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HOWLING GIANT Premiere New Album Single & Music Video ‘Aluminum Crown’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 8, 2023

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Nashville, Tennessee cosmic stoner metal trio HOWLING GIANT has shared a music video for their new single “Aluminum Crown”, taken from the band’s sophomore full-length “Glass Future”, which is scheduled for a release on October 27, 2023 via Magnetic Eye Records. The pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!

Says bassist Sebastian Baltes about the new single:“We were approached by Magnetic Eye Records to write a song for a Mark Lanegan collaboration record a couple years ago, but unfortunately before the record was finished, Mark passed away. Aluminum Crown was one of the songs we wrote for Mark, so we wanted to include it on our album as tribute to one of the most important and beloved songwriters of the American underground.”

Every song on HOWLING GIANT‘s sophomore album “Glass Future” tells its own story. Yet even without an overarching concept, all could exist within the same universe. Such crafty lyrical world-building is hardly surprising coming from a trio of enthusiastic fantasy and science fiction aficionados. “Glass Future” downright asks to inspire a book or graphic novel, even as it explodes with furious energy and thunderous acrobatics.

Musically, “Glass Future” offers a continuation and evolution of all the elements that made the debut album “The Space Between Worlds” (2019) such a success. HOWLING GIANT entice classic metal and hard rock to interact dynamically with spacy, prog-infused passages, desert and psychedelic metal moments, rock organs, catchy hooks, and top everything off with soaring harmonized vocals.

Tracklist

Hourglass
Siren Song
Aluminium Crown
In a Hurricane
First Blood of Melchor
Glass Future
Tempest, and the Liar’s Gateway
Sunken City
Juggernaut
There’s Time Now

HOWLING GIANT hail from one of the most legendary places for music on earth: Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Despite the city’s reputation for assembly-line pop country, the town called Music City is a place of deep history, where brilliant songwriters and virtuoso session players keep dozens of musical legacies burning bright. Fertile ground, then, for a preeminent fuzz-psych power trio who consciously live in the pocket of that lineage.

Following a trilogy of EPs, “Howling Giant” (2015), “Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 1” (2016), and “Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2” (2017), HOWLING GIANT delivered their debut full-length “The Space between Worlds” in 2019, which to the delight of their rapidly growing following and critics alike more than fulfilled the promise of the early releases.

To bridge the time until their new album, the trio released the “Masamune & Muramasa” split with Sergeant Thunderhoof in 2020 and the “Alteration” EP in 2021, the first releases with bassist Sebastian Baltes, the son of German metal legends ACCEPT’s former bass player Peter Baltes, fully integrated into the band as a co-writer.

HOWLING GIANT take a gargantuan leap forward with “Glass Future” that brings their outstanding musicianship and golden-throated triple vocal attack fully into stride. Nothing to do but try to keep up and enjoy the stunning sonic scenery along the way!

Cacth HOWLING GIANT live on tour with HEAVY TEMPLE:

29 SEP 2023 Pratteln (CH) Z7, Up in Smoke Festival
30 SEP 2023 Leeuwarden (NL) Neushoorn, Into the Void Festival
02 OCT 2023 Siegen (DE) Vortex
03 OCT 2023 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang
04 OCT 2023 Jena (DE) Rosenkeller
05 OCT 2023 Kassel (DE) Goldgrube
07 OCT 2023 München (DE) Backstage, Keep It Low Festival 2023
09 OCT 2023 Budapest (HU) Robot
10 OCT 2023 Wien (AT) Arena
11 OCT 2023 Bologna (IT) Freak Out
12 OCT 2023 Milano (IT) Barrios
13 OCT 2023 Roma (IT) RCCB
14 OCT 2023 Viareggio (IT) Circolo ARCI GoB
15 OCT 2023 Carmagnola (IT) Circolo ARCI Margot
18 OCT 2023 San Sebastian (ES) Dabadaba
19 OCT 2023 Barcelona (ES) Razz3
22 OCT 2023 Antwerp (BE) Trix, Desertfest Belgium

For More Info Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/howlinggiant
http://www.instagram.com/howlinggiant
http://lnk.spkr.media/glass-future

HOWLING GIANT Release Title Track + Details of Forthcoming New Album “Glass Future”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 4, 2023

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Nashville, Tennessee cosmic stoner metal trio HOWLING GIANT has revealed the title track from their sophomore full-length “Glass Future”, which is scheduled for a release on October 27, 2023 via Magnetic Eye Records. The pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!

