noise

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A Storm of Light
Genre(s)
Doom Metal/Post-Rock
Lyrical theme(s)
Self-Discovery, Society, Environment, Apocalypse
Origin Formed in Current label Status
United States of America (Brooklyn, New York) 2007 Neurot Recordings Active
Current line-up
Josh Graham - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (Neurosis (USA), Red Sparowes, Blood & Time, Battle of Mice)
Domenic Seita - Bass, Vocals (Tombs, Asea)
Andy Rice - Drums (Sinking Ships)
Former/past member(s)
Drums:
Pete Angevine (Satanized)
Vinny Signorelli (Unsane, Blood & Time, Swans)
Discography
And We Wept the Black Ocean Within Full-length, 2008
Primitive North Split album, 2009
Forgive Us Our Trespasses Full-length, 2009

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A STORM OF LIGHT: NYC Record Release Show This Wednesday

Brooklyn, NY doom/post rock experimentalists A STORM OF LIGHT, who recently unleashed the full-length multi-textured masterpiece that is Forgive Us Our Trespasses via Neurot Recordings, have postponed their NYC record release show. Originally slated for Monday, October 12th at the Ace Of Clubs, the show has been officially rescheduled for Wednesday, November 18th. Details below:

A STORM OF LIGHT Record Release Show
Wednesday - November 18, 2009
Ace Of Clubs
9 Great Jones St
New York, NY 10012-1128
Doors 7:30 - Free Admission
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A STORM OF LIGHT features guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Josh Graham (Neurosis visuals, Blood And Time, Battle Of Mice), bassist/vocalist Domenic Seita (formerly of Tombs and Asea) and guitarist/keyboardist Joel Hamilton (Book Of Knots, Battle Of Mice), who also recorded the latest full-length. In addition, Forgive Us Our Trespasses spotlights a host of carefully-chosen collaborators, including vocalist Nerissa Campbell (Primitive North), the unique talents of Jarboe (Swans, World Of Skin, J2), the otherworldly spoken word segues of singer, poet and author Lydia Lunch and the mournful strings of Carla Kihlstedt (Book Of Knots, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 Foot Yard) and Marika Hughes (2 Foot Yard).

If you missed it the first time, A STORM OF LIGHT recently released a video for "Tempest," the third track offForgive Us Our Trespasses. The black and white performance video was shot in HD at an undisclosed location in Brooklyn and directed by Graham. "This is one of the heavier songs on the new record," said the guitarist of the apocalyptically-themed track, "and we really thought this would make a good video. It's a performance video with a twist. Over the course of the song we basically deteriorate into the chaotic footage of a dying planet."

Check it out here:

A Storm of Light - Tempest

A Storm of Light | MySpace Video

Testimonials:

"Forgive Us Our Trespasses (love the artwork, by the way) for all intents and purposes, falls under the metalgaze category. Absent are those dreamy, uber-melodic moments that Isis and Rosetta love, but the stark, oftentimes minimal nature of these songs allows for some truly striking moments, just check out the opening 'Alpha' and grueling 'Tempest.'" -- Blistering

"Quality epic metal is quite an effort to get right and this band have done a superb job with this release." -- Blogcritics

"The overall tone is oppressively heavy and where the shifts between ambient and crushing were predictable and unsatisfying on And We Wept the Black Ocean Within, here they’re blended together for a new brand of musical heft that sets A STORM OF LIGHT apart from generic B-list post-metallers and shows the true potential of the band." -- Stonerrock.com

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A STORM OF LIGHT Kick Off European Tour Today

Brooklyn, NY's doom/post rock experimentalists A STORM OF LIGHT begin their trek through Europe with Relapse recording artists Minsk today. Touring in support of their recently issued Forgive Us Our Trespasses full-length (Neurot Recordings), the festivities will kick off at Damnation Festival in Leeds. Joining A STORM OF LIGHT will be Will Lindsay from WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM on second guitar and Geoff Summers of Batillus on live drums.   

In related news, the band will perform a special NYC CD release party when they return to the states in November. Originally slated for Monday, October 12th at the Ace Of Clubs, the show has been officially rescheduled for Wednesday, November 18th.  Vocalist Nerissa Campbell (Primitive North) will be joining the band for the show. Details below:

