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Beastmaker Release Coven Born Digital EP to Fund European Touring

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 31st, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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Pretty killer European tour that Fresno, California’s Beastmaker will join Ukrainian heavyweights Stoned Jesus for this October, what with the stops being made at Up in Smoke, Desertfest Belgium, Keep it Low and other key positions in London, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna and so on. But being awesome don’t pay the bills, and the dollar’s down against the Euro because fuck everything, so the trio — still just months out from the release of their second album, Inside the Skull (review here), through Rise Above — have released a new digital EP culled from material written around the time of their 2016 debut, Lusus Naturae (review here), that never came out.

Worth noting they say in the announcement below snagged from the social medias that they probably won’t keep the thing up for too long, so if you want it, might be the right idea to get it while the getting’s good. Behold:

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Beastmaker – Coven Born EP

Digital EP up on Beastmaker.bandcamp.com. Heading to Europe and blood is expensive over there.

Be on the lookout we will be doing a 4 song digital ep of songs that are from the Lusus Naturae era that didn’t get recorded. This will be exclusive to digital and is going up to help support the upcoming European tour. After the tour the tracks are more than likely to disappear possibly forever. Art will be done by Branca Studio Rise Above Records was kind of enough to let us do this for the world to hear. So we’d like to give them a huge shout out for their support.

Coven Born tracklisting:
1. Coven Born 04:24
2. Killing Spree 03:16
3. Amongst The Buried 04:42
4. Whitewood 03:16

BEASTMAKER w/ Stoned Jesus European tour:
Oct 02 Stengade København N, Denmark
Oct 03 Hafenklang Hamburg, Germany
Oct 04 Underground Koln, Germany
Oct 05 Lido Berlin, Germany
Oct 07 Up In Smoke Pratteln, Switzerland
Oct 08 Le Ferrailleur Nantes, France
Oct 09 Petit Bain Paris, France
Oct 11 The Exchange St Philips, United Kingdom
Oct 12 Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff, United Kingdom
Oct 13 Underworld London, United Kingdom
Oct 14 Desertfest Antwerp, Belgium
Oct 15 Burger Weeshuis Deventer, Netherlands
Oct 16 Westwerk Osnabrück, Germany
Oct 17 Faust Hannover, Germany
Oct 19 ShowBarlang Budapest, Hungary
Oct 20 Arena Vienna, Austria
Oct 21 Keep It Low Munich, Germany
Oct 22 PMK Innsbruck, Austria
Oct 23 Ostpol Dresden, Germany
Oct 24 Schlachtof Wiesbaden, Germany
Oct 25 Werk 2 Leipzig, Germany
Oct 26 007 Praha, Czech Republic

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Haunt Signs to Shadow Kingdom Records; Luminous Eyes EP out Dec. 29

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 3rd, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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Haunt is a galloping classic metal solo-project from Beastmaker guitarist/vocalist Trevor William Church, and even as that band sets to work on their third full-length for Rise Above, word has come down the PR wire that Haunt will issue its debut four-songer EP, Luminous Eyes via Pittsburgh’s own Shadow Kingdom Records. Church could hardly have found a better outlet for Haunt in the US underground, as Shadow Kingdom‘s taste in things classic metal and NWOBHM-derived is second to none, and I don’t know if you remember the first time you put on Early Man‘s demo circa 2004 or 2005, but listening to Luminous Eyes, yeah, it’s kind of like that feeling. So right on.

Official release date for the EP is Dec. 29 — just in under the wire before the end of the year, as confirmed below:

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HAUNT set release date for SHADOW KINGDOM debut EP, reveal first track

Shadow Kingdom Records sets December 29th as the international release date for Haunt’s highly anticipated debut EP, Luminous Eyes, on CD, 12″ vinyl, and cassette tape formats.

Hailing from the United States, Haunt is the work of modern renaissance man Trevor William Church. Son of Montrose bassist Bill Church, the California native has already come to prominence as the vocalist/guitarist of doom-lords Beastmaker, who’ve released two critically acclaimed albums on Rise Above. However, as Haunt, Church goes solo and creates a bewitching brew of classic, turn-of-the-’80s heavy metal, drawing deeply from the momentous NWOBHM movement. Across the four tracks comprising Luminous Eyes, Church quickly establishes a mood somewhere between resignation and resilience. By no means “doomed” per se, the downered fog encasing Luminous Eyes lays the foundation for luxuriously subtle hooks to take hold and entrance the listener. If Haunt’s namesake is anything to go by, then surely Church has accomplished his goal!

