KING GIANT: Rue Morgue Magazine Hosts Worldwide Video Premiere

Appalachian doom/rock outfit KING GIANT today unveil the first single from their sophomore LP, Dismal Hollow, via a video for the album's opening track "Appomattox."

"Appomattox" is the third video produced and directed by Kevin James Barker for KING GIANT, in conjunction with Mono/Poly Creative, and was partially funded through massive support from the band's fans via a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. Filmed on location in historic Waterford, Virginia during the Summer and Fall of 2011, the cinematic "Appomattox" video rolls in at nearly eight minutes in length, and portrays a high-action, backwoods zombie attack storyline. The brutal horror theme led us to seek the support of respected horror professionals at Rue Morgue Magazine for the worldwide premiere of the video.

Check out "Appomattox" right now at Rue Morgue's website!

KING GIANT have also scheduled a record release show this Saturday night at Springfield, Virginia's infamous Jaxx nightclub to set the release of the new album up properly with their diehard local fans, with opening support from Auroboros, The Crimson Electric and Borracho. Check out the flyer for the event and more here.

KING GIANT Dismal Hollow record release show:

1/21/2012 Jaxx - Springfield, VA w/ Auroboros, The Crimson Electric, Borracho

Brooding more sinister homage to their rock and metal forefathers than KING GIANT's heralded self-released 2009 debut, Southern Darkness, the new album further develops the band's well-written hooks and thunderous, harmonized grooves. Clocking in at nearly 48 minutes, Dismal Hollow was recorded at Inner Ear Studio (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Avail, Jawbox, Dave Grohl). The album will be released worldwide on Tuesday, January 31st via digipak CD, deluxe digital download and 180-gram gatefold LP available in two color schemes -- swamp green with bone swirl, and bone with gold haze. The record will be available internationally via a split release between KING GIANT’s band-operated imprint Graveyard Hill Records and The Path Less Traveled Records, part of the MRI Group, with distribution by RED, Code 7 and Plastichead.

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KING GIANT: Dark Southern Rock Outfit To Self-Release Sophomore Album In January

Taking the dark tales of their Appalachian folk forefathers to contemporary Southern doom territory, Northern Virgina-based quintet KING GIANT have wrapped up the final details on their sophomore full-length release, Dismal Hollow, and are preparing to self-release it just after the kickoff of the new year.

Brooding even darker and more sinister homage to their rock and metal forefathers than their heralded self-released 2009 debut album, Southern Darkness, this new album sets a new par for KING GIANT, further developing their hard but harmonized style, as always chock full of well-written hooks and deep grooving thunder. Recorded at Inner Ear Studio (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Avail, Jawbox, Dave Grohl), and inherently boasting full-on Americana both musically and conceptually, the eight tracks harnessed on Dismal Hollow are easily KING GIANT’s most well-written and monstrous anthems captured to date.

Dismal Hollow will be available worldwide on January 31, 2012 -- a split release between KING GIANT’s band-operated imprint Graveyard Hill Records and The Path Less Traveled Records, part of the MRI Group, with distribution by RED, Code 7 and Plastichead -- and will be available in CD, LP and digital download formats. Check out the cover art for the album and more at this location.

Dismal Hollow Track Listing:

1. Appomattox
2. Tale Of Mathias
3. A Steward's Prayer
4. Pistols And Penance

5. 6 O'Clock Swill
6. The Fog
7. Road To Eleusis
8. O' Drifter

A video for the album’s opening track, "Appomattox," will debut in December 2011, along with more tunes from Dismal Hollow, as well as new live dates and much more forKING GIANT throughout 2012.

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