A STORM OF LIGHT Record Release Show

Wednesday - November 18, 2009

Ace Of Clubs

9 Great Jones St

New York, NY 10012-1128

Doors 7:30 - Free Admission

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A STORM OF LIGHT/MINSK

10/24/2009 Damnation Festival  at Leeds University - Leeds 

10/25/2009 Ivory Blacks - Glasgow, Scotland 

10/26/2009 Trillians - FREE SHOW - New Castle 

10/27/2009 Corporation - Sheffield 

10/28/2009 Bar Academy - London 

10/29/2009 Freebutt - Brighton 

10/30/2009 Simplon - Groningen 

10/31/2009 Cafe Nova - Essen 

11/01/2009 Baroeg - Rotterdam 

11/03/2009 Ikra Cub - Moscow 

11/04/2009 Cassiopeia with Minsk - Berlin 

11/05/2009 Usine - Geneva 

11/06/2009 Ebullition - Bulle 

11/07/2009 W2 - Bosch 

11/08/2009 Schlachthof - Wiesbaden

11/09/2009 Hafenklang - Hamburg 

11/11/2009 Init Club Rome 

11/13/2009 Ritmo Y Compas - Madrid 

11/15/2009 Revolver Bar - Lisbon  / Not to be missed

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A Storm Of Light

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Neurot Recordings

The end of times is a concept that’s been with mankind since he first began daubing blood and ash on cave walls, and now Brooklyn’s heaviest of hitters A Storm Of Light are picking up the baton with their latest masterpiece, “Forgive Us Our Trespasses.”

The band have already proven themselves master storytellers, their acclaimed 2008 debut “And We Wept The Black Ocean Within” sending shockwaves through the avant metal underground with its bracken-draped tales of seafaring woe and this year’s “Primitive North” collaboration with Nadja cementing their status as leading lights in the ever-shifting realms of metal’s experimental fringes.

“Forgive Us Our Trespasses” showcases a more refined sound and a significant broadening of scope, the band leading the listener on a millennial journey that sees the modest curls of smoke rising from nomadic campsites gradually replaced by the billowing smokestacks of industry before being cast down and consigned to the soil once more as the planet rouses from its aeon-long slumber.

“All you really have to do is look around you to see where things are headed,” muses guitarist, vocalist and in-house artist Josh Graham, “the album basically charts humankind’s journey toward oblivion as the planet awakens and tips the scales back in its own favour. Needless to say, the outlook for humanity in all of this isn’t exactly too bright.”

When you’re setting ideas like this to music, it’s almost certain that the outcome’s going to be heavy, but Graham makes clear that this latest opus isn’t mere garden-variety post-metal. “I think we’ve really managed to move above and beyond what anyone might have expected of us this time around,” he says. “I don’t think it’s heavy in the ‘obvious’ sense, since we’re not just relying on the weight of the riffs to make our mark. Instead, we’re weaving all these different elements together ‘til they’re just about at breaking point, and that, to us, is where the real intensity lies.” It’s this dense bringing together of melodies, moods and textures that lends the album its power, ensuring that while things are as heavy and cataclysmic as fans would expect, the result relies on interwoven melodies and graceful shifts in timbre for its devastating effects instead of a simpleminded stream of identikit riffs.

As ever, the confluence of influences and ideas is pooled from a wide array of sources, from Alan Weisman’s “The World Without Us” – a thought-provoking treatise on a world freed from the polluting burden of humanity – to the sense of struggle and hardship found in traditional American folk music and onto the heraldic language of national anthems. “To me they just seemed like perfect examples of human arrogance,” says Graham of this latter source of inspiration. “When you really start examining the words in detail, the possessive language and sheer sense of entitlement just about blows your mind.”

The quartet – comprising Graham, Domenic Seita, Andy Rice and Joel Hamilton – are joined by a host of carefully-chosen collaborators that sees the trio’s roiling turbulence complemented by the sombre tones of vocalist and “Primitive North” collaborator Nerissa Campbell, the unique talents of Jarboe (Swans, World Of Skin, J2), the otherworldly spoken word segues of singer, poet and author Lydia Lunch and the mournful strings of Carla Kihlstedt (Book Of Knots, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) and Marika Hughes.

The results are as startlingly grand and climactic as the story they seek to tell, a churning clamour of bruise-blue guitar chords and subtle synth swells, rumbling bass notes and gossamer cello motifs all woven carefully around Graham’s harrowed cry as the band evoke mankind’s tireless trudge toward oblivion.

Equal parts funerary lament and celebration, “Forgive Us Our Trespasses” represents a series of brutal acts of beauty that surge and combine to announce a great sweeping aside, a reclamation of all that is lost before the tides calm, the land settles and the long, peaceful period of healing and rebirth may begin, a sense of quiet triumph descending upon the shattered, empty cities that must now simply lie and wait while the sun slowly gutters out and all is once again cold and dark and still.

Recorded at Strangeweather Studio Brooklyn and Studio G Brooklyn

Mixed at Studio G Brooklyn

Recorded, engineered and mixed by Joel Hamilton 

Produced by Joel Hamilton and Josh Graham

Assistant engineer: Francisco Botero

Mastered by Julian Silva at On Air Mastering, Bushwick Brooklyn

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