But, let it be known that these four introductory tracks are deceptively anthemic and wholly invigorating, so gaze deeply into Luminous Eyes and herald the triumphant beginning of Haunt! The first look can be heard with the title track HERE at Shadow Kingdom’s Bandcamp, where all three formats of Luminous Eyes can be preordered. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Haunt (U.S.)’s Luminous Eyes
1. Luminous Eyes
2. As Fire Burns
3. No Master
4. Fallen Star

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Six Dumb Questions with Beastmaker

Posted in Six Dumb Questions on August 2nd, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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Since the release in May of Fresno, California-based three-piece Beastmaker‘s second album, Inside the Skull (review here), the dark-rocking classic metal/heavy rock outfit has embarked on a cross-country tour with Zakk Sabbath and announced a return trip to Europe for this Fall alongside Ukrainian heavyweights Stoned Jesus. This more or less continues a campaign with a mind toward sonic dominance that began when Rise Above issued their 2016 debut, Lusus Naturae (review here), and helped to set forth a momentum that seems to still be building in force.

With the stated intention of an overall increase in tonal heft and percussive impact, Inside the Skull finds the self-recording trio led by guitarist/vocalist Trevor William Church (also of Haunt) straddling several genre lines atop a solidified core of aesthetic and songcraft. Cuts like opener “Evil One,” the doomly “Of God’s Creation,” the swinging “Psychic Visions” and the bruisingly distorted “Night Bird” excel in bringing forth structural and stylistic nuance while remaining memorable. Are they cult rock? Garage doom? Classic metal? Bleak heavy rock? Beastmaker — Church, bassist John Tucker and drummer Andres Alejandro Saldate — pull elements from all of the above and set them to work in a context of crisp, efficient execution. Inside the Skull has its twists and turns, but what it doesn’t have is a wasted moment.

In light of where they’ve been, what they’ve been able to accomplish in a relatively short three-year tenure, the fact that they built their own studio to record Inside the Skull and have already started work on their next full-length, it seemed a perfect time to hit up Church to talk about where Beastmaker are headed and what the future might bring. The run with Zakk Sabbath had brought them to the biggest stages of their career so far, so that future, despite their overarching darkness, never seemed so bright.

Please enjoy the following Six Dumb Questions:

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Six Dumb Questions with Beastmaker

Tell me about writing Inside the Skull. When did the songs start to come together? Was there anything in particular you wanted to accomplish in songwriting? Anything you wanted to change or do differently from the first album?

I started writing Inside the Skull during the recording of our debut album, Lusus Naturae. I was really inspired at the time and songs and lyrical ideas were flowing. I had the idea of in order to live forever you had to live it alone and we just thought that would be a fitting title for the new album. We wanted to accomplish a heavier sound for Skull. When I’m writing songs I just let them happen. It has to be very organic for me, meaning I sit in my studio and roll up a joint and just start playing. I don’t know any other way at this point. Once Andy and John come in and play the song we know if it’s a keeper or not. We tested the songs on our tour with Blood Ceremony in Europe. As far as changes from Lusus Naturae, we just wanted a heavier production. We did Lusus Naturae with a minimal production approach. We wanted to keep it rough. This time around we wanted to do the same approach but give it a much heavier mastering treatment.

What was it like to build your own studio? Tell me about the recording process. What were the lessons you were able to take from Lusus Naturae and how do you feel about the results? Are you someone who can listen to his own record?

Well in building a studio it’s more about acquiring the equipment. With Lusus, we didn’t have as much gear. Our microphone collection wasn’t what it is now. Oddly we settled on using a Gretsch Jazz kit for the recording of Lusus, which in turn we decided never to do that again. It really amazes me we achieved the sounds we got with an 18” kick drum. But with how people reacted to the You Must Sin EP, we just wanted to keep moving with that sound at the time. So first thing we did for Inside the Skull was we bought a different drum set for the recording. We are pleased with how much heavier the drums came out. I love recording – it’s my favorite part of being a musician. The creation. So yeah I listen to my own music constantly. It’s the only way to improve on your songs and find little discoveries on how to improve the song you are working on. In retrospect now after its release we’ve already mapped out all the changes for album three.