The second single ‘Glass Future’ comes in the shape of a high energy performance video, that is now streaming here:

HOWLING GIANT comment on the single: “The frenetic energy of ‘Glass Future’ is part of the overarching theme of our new record”, guitarist and singer Tom Polzine elaborates. “We’ve dabbled in apocalyptic songs through a scifi or fantasy lens in the past, but wanted to explore those themes in a more immediate way this time. Like the angel falling in the song: the world is fragile, don’t drop it.”

Tracklist

Hourglass
Siren Song
Aluminium Crown
In a Hurricane
First Blood of Melchor
Glass Future
Tempest, and the Liar’s Gateway
Sunken City
Juggernaut
There’s Time Now

Every song on HOWLING GIANT‘s sophomore album “Glass Future” tells its own story. Yet even without an overarching concept, all could exist within the same universe. Such crafty lyrical world-building is hardly surprising coming from a trio of enthusiastic fantasy and science fiction aficionados. “Glass Future” downright asks to inspire a book or graphic novel, even as it explodes with furious energy and thunderous acrobatics.

Musically, “Glass Future” offers a continuation and evolution of all the elements that made the debut album “The Space Between Worlds” (2019) such a success. HOWLING GIANT entice classic metal and hard rock to interact dynamically with spacy, prog-infused passages, desert and psychedelic metal moments, rock organs, catchy hooks, and top everything off with soaring harmonized vocals.

HOWLING GIANT hail from one of the most legendary places for music on earth: Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Despite the city’s reputation for assembly-line pop country, the town called Music City is a place of deep history, where brilliant songwriters and virtuoso session players keep dozens of musical legacies burning bright. Fertile ground, then, for a preeminent fuzz-psych power trio who consciously live in the pocket of that lineage.

Following a trilogy of EPs, “Howling Giant” (2015), “Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 1” (2016), and “Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2” (2017), HOWLING GIANT delivered their debut full-length “The Space between Worlds” in 2019, which to the delight of their rapidly growing following and critics alike more than fulfilled the promise of the early releases.

To bridge the time until their new album, the trio released the “Masamune & Muramasa” split with Sergeant Thunderhoof in 2020 and the “Alteration” EP in 2021, the first releases with bassist Sebastian Baltes, the son of German metal legends ACCEPT’s former bass player Peter Baltes, fully integrated into the band as a co-writer.

HOWLING GIANT take a gargantuan leap forward with “Glass Future” that brings their outstanding musicianship and golden-throated triple vocal attack fully into stride. Nothing to do but try to keep up and enjoy the stunning sonic scenery along the way!

HOWLING GIANT live with HEAVY TEMPLE:

For More Info Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/howlinggiant
http://www.instagram.com/howlinggiant
http://lnk.spkr.media/glass-future

HEAVY TEMPLE & HOWLING GIANT Announce Co-Headlining European Tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 20, 2023

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HOWLING GIANT – photo: Mollie Crowe, HEAVY TEMPLE – photo: Gene Smirnov

US-bands HEAVY TEMPLE from Philadelphia, PA and Nashville, Tennessee’s HOWLING GIANT will both make their first journey overseas for a co-headlining European tour in advance of their upcoming new albums. The tour will include appearances at several key festivals. It kicks off in Switzerland at the Up in Smoke Festival in Pratteln and runs through until October 22 in the city of Antwerp at Desertfest Belgium.

Please see below for all confirmed HEAVY TEMPLE and HOWLING GIANT tour dates.

HOWLING GIANT comment: “We are fired up about this European quest with our shield companions in Heavy Temple,” drummer Zach Wheeler writes. “We’re ready to sling riffs and cross swords with the best of the best beyond the great pond.”

