IDES OF GEMINI Announce Additional Live Dates Haze Over North America Tour With Ghost B.C. To Commence Later This Month: Band To Unleash New 7”

Los Angeles’ favorite trance-inducing doom weavers IDES OF GEMINI are pleased to announce additional live rituals this Spring, further spreading their ethereal hymns to unsuspecting souls throughout North America. The supplementary dates come in the midst of their slot on the Haze Over North America tour opening for cult metalists, Ghost B.C., and will include Demon Lung, Boris and Deafhaven on select shows. See the updated itinerary below.

In related news, IDES OF GEMINI will release a new 7” entitled Hexagram 45. Fittingly set to drop on Record Store Day April 20th via Magic Bullet Records, Hexagram 45 features two new tracks: "Spectral Queen" and "Darkness At Noon." For more info, got to THIS LOCATION.

IDES OF GEMINI Haze Over North America Tour 2013 w/ Ghost B.C:

4/13/2013 Space 4 Art - San Diego, CA %

4/15/2013 El Rey Theater - Los Angeles, CA

4/16/2013 The Bunkhouse - Las Vegas, NV +

4/18/2013 Ogden Theater - Denver, CO

4/19/2013 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM

4/20/2013 Lost Leaf - Phoenix, AZ *

4/22/2013 TBA - Tempe, AZ

4/23/2013 Rialto Theater - Tucson, AZ

4/25/2013 The Regency - San Francisco, CA

4/26/2013 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR

4/27/2013 Showbox Market - Seattle, WA

4/28/2013 Shakedown - Bellingham, WA *

4/29/2013 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC

4/30/2013 Republik - Calgary, AB

5/01/2013 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB

5/03/2013 Garrick Center - Winnipeg, MB

5/04/2013 Mill City Nights  - Minneapolis, MN

5/06/2013 Opera House  - Toronto, ON

5/07/2013 Corona Theater  - Montreal, QC

5/08/2013 Theatre Petit Champlain  -  Quebec City, QC

5/10/2013 Royale  -  Boston, MA

5/11/2013 Webster Hall  -  New York, NY

5/12/2013 Trocadero  -  Philadelphia, PA

5/13/2013 9:30 Club  -  Washington, DC

5/15/2013 Turner Hall  -  Milwaukee, WI

5/16/2013 The Bishop  -  Bloomington, IN *

5/17/2013 St. Andrews Hall  -  Detroit, MI

5/18/2013 Mr. Smalls  -  Pittsburgh, PA

5/19/2013 Now That's Class  -  Cleveland, OH *

5/20/2013 Cobra Lounge  -  Chicago, IL *

5/21/2013 Zoo Bar  -  Lincoln, NB *

5/22/2013 TBA

5/24/2013 The Echoplex  - Los Angeles, CA #

* IDES OF GEMINI only

% IDES OF GEMINI w/ Author & Punisher

+ IDES OF GEMINI w/ Demon Lung

# IDES OF GEMINI w/ Boris, Deafheaven

IDES OF GEMINI will be touring in support of their transcendental doom masterwork, Constantinople. Released stateside via Neurot Recordings last Spring, Constantinople was fittingly commended by Outburn for its “depressing dynamics topped by ethereal wonderment,” and called, “…a dirg-y doom crawl of an album…,” by Decibel. Pitchfork crowned it, “darkly beautiful,” while MetalSucks applauded the offering noting, “Their accretion of small musical gestures inverts metal’s normal use of space. They imply terror without ever exposing it. Each song is an accumulation of outlines, a sort of sonic daguerreotype.” Spin agreed stating, “Processional doom, ethereal female harmonies and high-strung riffs incite head-bowing, not –banging,” while About.com noted: “…a proverbial treasure chest in terms of atmosphere, ideas and contrasting musical textures…original and breathtaking.” Purchase Constantinople at THIS LOCATION today!

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IDES OF GEMINI Announce Haze Across North America 2013 Tour With Ghost

West Coast ethereal doom trio IDES OF GEMINI are pleased and honored to announce a full tour this Spring supporting cult metalists, Ghost. Dubbed the Haze Over North America 2013 tour, the three-week run will commence on April 18th in Denver, Colorado, with additional IDES headlining dates to be announced in the coming weeks. The jaunt follows the band’s successful month-long trek through Europe last Fall and an opening slot with legendary sound revolutionaries Neurosis in January.

Notes guitarist/backing vocalist J. Bennett of the upcoming journey: “Ghost’s Opus Eponymous is the ultimate liturgical canon for our fair young century — catchy as hell, too — and we couldn’t be more thrilled to traverse the continent with them. Keeping secrets is one of our favorite pastimes, so touring with an anonymous band is especially satisfying for us. Plus, we get along famously with Satanists. In other words: Aces all around.”