You did plenty of time on the road for Lusus Naturae and your schedule has already been and looks packed in the months to come for Inside the Skull. How important was it for you to road-test your material before the album came out? Is how a song will translate live a factor when you’re writing?

We try and throw new material in the mix as soon as we can. We just got off the road with Zakk Sabbath and there where songs we had never played live before on that tour. So we always have to see what songs the crowed responds to the most and play it by ear. Again, we like a natural approach to things. Whatever is feeling right at the moment.

What was it like being on tour with Zakk Sabbath? How was that experience for you as a band? What were the shows like, how was the audience response, and how did that compare to some of the other touring you’ve done so far?

Going on tour with Zakk was like going to college. I think I can speak for the whole band when I say we learned a lot on where our weaknesses were and how to improve. The venues were the largest we had ever played and on a bigger stage you have to relearn how you play live. Being an opener is always a challenge. Most of the people there had never heard us before so we had to give them a good first impression. But when you look out in the crowd and you are wondering, “are people into this?” and by the end of the set they are screaming for you, I think we did our job. In comparison to other tours this was a very organized tour. We went on stage at 9PM sharp, set was over 9:40 sharp every night. It actually was really nice because on some other tours some of the shows have little to no organization and you can get in to your hotel or floor space quite late. We got into our hotels no later than 1AM every night. That was nice because generally it’s more like 2:30 or 3AM.

You’ve done videos already for “Evil One” and “Nature of the Damned.” How did you select those songs? How important do you feel it is to convey a visual representation of the band? Will you do more clips for Inside the Skull going forward?

This was actually Andy’s department. I had a really hard time communicating with what my own vision was. So, it was the first time I really let something leave my hands. Andy chose the tracks we would use and he oversaw it and got the job done. I think on the video side of things we have a lot of work to get what we really want and it’s very important to try and connect the dots. You might see some more videos for Skull. You might not. Hard to say at this point, really.

You head to Europe this Fall with Stoned Jesus. What are you most looking forward to about touring abroad again? Any other plans or closing words you want to mention?

I’m looking forward to seeing all the people we met last year and to show them Inside the Skull in its live format. Also, just like our last European tour they will be hearing brand new songs for album three. So that is exciting for us. It may only be one song but maybe that one song will rotate with the 20 we’ve been learning at the moment. We want to thank all of our fans and people that have bought our records posted pictures on Instagram, etc. Also we want to thank Rise Above Records for putting out our music. Cheers.

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Beastmaker Post “Evil One” Video; Inside the Skull out this Week

Posted in Bootleg Theater on May 16th, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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This Friday, California’s Beastmaker release their second album, Inside the Skull, on Rise Above Records. By the time the end of the week gets here — it always seems so far away on Tuesdays, for some reason — the dark, metallically-tinged three-piece will have already had a couple nights on the road alongside Zakk Sabbath on a tour that will carry them from one end of the country to the other and well into June. I’d imagine it’s a pretty exciting week to be in Beastmaker. Maybe a little nerve-wracking, but exciting too. They’re about to step on some of the biggest stages they’ve yet played.

And they do so supporting a record of quality material enough to back them in their cause. “Evil One” is the second video to come from Inside the Skull behind one last month for presumed side B leadoff “Nature of the Damned” (posted here) — fair enough to double-up for an aesthetically inclined band like this — and it’s the opening cut of the album as a whole. As what’s essentially their final argument to their potential audience prior to the LP coming out, it’s utterly reasonable for them to have held the song back for this purpose as they have. Where they’re quick to show more progressive flair even on the subsequent thudder “Heaven to Hell” and the following “Now Howls the Beast,” “Evil One” is Inside the Skull‘s blown-out moment of first engagement with those who’d take it on.

Accordingly, it largely casts off frills in favor of a flawless execution of straightforward structure — a hook that sinks deep and is wielded with class — while also setting the atmospheric tone for much of what follows in a modernized proto-metal creep, part-doom but not beholden to genre to the sacrifice either of its craft or attitude. With it, Beastmaker make a convincing case to keep going through the next song and the next, and as we inch closer to the arrival of Inside the Skull, listeners will have the chance to do precisely that.