HEAVY TEMPLE add: “We hope that Europe is as ready for us as we are for them!”, bassist and vocalist High Priestess Nighthawk declares. “Can’t think of another heavy-hitting power trio that we’d like to shred across the pond with than Howling Giant.”

HEAVY TEMPLE & HOWLING GIANT Euorpean tour
29 SEP 2023 Pratteln (CH) Z7, Up in Smoke Festival
30 SEP 2023 Leeuwarden (NL) Neushoorn, Into the Void Festival
02 OCT 2023 Siegen (DE) Vortex
03 OCT 2023 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang
04 OCT 2023 Jena (DE) Rosenkeller
05 OCT 2023 Kassel (DE) Goldgrube
07 OCT 2023 München (DE) Backstage, Keep It Low Festival 2023
09 OCT 2023 Budapest (HU) Robot
10 OCT 2023 Wien (AT) Arena
11 OCT 2023 Bologna (IT) Freak Out
12 OCT 2023 Milano (IT) Barrios
13 OCT 2023 Roma (IT) RCCB
14 OCT 2023 Viareggio (IT) Circolo ARCI GoB
15 OCT 2023 Carmagnola (IT) Circolo ARCI Margot
18 OCT 2023 San Sebastian (ES) Dabadaba
19 OCT 2023 Barcelona (ES) Razz3
22 OCT 2023 Antwerp (BE) Trix, Desertfest Belgium

The current advance HOWLING GIANT single ‘Sunken City‘ taken from their forthcoming album is streaming here:

HOWLING GIANT – Despite Nashville’s reputation for assembly-line pop country, the town called Music City is a place of deep history, where brilliant songwriters and virtuoso session players keep dozens of musical legacies burning bright. Nashville’s preeminent fuzz-psych power trio HOWLING GIANT live in the pocket of that lineage. HOWLING GIANT formed nearly ten years ago. From day one, the trio locked into a musical groove of thunderous metal, proggy acrobatics, psychedelic flourishes and soaring melodic vocals, telling stories of fantasy and adventure with such sheer force of will that they seemed capable of opening a window to other dimensions. As an enticing taste of things to come, HOWLING GIANT release the digital single ‘Sunken City’ from the upcoming album before hitting the road.

For More Info Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/howlinggiant
http://www.instagram.com/howlinggiant

HEAVY TEMPLE crashed forth like a roaring mastodon in a thunderstorm with their first official full-length, “Lupi Amoris,” an album with all the markings of a landmark record. As progressive as BARONESS but unselfconscious, as heavy as FU MANCHU but more adventurous, this Philadelphia trio throw every lever in the riff-metal machine, yet also wield lyrical concepts that register on literary levels. “Lupi Amoris” offers a one-way trip through wide-open spaces and deep forests. HEAVY TEMPLE came into being on the 2012 winter solstice in pursuit of the pure fun and joy of playing heavy music, at first performing locally in Philly, then gaining an excellent live reputation which led to tours alongside RUBY THE HATCHET, MOTHERSHIP, ROYAL THUNDER, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and THE OBSESSED. Invitations to notable festivals included The Maryland Doom Fest, Psycho Las Vegas, and Decibel Metal & Beer, among many others. Although HEAVY TEMPLE leverage all the trappings of traditionally male-oriented metal (to the point that their sound could proudly sport a full beard), the powerful presence of frontwoman and founding member High Priestess Nighthawk merges their glorious heaviness with a strong thematic line of feminine strength. “Lupi Amoris” is Latin for “Wolves of Love,” and finds the Philly outfit aligning with a Red Riding Hood who is freed from the traditional bonds of what’s expected. Proving that it’s quite possible to hammer out gargantuan stoner doom and still say something about life’s realities, HEAVY TEMPLE make a fierce and much-needed statement with “Lupi Amoris”, and at these volumes, the world is guaranteed to hear it.

