I, Klatus Anounce Targeted Due April 1
In their own festering way, I, Klatus have been active for over 20 years, working at the behest largely of guitarist/vocalist Tom Denney — also a visual artist one might call when looking for something equal measures of fucked up and cool looking and/or mud-brown psychedelia — and the impending Targeted that’s to be released April 1 through the band’s own Dead Sage Records imprint will be their fifth album in that time, following behind 2017’s Nagual Sun (review here). Which, yes, was fucked up, mud-brown psychedelia and topped by cool looking cover art to match.
I haven’t heard any of Targeted as yet, but I’ll have ears open, as I, Klatus have long since found their niche between Chicago’s atmospheric-everything ethic and rawer, Midwestern Rust Belt sludge, post-industrial in the economic sense rather than the aesthetic, disaffected and ultimately its own kind of extreme, ultra-dug-in heavy.
If you think you can hang, maybe you can, maybe you can’t. Nothing’s up from the record as yet, but you can check out a video for “Moment of Devastation” below from the prior album, and yeah, that should get the point across nicely. This band never has been and never will be for everyone. That is completely intentional.
From the PR wire:
I KLATUS: Chicago Sludge/Doom Metal Trio To Release Targeted Full-Length Through Dead Sage In April
Chicago, Illinois-based esoteric sludge/doom metal trio I KLATUS presents their fourth full-length, Targeted, confirming the album for release through their own Dead Sage label in April.
I KLATUS is embodied by drummer Chris Wozniak (Lair Of The Minotaur, Earthen Grave), bassist John Bomher (Yakuza, Indian), and guitarist/vocalist/visual artist Tom Denney (renowned artist for Soilent Green, Kylesa, Weedeater, Black Cobra, Rwake, Samothrace, among countless others).
The entire concept of I KLATUS’ new album, Targeted, is about fear, addiction, and psychosis, confronting the self-obsessed fears often faced by those with mental health challenges such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Often, these unfortunate victims of their own minds are terrorized by unseen entities which cause them to turn to drugs and other strange behavior to cope with the daily horrors which plague them. An irrational fear of being followed, tracked, and hunted. Fear of being implanted with microchips while unconscious; injecting shadow entities into their nightmares; nightmares which bleed into daytime realities. The psychosis is infectious, affecting who you’re able to trust. Here, the band confronts the harsh reality that we’re face-to-face with when these kinds of struggles affect our loved ones, and we find ourselves in a position of needing to protect ourselves from these unseen forces which are very real to the victims of such maladies.
Mixed and mastered by John E. Bomher at Berwyn Recording, with layout/artwork by Tom Denney, Targeted also features guest performances by Alison Chesley aka Helen Money (cello on “Solstice Of Wind), Valentina Levchenko (vocals on “Solstice Of Wind”), Joseph Starita (violin, cello on “Shitback And Halfway Damned”), Patrick Hamilton (gongs, robots on “Opium Cyborg” and “Targeted”), and guest lyricist Michael McEvoy on “Dance With The Skulls In The Church.”
I KLATUS will release Targeted through the band’s own Dead Sage imprint on April 1st, digitally and in a limited run of cassettes. Stand by for preorders, audio previews, and more to be issued over the weeks ahead preceding its release.
Targeted Track Listing:
1. Solstice Of Wind
2. Shitback And Halfway Damned
3. Opium Cyborg
4. Dance With The Skulls In The Church
5. Targeted
I KLATUS:
Tom Denney – guitar, voice, noise
John E Bomher – bass, voice, noise
Chris Wozniak – drums, voice
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