Good luck to Beastmaker as they head out this week on tour. You can see the video for “Evil One” below, followed by their live dates, courtesy of the PR wire.

Enjoy:

Beastmaker, “Evil One” official video

Beastmaker’s new album Inside The Skull is set for release next Friday May 19th via Rise Above Records. Inside The Skull is not just a muscular hymn to the glory days of heavy metal’s genesis and early prosperity: this is a vital, virile and venomous slab of wildly creative but spiritually pure doom devastation, designed to rescue us from the drab harshness of present day reality and transport us somewhere cooler, somewhere better and, in the best way possible, somewhere much heavier. Recorded and produced by the band themselves, in their own self-built studio, it’s an album with great depths and a macabre heart.

While they may be reveling in Hitchcockian disquiet, Beastmaker will not be lurking anonymously in the shadows for long. Once Inside The Skull is released, the band will be hitting the road in the US with Zakk Wylde’s Black Sabbath tribute act, Zakk Sabbath, before the band’s campaign to draw the world into this unique maelstrom of pitch-black riffs and morbid tales begins in earnest. Erupting from the underground, this beast is alive and ready to howl.

BEASTMAKER W/ Zakk Sabbath:
5/17: Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant St*
5/18: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
5/19: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
5/20: Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Theatre*
5/21: Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter*
5/22: Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall*
5/23: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
5/24: New Orleans, LA @ Siberia Nola*
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
6/3: Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing*
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
6/17: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
*Denotes Headline Show

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Beastmaker Post “Nature of the Damned” Video; Touring with Zakk Sabbath Next Month

Posted in Bootleg Theater on April 25th, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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We’re less than a month out from the release of the second Beastmaker long-player for Rise AboveInside 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

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Beastmaker Announce US Touring; New Album Inside the Skull Due May 26

Posted in Whathaveyou on February 3rd, 2017 by JJ Koczan

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Cali sky-darkeners Beastmaker have set a May 26 release date for their second album, Inside the Skull, beyond ‘summer,’ and they’ve already booked two tours to herald the record’s arrival. This March, they’ll be out in the formidably rocking company of Texas forerunners Mothership and RidingEasy Records traditionalists Slow Season on a diverse-sounding-but-universally-righteous package tour, and following that, they’ll hit the road concurrent to Inside the Skull in May in the major markets alongside Zakk Wylde‘s Zakk Sabbath covers outfit, which is sure to expose them to an entirely different audience from that which they might otherwise engage on a given night. Pretty badass.

Well earned on the part of Beastmaker, who also toured last year with with the likes of Monolord and The Well in support of their 2016 debut, Lusus Naturae (review here), which was released — as Inside the Skull will be — through Rise Above Records. Glad to have the news about the new record and awesome to see Beastmaker are going to continue to kill it in 2017. I’ll hope to have more on the album as we get closer to the release.

For now, dates and particulars from the PR wire:

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BEASTMAKER Announce North American Tour Dates With Mothership and With Zakk Sabbath on Tap!

Sophomore Album Inside the Skull Out This Summer via Rise Above Records

BEASTMAKER hail from the unlikely locale of Fresno, California. Sweating profusely in a parched no man’s land about three and a half hours northeast of Los Angeles, the city isn’t exactly a cultural mecca-and yet it’s the birthplace of Hollywood outsiders and weirdos like Sid Haig, Slim Pickens and director Sam Peckinpah. Still, it suffers from an unsurprising dearth of musicians interested in heavy rock.

As the band prepares for the release of their sophomore album Inside the Skull this summer they are ready to hit the road again in North America! The first run of dates with Mothership and Slow Season begins March 10th in Costa Mesa, CA and runs through March 18th in Seattle, WA.

Following a quick break the band will return to the road supporting Zakk Sabbath (Zakk Wylde’s Black Sabbath Cover Band). These dates begin May 19th in New York, NY and run through June 10th in San Francisco, CA. A complete list of all dates can be found below.

