Fresh from the studio recording their as yet untitled new EP for Relapse, who also released their critically acclaimed Sky Burial LP earlier in the year, Richmond's INTER ARMA will embark on a sixteen city tour in just over a week.
The action begins next Thursday, September 5th when INTER ARMA provides direct support for Gorguts in Springfield, Virginia, followed by a two-week co-headlining run with Woe. Along the wayINTER ARMA will branch off from the Woe trek for performances at Hopscotch Festival alongside Sleep, Evoken and more, as well as Boomslang Festival with Pallbearer, Thou, Grails and Locrian.
Stay tuned for more info on the pending EP, further tour updates and more on INTER ARMAthroughout the duration of the year.
INTER ARMA September Tour Dates:
9/05/2013 Empire - Springfield, VA w/ Gorguts
9/06/2013 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA @ Fall Line Festival w/ Thou, Woe, Earthling
9/07/2013 Lincoln Theater - Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Festival w/ Sleep, Evoken [info]
9/08/2013 Brookland Tavern - Columbia, SC w/ Woe
9/09/2013 The Masquerade/2013 Purgatory - Atlanta, GA w/ Woe
9/10/2013 Caledonia - Athens, GA w/ Woe
9/11/2013 Static Age Records - Asheville, NC w/ Woe
9/12/2013 Stone Fox -Nashville, TN w/ Woe
9/13/2013 Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN w/ Woe
9/14/2013 TBA - West Virginia w/ Woe
9/15/2013 The Brass Rail - Fort Wayne, IN w/ Woe
9/16/2013 Frank's Power Plant - Milwaukee, WI w/ Woe
9/17/2013 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/ Woe
9/18/2013 Ace Of Cups - Columbus, OH w/ Woe
9/19/2013 Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH w/ Woe
9/20/2013 Boomslang Festival - Lexington, KY w/ Pallbearer, Thou, Grails, Locrian [info]
INTER ARMA’s seamless coalescing of doom, psychedelic sludge, grind and black metal also further explores elements of noise and programming, along with elements of classic Southern Americana made itself known worldwide on their more than hour-long Sky Burial LP, released via Relapse in March of this year. Now after just a bit of time home from touring following a rigorous Spring itinerary which took them across the country with Mutilation Rites to SXSW 2013 and beyond, and then back out again with Earthling several weeks later and more, Richmond’s expansive quintet INTER ARMA return to the van this week on their next live mission. The new tour action kicks in this Thursday, June 13th as INTER ARMA hits Philly with a show alongside Sadgiqacea, on their way to pummel Brooklyn’s Northside Festival with Torche, KEN Mode and Lo-Pan Friday night, followed by a free outdoor show at Union Pool with Pyrrhon on Saturday. Then just a week later -- Friday, June 21st and Saturday, June 22nd -- INTER ARMA will slay Raleigh, North Carolina and their hometown of Richmond, Virginia with labelmates Windhand. This September, the party continues as INTER ARMA will make their crushing presence known at two of the country’s most diverse music events, with confirmed performances at both the massive three-day Hopscotch Music Festival in back down in Raleigh as well as the Boomslang Festival in Lexington, Kentucky. A new blast of tour dates for the coming months is also being locked down to be announced in the coming days. Stream the critically-acclaimed Sky Burial in its engulfing entirety RIGHT HERE.
INTER ARMA Confirmed Tour Dates:
6/13/2013 The Barbary - Philadelphia, PA w/ Sadgiqacea, Dridge [info]
6/14/2013 285 Kent - Brooklyn, NY @ Northside Festival w/ Torche, KEN MODE, Lo-Pan
Richmond-based doom purveyors INTER ARMA are preparing for their most dynamic material yet to hit the public, in the form of their Relapse debut, the crushing Sky Burial LP, now just two weeks from worldwide release.
Amidst praise from media outlets internationally over recent weeks -- even dating into 2012 with Decibel Magazine, BrooklynVegan and others placing them in the “most anticipated bands of 2013” circuit -- INTER ARMA backs up these anticipated hopes and claims on Sky Burial. Already known for coalescing elements of doom, psychedelic sludge, grind, black metal and more through massive riffs and nontraditional “metal” elements into a sound of their own, on the new effort the band incorporates further experimentation with noise and programming, along with elements of classic Southern Americana.