IDES OF GEMINI Haze Across North America Tour 2013

w/ Ghost
4/18/2013 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO

4/19/2013 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM

4/23/2013 Rialto Theatre - Tucson, AZ

4/25/2013 The Regency - San Francisco, CA

4/26/2013 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR

4/27/2013 Showbox Market - Seattle, WA

4/29/2013 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC

4/30/2013 Republik - Calgary, AB

5/01/2013 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB

5/03/2013 Garrick Centre - Winnipeg, MB

5/04/2013 Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN

5/06/2013 Opera House - Toronto, ON

5/07/2013 Corona Theatre - Montreal, QC

5/08/2013 Theatre Petit Champlain - Quebec City, QC

5/10/2013 Royale - Boston, MA

5/11/2013 Webster Hall - New York, NY

5/12/2013 Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia, PA

5/13/2013 9:30 Club - Washington, DC

5/15/2013 Turner Hall - Milwaukee, WI

5/17/2013 St. Adrews Hall - Detroit, MI

5/18/2013 Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA

IDES OF GEMINI will be touring in support of their transcendental doom masterwork, Constantinople. Released stateside via Neurot Recordings last Spring, Constantinople was fittingly commended by Outburn for its “depressing dynamics topped by ethereal wonderment,” and called, “…a dirg-y doom crawl of an album…,” by Decibel. Pitchfork crowned it, “darkly beautiful,” while MetalSucks applauded the offering noting, “Their accretion of small musical gestures inverts metal’s normal use of space. They imply terror without ever exposing it. Each song is an accumulation of outlines, a sort of sonic daguerreotype.” Spin agreed stating, “Processional doom, ethereal female harmonies and high-strung riffs incite head-bowing, not –banging,” while About.com noted: “…a proverbial treasure chest in terms of atmosphere, ideas and contrasting musical textures…original and breathtaking.”

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IDES OF GEMINI Issue Tour Wrap-up; Exclusive Video Interview Courtesy Of Scion AV Available

West Coast transcendentalists, IDES OF GEMINI, recently returned from a near month-long run of European dates in support of their monumental Constantinople full-length released via Neurot Recordings earlier this year.

Relays guitarist/backing vocalist J. Bennett of the journey: “After a month of playing the various clubs, halls, pubs, squats and glorified toilets of Europe, we’re back. I think it’s safe to say that IDES OF GEMINI will never be the same. And neither will Europe, for that matter. We did something to the place, and it did something to us. There was an exchange of energy and fluids. Not with all of Europe, obviously. Just the countries we visited: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, England and the Czech Republic. Am I forgetting someplace? I hope not. I mean, how could I? The audiences were fantastic. The bands we played with were ace. The food and drink were spectacular. Even the border police were sort of cordial while they rifled through our personal belongings. We’d like to thank everyone who came to see us play and everyone who made the tour possible, especially those who put their faith in IDES OF GEMINI to deliver a night of music that was hopefully worth paying to see. We can’t wait to do it again.”

In related news, check out an exclusive interview with Bennett courtesy of Scion AV at THIS LOCATION.

Constantinople was released stateside via Neurot Recordings late this past Spring and continues to reap praise domestically and abroad. The offering was commended by Outburn in an 8/10 review for its “depressing dynamics topped by ethereal wonderment,” and called“…a dirg-y doom crawl of an album…” by Decibel. Pitchfork dubbed it, “darkly beautiful,” while MetalSucks added, “Their accretion of small musical gestures inverts metal’s normal use of space. They imply terror without ever exposing it. Each song is an accumulation of outlines, a sort of sonic daguerreotype.”

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IDES OF GEMINI: Exclusive Track Premiere Brought To You By The Obelisk

Band To Play Scion Rock Fest; Exclusive Pre-Order Packages Now Available

Today heavy riff portal The Obelisk offers up a stream of "Slain In Spirit" from mystical doom conjurers IDES OF GEMINI. The song comes off of the West Coast trio’s forthcoming new studio offering, Constantinople, set for North American release via Neurot Recordings on May 29, 2012.

Notes guitarist/backing vocalist J. Bennett of the track: “‘Slain In Spirit’ might be the only IDES OF GEMINI song -- so far -- that actually addresses lyrically what we try to accomplish sonically: The trance state. The state of being neither here nor there. If that's not pretentious enough for you, try this: Idris Parry, the late, great scholar of German literature, once pointed out that just as there are gaps between the fingers, there are gaps between the senses. ‘In these gaps,’ he said, ‘is the darkness which hides the connection between all things.’ As much as ‘Slain In Spirit’ is a song easily and obviously discernible by the human ear, it very much aspires to create something that at least hints at that intangible darkness.”