Drummer Andrew Alejandro Saldate IV cannot wait to hit the road:

“We are pumped to go out a support our new record Inside The Skull with the rockin folk of Mothership & All star trio of Zakk Sabbath!! It’s gonna be a hell on wheels!!! Look out!!!”

BEASTMAKER released their debut Lusus Naturae earlier this year via Rise Above Records. Lusus Naturae is available to order HERE.

Though frontman Trevor Church had the concept for BEASTMAKER as far back as 2006, it wasn’t until he and drummer Andres Alejandro Saldate IV, a.k.a. Juan Bonham, hooked up with bassist John Tucker in 2014 that the band was fully realized.

BEASTMAKER’s lyrical landscape is awash in imagery from midnight movies and the dark arts, but that’s only part of the picture.

BEASTMAKER W/Mothership and Slow Season:
3/10: Costa Mesa, CA @ The Wayfarer
3/11: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
3/12: Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon
3/13: Oakland, CA @ The Golden Bull
3/14: Sacramento, CA @ Starlite Lounge
3/15: Bend, OR @ Volcanic Theatre Pub
3/16: Eugene, OR @ Old Nick’s
3/17: Portland, OR @ World Famous Kenton Club
3/18: Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse

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

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Beastmaker Post “The Mask of Satan” Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on April 5th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

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This weekend, Fresno, California, doom trio Beastmaker head over to tour the UK and Europe in support of their newly-released album, Lusus Naturae (review here). They’ll play Roadburn and Desertfest London alongside labelmates Blood Ceremony, as well as a few dates with With the Dead, who’ll be making their own live debut this month. If you gotta travel, it’s a pretty good way to go, but Beastmaker had made a splash leading up to the record’s release, so that they’d continue to do so seems not at all unreasonable. Given the attention to ambience and cultish classicism Lusus Naturae demonstrates, it makes sense.

I’ll be curious to see if they tour the US as well to support the record, maybe beyond select dates here and there, but especially with having released Lusus Naturae on the UK-based Rise Above Records, starting abroad seems like the way to go. The band’s new video for “The Mask of Satan” — I can’t possibly be the only one who thinks of the MST3K episode “The Touch of Satan,” can I? — is a fairly concise commercial for a lot of what works about the record as a whole, with its foundational heavy rock swing, vaguely evil bent and catchy songwriting. Combining performance and otherwise found footage, it’s a play toward grainy horror that fits well with the aesthetic of the album. You know the drill by now, I’m sure.

Cool band, cool song. Watch it and listen and dig.

Tour dates follow the video below:

Beastmaker, “The Mask of Satan” official video

BEASTMAKER Debut Video For “The Mask of Satan”

“In a world of pop music we are freaks. We do everything completely opposite of what the current formula of doing things is. We recorded and produced everything ourselves with no outside influences. We play a style of music that is underground. We are all freaks of nature.” So proclaims BEASTMAKER singer, guitarist and mastermind Trevor William Church. Hence the title of BEASTMAKER’s debut: Lusus Naturae, or Freak Of Nature. “When you think differently and do things unconventionally, you are an outsider,” he ventures. “We wanted to bring a natural essence back into music the best way we could in a digital world.” Lusus Naturae is out now via Rise Above Records.

Beastmaker and Blood Ceremony on tour:
Apr 10 The Deaf Institute Manchester, UK w/ With the Dead
Apr 11 O2 Institute Birmingham, UK w/ With the Dead
Apr 13 Moon Club Cardiff, Wales
Apr 15 Le Backstage by The Mill Paris, France
Apr 16 Roadburn Festival Tilburg, The Netherlands
Apr 17 The Rock Café Sankt Pauli, Germany
Apr 18 Privatclub Berlin, Germany
Apr 19 Chelsea Wien, Austria
Apr 20 Backstage Munchen, Germany
Apr 21 Bronson Madonna del l’alberto, Italy
Apr 22 Legend Club Milan, Italy
Apr 23 Coq d’Or Olton, Switzerland
Apr 24 Hirsch Nurnberg, Germany
Apr 25 Nachtleben Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 26 MTC Club Cologne, Germany
Apr 28 The Deaf Institute Manchester, United Kingdom
Apr 29 Audio Glasgow, United Kingdom
Apr 30 The Rainbow Cellar Birmingham, United Kingdom
May 01 Desertfest London, UK

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