Today, the taskmaster over at The Obelisk has hosted an exclusive stream of “Westward” from Sky Burial, joined by in-depth musical and lyrical commentary on the creation of the track... RIGHT HERE.
Previously, the more than ten-minute seismic upheaval of “The Survival Fires” was released via NPR, and the surge of “'sblood” released through the Relapse Youtube channel.
In addition to their previously announced tour with Mutilation Rise leading up to SXSW and far beyond, this week INTER ARMA also confirms a slew of additional tour dates. New shows preceding already announced dates have been confirmed -- including a hometown record release show in Richmond on March, 7th -- as well as new shows throughout the original tour and new blast of Northeastern US shows with the likes of Men’s Room, Earthling and more in mid-late April.
INTER ARMA Live Actions:
3/07/2013 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA -Sky Burialrecord release show
3/08/2013 31st Pub - Pittsburgh, PA
INTER ARMA w/ Mutilation Rites:
3/09/2013 Cincy by the Slice - Cincinnati, OH
3/10/2013 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
3/11/2013 Fubar - St. Louis, MO
3/13/2013 House of Vans/Mohawk - Austin, TX @ Pitchfork Show No Mercy SXSW Showcase w/ Skeletonwitch, Pallbearer, Trash Talk, Royal Thunder, Power Trip, Mutilation Rites, Vattnet Viskar, Pinkish Black, Batillus, Wet Lungs, Encrust [Free/No RSVP]
3/15/2013 Emo's - Austin, TX @ Brooklyn Vegan SXSW Day Party w/ Baptists, Batillus, Royal Thunder, KEN Mode, Pallbearer, Today is the Day [Free/No RSVP]
3/15/2013 The Annex - Austin, TX @ March Madness w/ A Life Once Lost, Mutilation Rites, Homewrecker, Full of Hell, Call of the Void, Loma Prieta, Kill The Client
3/16/2013 Red 7 - Austin, TX @ Relapse Records/Chaos In Tejas Showcase w/ Howl, ASG, Royal Thunder, Call of the Void and Black Tusk
3/18/2013 War Room - El Paso, TX
3/19/2013 Chasers - Phoenix, AZ
3/20/2013 Moustache Bar - Tijuana, Mexico
3/21/2013 Slidebar - Fullerton, CA
3/22/2013 Mayas - Corona, CA
3/23/2013 Rock City - Camarillo, CA
3/24/2013 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
3/25/2013 Colony - Sacramento, CA
3/26/2013 Highline - Seattle, WA 3/27/2013 The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA
National Public Radio today unfurls a brand new track from Richmond, Virginia doomsmiths INTER ARMA, with the opening track to the band’s Relapse debut Sky Burial. “The Survival Fires” comes immediately alive with some of the most straightforward blackened blasting found on the multi-faceted album, yet overall reverberates with the pulsating, organic, earthmoving doom surge the band so expertly perpetuates.
Let the more than ten-minute seismic upheaval of “The Survival Fires” tear your world apart immediately via NPR.
INTER ARMA also released the album’s fifth track “'sblood” now playing at the Relapse Youtube channel.
In hardly more than two weeks from now, INTER ARMA will take the sonic destruction of the songs on Sky Burial out to the masses on an upcoming North American assault alongside Brooklyn savages Mutilation Rites. The three-week venture will take the bands through the Midwest and into Austin, Texas for several performances throughout 2013’s SXSW fiesta, just as Sky Burial will be hitting stores for its March 19th North American street date. The tour then breaks into the Southwest and includes a stop in Tijuana, Mexico before pummeling north, up the West Coast and back into the Midwest.
Following the recent disclosure of the details on their second LP and Relapse debut, Sky Burial, today INTER ARMA have released the first single from the album to the public. The fifth track from Sky Burial, “'sblood” is a prime example of INTER ARMA’s multi-faceted and all-consuming approach, pummeling the listener with nearly six-and-a-half minutes of hypnotic yet vicious, effects-laden riffery, taking the listener on a dread-fueled, hallucinogenic helicopter ride over a war-ravaged industrial wasteland.
