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Clutch Launch ‘Weathermaker Vault Series’ with “Evil” Single

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 11th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

Clutch about to launch a swing through Europe playing festivals, unveiling a new singles series with a cover of a song that Willie Dixon wrote and Cactus took on at the dawn of the heavy ’70s? Yeah, that sounds about right. The Maryland stalwarts go abroad this week for your Downloads, your Copenhells, your Graspops and your Hellfests, etc., before coming back next month for a co-headline swing with Killswitch Engage to I guess get a jump on aughts nostalgia for people who were in college at the same time I was. That tour has indoor and outdoor shows, which is nifty, it being summertime and all, and is noteworthy as well for the stop at their own Earth Rocker Festival on July 13 in West Virginia.

And yes, at the same time, they’re kicking off the Weathermaker Vault Series — seriously, just take my money — with a cover of “Evil,” a song that, even if you don’t know it, you already know it. Others are reportedly to follow — hence “series” — but as the video at the bottom of this post portrays, it’s a righteous take and a hell of a start for whatever will follow.

And I was thinking not too long ago that it’s been too damn long since Clutch banged out one of their limited-as-hell live albums, so hopefully some such thing makes its way through their new Vault as well sooner or later.

From the PR wire:

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CLUTCH RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR “EVIL”

BAND LAUNCHES THE “WEATHERMAKER VAULT SERIES”
“EVIL” LYRIC VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW

Clutch announce the release of “Evil.” The single is the first in a series of new studio recordings that will comprise the newly launched Weathermaker Vault Series and the first new official music Clutch is making available since the release of their critically acclaimed album, Book Of Bad Decisions.

Future tracks will follow as part of the new series throughout the 2nd half of 2019. These songs are bound to become another classic milestone in the band’s stellar career.

“Evil” was mixed by 6X Grammy Award winner and Clutch collaborator, Vance Powell (Wolfmother, The Raconteurs, Arctic Monkeys).

A lyric video for “Evil” accompanies the release and can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/RDehbNb4Q1Y

“We’ve had a good amount of downtime since our last tour. And since the devil finds work for idle hands, we kept ourselves busy by recording some tunes. “Evil” is the first of them, a song we’ve loved for many, many years.” Neil Fallon

Later this week, Clutch will embark on a tour of European festivals and headline dates, followed by a July 12th-August 4th co-headline US tour with Killswitch Engage that also includes Clutch’s curated Earth Rocker Festival in Inwood WV.

European Dates: June 14th-June 23rd.

Fri/Jun 14th UK, Castle Donington, Download Festival
Sun/Jun 16th UK, Cardiff, Great Hall
Tue/Jun 18th GR, Thessaloniki, Fix Factory of Sound
Wed/Jun 19th GR, Athens, Release Athens Festival
Fri/Jun 21st DK, Copenhagen, Copenhell
Sat/Jun 22nd BE, Dessel, Graspop Metal Meeting
Sun/Jun 23rd FR, St.-Hilaire-De-Clisson, Hellfest

Clutch-Killswitch Engage Co-Headline US Dates: July 12-August 4th.

Fri/Jul 12th Syracuse, NY at SI Hall
Sat/Jul 13th Inwood, WV at Earth Rocker Festival @ Shiley Acres
Sun/Jul 14th Myrtle Beach, SC at House Of Blues
Tue/Jul 16th Fort Wayne, IN at The Clyde
Thu/Jul 18th Sioux City, IA at Hard Rock Casino
Fri/Jul 19th Cadott, WI at Rock USA Festival
Sat/Jul 20th Peoria, Il at Tailgate N’ Tallboys Festival
Mon/Jul 22nd Tulsa, OK at The Brady Theater
Tue/Jul 23rd St. Louis, MO at The Pageant
Thu/Jul 25th Bethlehem, PA at Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Fri/Jul 26th Asbury Park, NJ at Stone Pony (Outdoors)
Sat/Jul 27th Bangor, ME at Impact Music Festival
Sun/Jul 28th Montreal, QC at Heavy Montreal Festival
Tue/Jul 30th Huntington, NY at The Paramount
Thu/Aug 1st Columbus, OH at Express Live (Outdoors)
Fri/Aug 2nd Pittsburgh, PA at Stage AE (Outdoors)
Sat/Aug 3rd Port Chester, NY at The Capitol Theater
Sun/Aug 4th Worcester, MA at Palladium (Outdoors)

CLUTCH:
Neil Fallon – Vocals/Guitar
Tim Sult – Guitar
Dan Maines – Bass
Jean-Paul Gaster – Drums/Percussion

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Clutch, “Evil” official lyric video

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Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight Post “Evil” from Movin’ On Sessions

Posted in Whathaveyou on April 18th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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With an opening riff that channels Phantom of the Opera, Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight dig back into their past to unveil “Evil.” It’s not a Willie Dixon cover, which was my first thought — you might recall Cactus‘ version of that song on Restrictions, among many others — but the seven-minute piece comes from the sessions of 2009’s debut full-length, Movin’ On (review here), and in honor of the record’s 10th anniversary and the recently announced reformation of that lineup, they will post a series of lost tracks from that era. There are three of them and “Evil” is the first. The next, I’m sure, will be posted as soon as this goes live — because that’s how good my timing usually is in terms of making sure I’m constantly behind on everything — but until then, you can enjoy “Evil” at the bottom of this post. Nostalgia achieved, gents.

And that’s a quick 10 years.

From the PR wire:

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Trippy Wicked release previously unreleased track “Evil” from Movin On recording sessions

Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight recently announced original drummer Chris West is back in the band after a five-year departure. Given that the band also announced they were writing new material, you would be forgiven for asking why they are now releasing material from a decade ago.

Well, October 2019 marks the 10-year anniversary of the band’s debut album, Movin On. During the recording session at Chuckalumba Studios (most noted for being the studio Electric Wizard recorded Dopethrone and Let Us Pray), Trippy Wicked recorded some songs that either didn’t get an official release or have never been heard.

To mark the anniversary Trippy Wicked are releasing these songs as singles and the first of these comes in the form of “Evil’. The song had appeared on an earlier demo but this version gets the full ‘blown out amps committed to tape’ treatment that Chuckalumba does so well.

Singer Pete Holland commented on the inspiration behind “Evil”:
“Evil is about the oppression from forces that try to dictate how you should live your life, and trying to break that train of thought to be free to imagine the life you want.”

Listen to the song on all major platforms here: http://smarturl.it/TrippyEvil

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Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight, “Evil”

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