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Castle Set “A Killing Pace” in New Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on January 20th, 2015 by JJ Koczan

castle a killing pace video

There’s a fair amount of strobe in “A Killing Pace,” the new video from San Francisco metallers Castle, the song taken from their Billy Anderson-produced 2014 album, Under Siege, so if that kind of thing bothers you, be forewarned, but with some relatively simple ideas — shots of the band, visual metaphors of people as beasts of burden, etc. — the clip makes an atmospheric impression that adds to the intensity of the song itself. Consistently, there’s something brooding that underlies Castle‘s material, which has just as much thrash to it, if not more, as it does doom, and the video clearly works toward that in a minimalist-looking-but-definitely-not-minimalist-editing kind of aesthetic.

Castle — the three-piece of vocalist/bassist Liz Blackwell, guitarist Mat Davis and drummer Al McCartney — have been on the road since Jan. 16, bringing their darker themes out for a run up and down their native California for a total of 13 shows that will culminate on Jan 31 at The Garage in Ventura on a tour they’re aptly calling “California Cult.” California is probably one of two states in the Union where you could get away with such a thing — Texas is the other, and you’d be roughing it on some of those shows — but Castle seem to have picked the right spots for maximum coverage of their home state. I wouldn’t mind a two-week road trip in CA either, especially as it comes ahead of a European tour announcement.

The video for “A Killing Pace” and their remaining tour dates follow:

Castle, “A Killing Pace” official video

“A Killing Pace”, the new video from San Francisco doom-tinged heavy metal trio CASTLE, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Jaan Silmberg for Toronto-based Pistoltrixx.

“A Killing Pace” is taken from the bands third album “Under Siege” – which was produced by Billy Anderson (Cathedral, Sleep, Neurosis).

CASTLE guitarist and songwriter Mat Davis stated about the new music video, “We wanted to dial in the brooding intensity of the song with claustrophobic images and make it play visually like a haunted roller-coaster ride to the psyche”.

To coincide with the release of the video CASTLE is set to embark on the “California Cult Tour”, a two week headlining trek through California beginning January 16th in Riverside, CA. The band has also recently been confirmed to play Van Records “Acherontic Arts Fest” in Oberhausen, Germany on May 1st. A full European tour will be announced in the coming weeks.

TOUR DATES
1/21 Fresno, CA – Audies Olympic
1/22 San Francisco, CA – The Eagle
1/23 Sacramento, CA – Starlite Lounge
1/24 Redding, CA – Bombays
1/27 Santa Cruz, CA – Blue Lagoon
1/28 San Jose, CA – The Rock Shop
1/29 Oakland, CA – The Golden Bull
1/30 Los Angeles, CA – Five Star Bar
1/31 Ventura, CA – The Garage

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