Temple of Void Set June 3 Release for Summoning the Slayer; New Video Posted
The joke here is obvious, right? That ‘summoning the slayer’ is what every dude shouting ‘SLAYERRRRRRRR’ at every show has been doing since probably 1984. Looking at the Hieronymus Bosch-meets-Guillermo Tel Doro cover art though, clearly Detroit’s Temple of Void had their own ideas about where they were coming from on their fourth album and label debut for Relapse Records. The five-piece have steadily worked on either side of the line — often on both sides — of death and doom metals, and after their 2020 third album, The World That Was (review here), the newly unveiled eight-minute single “Deathtouch” finds them gloriously grueling and headfirst into extremity as ever, but check out too a bit of melody near the ending. Maybe hints of some of the expansion of their sound the PR wire is hinting at below.
Either way, I’ll take it. “Deathtouch” is duly lethal. You’ll find it at the bottom of this post. Consider the slayer summoned, though there are of course more singles to come before the June 3 release.
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TEMPLE OF VOID ANNOUNCE RELAPSE DEBUT SUMMONING THE SLAYER OUT JUNE 3
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Cave dwellers TEMPLE OF VOID finally return from the inky abyss on their highly anticipated new album, Summoning the Slayer, out June 3 on Relapse Records. Watch the “Deathtouch” music video, directed by The C.O.I.N.
Summoning The Slayer is out June 3 on LP/CD/CS/Digital. Physical pre-order via Relapse.com are available HERE: https://store.relapse.com/temple-of-void-summoning-the-slayer
Digital Downloads/Streaming HERE: https://orcd.co/templeofvoid-sts
The critically acclaimed, Michigan-based quintet—featuring Alex Awn (guitars), Don Durr (guitars), Mike Erdody (vocals), Jason Pearce (drums), and Brent Satterly (bass)—hunkered down during the last two years, expanding upon their brand of fusty, artfully brutish death-doom with equal parts process and imagination. The outcome is an album that feels massive yet sepulchral, exploratory yet distinguishable—as if crafted deep below and inspired by all the things (mentally and physically) that come with their subterranean endeavor. Summoning the Slayer creepily evolves TEMPLE OF VOID.
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Sumerlands, Candy, and more,) Summoning the Slayer pairs long-time influences and a bevy of non-metal vectors into hulking columns of heavy and desolation. Focus tracks “Deathtouch,” “Hex, Curse, & Conjuration” and “The Transcending Horror” showcases TEMPLE OF VOID’s death-doom at its heights and their massive, crushing lows. But the group’s fourth album is more than that. The album’s capper, “Dissolution,” is one example of the Detroiters stretching out, the song’s ‘70s rock/singer-songwriter motifs hitting The Moody Blues and Nick Drake hard. Lyrically, Summoning the Slayer eschews commonplace horror tropes with a deeper, broader psychological discussion of the self. TEMPLE OF VOID’s ultimate death-doom metal journey is now complete.
Photo Credit: Brian Sheehan
SUMMONING THE SLAYER TRACKLIST:
Behind The Eye
Deathtouch
Engulfed
A Sequence of Rot
Hex, Curse, & Conjuration
The Transcending Horror
Dissolution
TEMPLE OF VOID Is:
Michael Erdody – Vocals
Don Durr – Guitar
Jason Pearce – Drums
Alex Awn – Guitar
Brent Satterly –Bass
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