Hear “'sblood” first via the newly-partnered Invisible Oranges/BrooklynVegan HERE.
Additionally, INTER ARMA today unveils their upcoming twenty one-town tour in support of Sky Burial, with Invisible Oranges/BrooklynVegan tagged as the official sponsor for the trek. The action will begin in Chicago on March 10th and includes three full days of mayhem at this year’s SXSW festivities, and will see INTER ARMA joined by Mutilation Rites for the entire mission.
INTER ARMA Tour w/ Mutilation Rites:
3/10/2013 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
3/11/2013 Fubar - St. Louis, MO
3/12/2013 Jackpot - Lawrence, KS
3/13-3/16/2013 SXSW Festival - Austin, TX
3/18/2013 The War Room - El Paso, TX
3/19/2013 Chaser’s - Phoenix, AZ
3/20/2013 Slidebar - Fullerton, CA
3/21/2013 Bar Revolucion - Tijuana, Mexico
3/22/2013 TBA - Los Angeles, CA
3/23/2013 Rock City - Camarillo, CA
3/24/2013 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
3/26/2013 Highline - Seattle, WA
3/27/2013 The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA
3/28/2013 Rotture - Portland, OR
3/29/2013 The Shredder - Boise, ID
3/30/2013 Burt’s Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
3/31/2013 Aqualungs - Denver, CO
4/01/2013 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
4/02/2013 Medusa - Minneapolis, MN
4/03/2013 High Noon - Madison, WI
4/04/2013 Franks Power Plant - Milwaukee, WI
Emerging from the ever-fertile metal breeding grounds of Richmond, Virginia, INTER ARMAmerges elements of doom, psychedelic sludge, grind, black metal and more through massive, mighty riffs to create a sound wholly their own.Sky Burial was recorded in Spring 2012 at Dark Arts Studio in Madison, Tennessee, with engineering, mixing and mastering duties helmed by Mikey Allred (Hellbender, USX). The more than hour-long record was created by T.J. Childers (drums, guitars, synthesizer, lap steel, noise), Trey Dalton (guitars, vocals), Steven Russell, (guitars), Joe Kerkes (bass, vocals) and Mike Paparo (vocals), with sporadic stand-up bass, theremin and organ contributions supplied by Mikey Allred. Photography and design for the packaging was completed by Orion Landau and James Rexroad, with special effects by Drew Pierce of Cutthroat Studios.
Sky Burial will see digital, CD and 2xLP North American release on March 19th, 2013, preceded by European release dates of March 15th in Germany, Benelux and Finland, and March 18th in the UK and all other territories. Preorders for the album can now be placed here.
This week, underground music juggernaut Relapse Records declares the release info, cover art and more for INTER ARMA’s second LP, Sky Burial.
A highly anticipated release for fans of all extreme genres, Virginia’s crushing quintet INTER ARMA merges elements of doom, psychedelic sludge, grind, black metal and more through massive, mighty riffs to create a sound wholly their own. Following several solid demos, splits and an LP via Forcefield Records, this volatile act now delivers their Relapse debut, Sky Burial, an album easily considered an early contender for heavy music record of the year, even making Decibel Magazine’s 20 Most Anticipated Albums Of 2013 list. Emerging from the ever-fertile metal breeding grounds of Richmond, Virginia, INTER ARMA has spent the last few years touring relentlessly, perfecting a hypnotically punishing live show. Sky Burial brings that focus onto record, an album truly heavy in all senses of the word, invoking a spiritually intense journey through the halls of extreme metal. INTER ARMA has made a decisively loud proclamation with Sky Burial -- this is a band that could very well be the next crown-holder in a regal line of iconic Relapse bands.
Sky Burial will see digital, CD and 2xLP North American release on March 19th, 2013, preceded by European release dates of March 15th in Germany, Benelux and Finland, and March 18th in the UK and all other territories.
Stay tuned as INTER ARMA unleashes tons of other info on Sky Burial, in addition to a barrage of tour dates and more through 2013 in support of the album including a tour to SXSW and back to be announced in the coming days.