For More Info Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/heavytemple
http://www.instagram.com/heavytemple

HOWLING GIANT Release New Single ‘Sunken City’ & Announce US Dates with ELDER + RUBY THE HATCHET

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 19, 2023

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In advance of their upcoming US tour with ELDER and labelmates RUBY THE HATCHET, Nashville psych-metal power trio HOWLING GIANT release the soaring digital single ‘Sunken City’ as a first taste of their sophomore full-length, which is scheduled for autumn this year.

Please see below for all confirmed HOWLING GIANTlive dates.

HOWLING GIANT comment: “‘Sunken City’ was one of the first songs we wrote for our new record and we’re excited to play it live on tour with Elder and Ruby The Hatchet”, drummer Zach Wheeler writes. “The track showcases some of our favorite riffs, licks, and songwriting to date, and we’re very much looking forward to everyone coming out to hang with us on the road and hear ‘Sunken City’ live!”

HOWLING GIANT Live
*+ELDER +RUBY THE HATCHET

03 May 2023 Buffalo, NY (US) Mohawk*
04 May 2023 Cleveland, OH (US) Grog Shop*
05 May 2023 Indianapolis, IN (US) Black Circle*
06 May 2023 Rock Island, IL (US) Wake Brewing*
07 May 2023 Kansas City, MO (US) The Record Bar*
09 May 2023 Denver, CO (US) The Bluebird Theater*
10 May 2023 Salt Lake City, UT (US) Urban Lounge*
11 May 2023 Las Vegas, NV (US) The Usual Place*
12 May 2023 Los Angeles, CA (US) Lodge Room*
13 May 2023 Santa Ana, CA (US) The Constellation Room*
14 May 2023 San Diego, CA (US) Brick By Brick*
16 May 2023 San Francisco, CA (US) Great American Music Hall*
17 May 2023 Fresno, CA (US) Strummer’s*
18 May 2023 Sacramento, CA (US) Harlow’s*
20 May 2023 Seattle, WA (US) Substation*
21 May 2023 Vancouver, BC (CA) Modified Ghost Festival*
23 May 2023 Calgary, AB (CA) Palomino*
24 MAY 2023 Edmonton, AB (CA) Starlite Room*
26 MAY 2023 Winnipeg, MB (CA) The Park Theatre
27 MAY 2023 Fargo, ND (US) The Aquarium*
28 MAY 2023 Minneapolis, MN (US) Fine Line*
29 MAY 2023 Milwaukee, WI (US) X-Ray Arcade*
30 MAY 2023 Grand Rapids, MI (US) Pyramid Scheme*
31 MAY 2023 Toronto, ON(CA) Lee’s Palace*
01 JUN 2023 Montréal, QC (CA) Les Foufounes Électriques*
02 JUN 2023 Providence, RI (US) Alchemy*
03 JUN 2023 Hamden, CT (US) Space Ballroom*

Despite Nashville’s reputation for assembly-line pop country, the town called Music City is a place of deep history, where brilliant songwriters and virtuoso session players keep dozens of musical legacies burning bright. Nashville’s preeminent fuzz-psych power trio HOWLING GIANT live in the pocket of that lineage.

HOWLING GIANT formed nearly ten years ago with the union of guitarist and singer Tom Polzine, drummer and vocalist Zach Wheeler, and bassist and vocalist Roger Marks. From day one, the trio locked into a musical groove of thunderous metal, proggy acrobatics, psychedelic flourishes and soaring melodic vocals, telling stories of fantasy and adventure with such sheer force of will that they seemed capable of opening a window to other dimensions.

Their early years saw a flurry of recorded activity, with an acclaimed self-titled EP in 2015 and an audacious concept piece split across two EPs, “Black Hole Space Wizard Part 1”, released in 2016 and a year later “Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2”.

Soon, HOWLING GIANT set out to bring their arena-sized energy to the people with the hunger of true road dogs. Throughout 2017 and 2018, they crisscrossed the United States, pouring out heart and soul (and sweat) while flying the flag of emotive, intricate heavy rock and roll. This tireless energy eventually brought them to such prominent festival stages as Psycho Las Vegas in 2018 and both SXSW and Psycho Smokeout in 2019. Around this time, Marks left the band and Howling Giant achieved its current form with the addition of bass player and vocalist Sebastian Baltes.

