By way of a spoiler, I’m going to be streaming Howling Giant‘s upcoming Black Hole Space Wizard Part 1 EP a week from today, so I probably won’t say that much about it here, but the video for “Dirtmouth” — one of the four tracks included on the release, which is out Aug. 12 — shows the crucial factor in what they do: they don’t take themselves too seriously. That’s the misstep bands with progressive tendencies make all too often, and who knows, this is only the Nashville trio’s second EP so they may yet get there, but as the hipster urbane bar patrons become beardo vest-jockeys headbanging away to the track as the band plays in a brewery or some other kind of industrial setting, yeah, there’s no apparent danger of being overly pretentious.

Sometimes fun is a good thing. Howling Giant very clearly had some in the making of this clip, so with the promise of more to come, I’ll just say what I always say.

Enjoy:

Howling Giant, “Dirtmouth” official video

“Dirtmouth” is taken from forthcoming EP Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 1, which will be released August 12.

The forthcoming release is the first installment of the fascinating Black Hole Space Wizard EP concept series. As guitarist Tom Polzine explains, “Musically we aim to write songs that are melodic, catchy, and head bang-able. As a concept series, we strive to conjure up space-themed imagery of heroes and villains at war, introducing the story and setting the scene of things to come within the Black Hole Space Wizard Universe. We’re not trying to spell out the entire story so much as we are creating scenes to provoke your imagination.”

Conceptually, the EP paints four distinct scenes: 1. The pinnacle of mankind; 2. An exodus from Earth; 3. The Black Hole Space Wizard destroying everything; and; 4. A lone survivor trapped on a ravaged Mother Earth. In Roger Mark’s (bass/vocals) own words, “The first track is a little more progressive, packed with riffs both dark and triumphant. The second track is all about build and groove. The third track is thrash, metal, and destructive. The final track is spacey with doom elements.”

Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 1 was produced by HOWLING GIANT, mixed by Kim Auch, and mastered by Chris Fasco.

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