Beastmaker Post “Nature of the Damned” Video; Touring with Zakk Sabbath Next Month
We’re less than a month out from the release of the second Beastmaker long-player for Rise Above, Inside the Skull. Never ones for sitting still, the Fresno-based purveyors of cultish hooks have already been on the road to support the forthcoming offering, touring in March alongside Texas boogiejumpers Mothership and classic heavy rockers Slow Season on a three-band bill the likes of which would be enough to make one used a word like “stacked” in describing it. They’ll soon enough head out again to herald Inside the Skull, which is the follow-up to their 2016 debut, Lusus Naturae (review here), this time in the company of Zakk Sabbath, the Black Sabbath covers vehicle of Black Label Society founder/former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde.
Wylde‘s direct connections to heavy rock — as opposed to heavy metal — might be tenuous, but no question these gigs will be some of the biggest that Beastmaker will have played to-date. Listening to Inside the Skull — which starts with the immersive roll of “Evil One” and courses through the ghoulish drawl of “Give Me a Sign” and the rolling “Night Bird” en route to a rumbling finish in “Sick Sick Demon,” dropping righteous choruses along the way like they’re the Devil’s dry cleaning — there’s little question the three-piece are up to the task, and in giving a glimpse of the record’s overall mood and method in the new video for “Nature of the Damned,” they put emphasis on their blend of efficient traditional songwriting, modern doomly tonal heft and cult-rocker vibes.
I’ll hope to get a proper album review going at some point, but it’s the level of songcraft and execution that distinguishes Inside the Skull from its post-Uncle Acid, VHS-horror-flick-minded peers, and Beastmaker have only stepped up their game on the whole across its span. No doubt they’re going to turn some heads on the upcoming tour.
Video follows, along with tour dates courtesy of the PR wire.
Please enjoy:
Beastmaker, “Nature of the Damned” official video
Beastmaker will release their new album Inside The Skull May 19th on Rise Above Records. The band’s first video from the new album is for the track “Nature of the Damned”. Watch the video HERE. Pre-order the album on iTunes and check out the band’s upcoming North American tour dates with Zakk Sabbath HERE.
BEASTMAKER W/ Zakk Sabbath:
5/19: New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
5/23: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
5/25: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
5/26: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill
5/28: St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
5/30: Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
5/31: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
6/2: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
6/4: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
6/6: Spokane, WA @ The Pin
6/7: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
6/8: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
6/10: San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Beastmaker are scheduled to play Indy on 6/3…
Already preordered my copy of this second Beastmaker album, cant wait!
too bad SL is releasing the Zakk Sabbath EP as vinyl only :(