By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Monday, October 28, 2019 @ 10:16 AM
Tour With DEATH ANGEL Kicks Off Nov 16th
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With All Hallows' Eve and the Day of the Dead fast approaching, the L.A.-based thrash/death/shred quartet EXMORTUS have unveiled a visualizer for the title track for their just-released horror-themed EP Legions of the Undead. Check out the clip – which was designed by Wayne Joyner (DREAM THEATER, DEVIN TOWNSEND), BELOW.
Says guitarist Jadran “Conan” Gonzalez, "Just in time for Halloween, enjoy this video of the new EP title track, "Legions of the Undead", inspired by the darker themes in Tolkien & Lovecraft lore. We are extremely excited to perform the new songs on DEATH ANGEL's North American Humanicide Tour this November and December. See you on the road, Legions!"
As Gonzalez acknowledged, the song “Legions of the Undead” nods to the Dead Men of Dunharrow in Lord Of The Rings. It is joined on the new EP by one other new original track – the Evil Dead-inspired “Swallow Your Soul” – as well as three instrumental covers: renditions of Danny Elfman's Beetlejuice theme and Bernard Hermann's theme from Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho, as well as a neoclassical shred take on 19th Century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's haunting “Night On Bald Mountain”.
Recorded earlier this year with longtime producer Zack Ohren (MACHINE HEAD, IMMOLATION) at Oakland's Sharkbite Studios, Legions Of The Undead – the cover art for which was designed by Toha “AHOT” Mashudi – is now available via the band's own Exmortus Music in cooperation with M-Theory Audio. Physical copies can be ordered on CD and limited-edition green slime-colored vinyl at this location: http://smarturl.it/exmortusofficial
Legions Of The Undead marks the first EXMORTUS release featuring the lineup – founding guitarist/vocalist Gonzalez, guitarist Chase Becker (also of WARBRINGER), bassist Cody Nunez and drummer Adrian Aguilar – that has logged numerous miles on the road together over the past two years with the likes of OBITUARY, VENOM INC., SABATON, KREATOR, HAVOK, ALLEGAEON, HATCHET, HOMEWRECKER and THE ABSENCE. The group – whose most recent performance was alongside EXODUS at the legendary thrash group's sold-out “Bonded By Con” concert during San Diego's recent Comic-Con – will support another iconic Bay Area act this fall, when they team up with DEATH ANGEL for a five-week tour across the U.S. and Canada. See below for the complete itinerary.
EXMORTUS on tour with DEATH ANGEL:
11.13 - Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst (EXMORTUS only)
11.14 - Chico, CA – Metal Shop (EXMORTUS ONLY)
11.15 - Bend, OR – Third St. Pub (EXMORTUS only)
11.16 - Seattle, WA – Club Sur
11.17 - Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
11.18 - Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw Theater
11.19 - Edmonton, AB – Starlite
11.20 - Calgary, AB – Dickens
11.21 - Regina, SK – The Exchange
11.22 - Winnipeg, MB – Pyramids
11.23 - St. Paul, MN – The Amsterdam
11.25 - London, ON – London Music Hall
11.26 - Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
11.27 - Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
11.28 - Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey
11.29 - Quebec City, QC – L’Anti Bar & Spectacles
11.30 - Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
12.1 - New Bedford, MA – Vault @ Greasy Luck
12.2 - Waterford, NY – Chrome (EXMORTUS only)
12.3 - Lancaster, PA – Chameleon
12.4 - Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar
12.5 - Richmond, VA – Canal Club
12.6 - Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
12.7 - Tampa, FL – Brass Mug
12.8 - Orlando, FL – The Haven
12.9 - Mobile, AL – Alabama Music Box (EXMORTUS only)