In early 2019, HOWLING GIANT released their debut full-length “The Space Between Worlds”, an album which saw the band channel the bristling electricity of their live sound and push further into both cosmic drift and punishing heaviness.

With activities locked down globally, HOWLING GIANT focused on recording their sophomore full-length, which is scheduled for release in autumn 2023. Ahead of this, though, the band embraced the opportunity to road-test the new tunes and share them with heavy rock fans everywhere as direct support on a far-reaching North American tour with ELDER and labelmates RUBY THE HATCHET, along with confirming a slot on the illustrious Desertfest in Belgium later in the year. As an enticing taste of things to come, HOWLING GIANT release the digital single ‘Sunken City’ from the upcoming album before hitting the road.

Line-up
Tom Polzine – guitar, vocals
Zach Wheeler – drums, vocals
Sebastian Baltes – bass, vocals

For More Info Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/howlinggiant
http://www.instagram.com/howlinggiant

HOWLING GIANT Debut 8-Bit Video For “Comet Rider”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 18, 2020

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Photo Credit: Casey Moore

Cosmic stoner-rock trio, HOWLING GIANT has teamed up with MetalInjection.net today to reveal an 8-bit style music video for their single “Comet Rider”. The track is found on the band’s epic metaphysical sci-fi saga The Space Between Worlds, that’s available now from Blues Funeral Recordings.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “COMET RIDER” AT THIS LOCATION.

Commenting on the new video and developments in their galactic takeover, the band states:

“Our friend Jackson Miller is a master animator and one-man wrecking crew, and has been working on this sick video for lead track “Comet Rider” from our album ‘The Space Between Worlds,’ released last year through Blues Funeral Recordings. We’re excited to finally be able to share it with the good people of Earth!

We’ve also been keeping busy during the pandemic. We recorded a concept split album with Sergeant Thunderhoof from the UK, scheduled to hit shelves on August 7th through Ripple Music. [Guitarist/Vocalist] Tom did a Rig Rundown with Premier Guitar, and we recorded a live video for Comet Rider from our Corona-Bunker. We’ve started writing a bunch of new music, and while we don’t have a date set for a new album, it’s been awesome to get to devote so much time to some fresh hot tracks. And we have two covers coming early this Fall through Magnetic Eye’s Redux series, a cover of Alice In Chains’ Rooster and our version of Black Sabbath’s Lord of this World. Doing our best to keep the riffs flowing!”

PURCHASE/STREAM THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS HERE.

The Space Between Worlds Track Listing:

Comet Rider
Nomad
Ghosts In The Well
The River Guide
Ice Castle
Cybermancer and the Doomsday Express
Everlight
The Orb
Stone Giant

In case it was missed, watch the band’s official video for “Cybermancer and the Doomsday Express” here:

HOWLING GIANT blast forth a cosmic convergence of pulpy sci-fi themes and blistering psych-metal. Across numerous tours and festival appearances, three EPs and their first full album, the trio harness heavily nuanced progressive riff-rock complemented by otherworldly storytelling and the enduring message that the universe in which we live could stand to loosen up. They deliver this message from stages far and wide as often as possible.

The Space Between Worlds is a concept album that follows the story of a huntress who travels the infinite metaphysical worlds brought into being by the dreams of humankind. In these realms, she encounters a dream eater which threatens to unravel the fabric of reality by devouring dreamers and destroying the dimensional gateways.

Made up of Tom Polzine (guitar/vocals) and Zach Wheeler (drums/vocals) with the recent addition of Sebastian Baltes (bass/vocals), the band has expanded their already impressive vocal harmony approach with the addition of a third voice. Friend of the band Drew Harakal adds extra sonic textures to the album with his organ and synth skills. And Jason Shi of ASG appears with a guest vocal cameo on the track “Ice Castle.”

Highlighting the band’s tremendous musical prowess and versatility, The Space Between Worlds is a warp trail of heavy rock and roll so weird it can only be called progressive, giving space to every sonic weapon in the band’s arsenal, and all bound by the album’s central concept and the members’ towering musicianship.