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Exclusive pre-orders of Constantinople are currently available through the IDES OF GEMINI blog. Limited to just 33 CDs, each pre-order will be bundled with stickers and a handmade candle made by vocalist Sera Timms, meant to be burned while the album plays for maximum atmosphere. In three of those candles will be a crystal that can be retrieved by burning the candle most of the way down. The crystal can then be mailed back to the band and exchanged for a Disruption Writ EP, cassette and one other exclusive item still to be announced.

IDES OF GEMINI will take their brooding hymns to the stage to the stage tomorrow on the Los Angeles stop of the long-anticipated Decibel Magazine Tour with Behemoth, Watain, The Devil’s Blood and In Solitude. In addition, the band has been officially added to this year’s edition of the Scion Rock Fest, set to take place at the Ritz Theatre in Tampa, Florida. IDES OF GEMINI will appear alongside the likes of Sleep, Merzbow, Church of Misery, All Pigs Must Die and more!

IDES OF GEMINI 2012:

4/25/2012 House Of Blues - Hollywood, CA w/ Behemoth, Watain, The Devil's Blood, In Solitude

5/29/2012 Bootleg Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *record release show w/ VUM, The Nocturnes [more info]

6/2/2012 Scion Rock Fest @ The Ritz Theatre – Tampa, FL

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IDES OF GEMINI Sign With Neurot Recordings

Band Make Bay Area debut at Blood, Sweat + Vinyl Music & Film Festival on Oct 15^th

IDES OF GEMINI is a collusion of musical forces precipitated by the haunting and inimitable vocal prowess of singer/bassist Sera Timms, also of Los Angeles dark-psych alchemists Black Math Horseman. The compositions are the long-simmering mental fallout of veteran music and film journalist J. Bennett (guitar/backing vocals), who has spent most of the last 13 years writing for such publications as Decibel, Terrorizer, Revolver, Alternative Press and Thrasher. The third and final corner of the triangle is Kelly Johnston, whose martial drumming techniques and soaring backing vocals literally brought IDES OF GEMINI to life as a performing entity.

Last year, Timms and Bennett recorded and self-released IDES OF GEMINI’s four-song EP, The Disruption Writ, which was anointed “My Favorite Demo of 2010” by the highly influential music blog Invisible Oranges. Lyrically, the songs detailed the terrifying permanence of dismemberment in all its unsettling forms: psychological, emotional and physical.  Musically, though?  Someone on the Internet called it “dream doom.” Nobody likes to be pigeonholed, but IDES OF GEMINI will gladly take up temporary residence in that particular nook for the sake of shorthand. Which is to say that “dream doom” will do the trick for now. And now is nothing if not fleeting. Mostly because IDES OF GEMINI are about to record their full-length debut, set for release via Neurot in the Spring of 2012.

“It’s all about that moment—that moment when a piece of music comes seemingly from nowhere and is exactly what you were looking for, but you didn’t know it,” says Neurot boss and Neurosis guitarist/vocalist Steve Von Till. “I remember the moment when Ides of Gemini warped my brain. I received an email from Scott Kelly in May. The subject heading was simply, ‘J. Bennett’s band is killer!’ and had a link. I had known J. for a while as a stalwart supporter of all that is good and heavy out there, but I had no idea he made music. I clicked the link and was completely hypnotized for the duration of the demo. As soon as it ended and I realized I had been completely captivated, I replied to Scott’s email: ‘Totally fucking killer.’ Then I immediately emailed J. and told him how awesome I thought it was. A few conversations later, and we were working together.  It was beautiful and meant to be. Ides of Gemini is amazing!”

“We’re not religious people, but getting the nod from Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly is like getting onstage only to find Moses and John The Baptist in the front row, wearing your band’s t-shirts,” Bennett enthuses. “And we don’t even have shirts yet, which makes it all the more incredible. The point, though, is this: The impact Neurosis has had on our psyches over the years is immeasurable. ‘Honored’ doesn’t quite cover it. But before anyone gets too excited, I should also probably mention that we sound nothing like Neurosis.”

IDES OF GEMINI will make their Northern California debut at the Oakland Metropolitan Operahouse on October 15th as part of the Blood, Sweat + Vinyl Music & Film Festival alongside Bay Area greats Oxbow and Evangelista. The night will also mark the DVD release of filmmaker Kenneth Thomas’ new documentary, Blood, Sweat & Vinyl: DIY in the 21st Century, which highlights the music and inner workings of three of the finest independent labels currently in operation: Hydra Head, Constellation, and—you guessed it—Neurot.

2/3 of IDES OF GEMINI—Sera Timms & J. Bennett—will also be performing a rare cover song on Oct. 20^th as a part of Murder Ballads, an annual event sponsored by the L.A. Record and held at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, featuring artists reinterpreting homicidal folk songs of old.

"Sera Timms’ voice is a national treasure. It’s a reverb-soaked choir of 4AD ghosts floating over scratchy guitars. Burzum scoring a spaghetti western. This stuff gives me chills." —Cosmo Lee /Decibel magazine

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