Tribunal Announce Western Canada Shows
We’ve been here before. Actually not as regards Vancouver’s Tribunal, who released their impressive debut album, The Weight of Remembrance (review here), earlier in 2023 via respected purveyors 20 Buck Spin, but in general I find myself in a familiar position of putting up a band’s tour dates that are happening nowhere near me or anywhere I’m planning to be — shows I won’t see, in other words — as an excuse to revisit a record. And The Weight of Remembrance is a weight worth bearing for its goth-hinting atmospheres and deathly downerism, a doom as much existential as tonal. With some bands, you can tell the songs are made on purpose and some bands it’s folks in a room seeing what happens. I’m not decrying either method — both certainly have their place — but for the style Tribunal are honing, the less haphazard, the better, and The Weight of Remembrance feels very much like it’s going where it wants to go and getting there on its own terms. A thing to respect.
Blah blah here’s me telling you the Bandcamp player is below. Blah blah here’s me setting up the text from the PR wire. See? I told you we’d been here before.
And yet it’s all new somehow. ‘Doom Over Western Canada’ — I guarantee Western Canada never sees it coming — starts July 7 and the cycle of shows goes into August, the bulk of it in a long weekender July 13-16. I’d be interested to see how they do it live:
TRIBUNAL: Vancouver Orchestral Doom Act Announces Doom Over Western Canada Summer Tour; Acclaimed The Weight Of Remembrance Debut LP Out Now On 20 Buck Spin
Vancouver-based gothic/orchestral doom collective TRIBUNAL announces a run of Summer tour dates in support of their acclaimed debut LP, The Weight Of Remembrance, released at the beginning of the year on 20 Buck Spin.
Doom Over Western Canada Summer 2023 begins on July 7th when TRIBUNAL performs alongside Profanatica, Gevurah, The Ominous Circle, Egregore, and more at the two-day Covenant Festival in their hometown. From there, the band tours through Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Victoria into early August. The Calgary and Edmonton dates will see TRIBUNAL co-headlining with Liminal Shroud. See the confirmed tour routing below and watch for further updates to post.
TRIBUNAL Doom Over Western Canada Summer 2023:
7/07/2023 Covenant Festival @ Wise Hall – Vancouver, BC
7/13/2023 Starlite Temple – Edmonton, AB
7/14/2023 The Palomino – Calgary, AB
7/15/2023 Amigos Cantina – Saskatoon, SK
7/16/2023 Good Will Social Club – Winnipeg, MB
8/02/2023 Centennial Square – Victoria, BC
Featuring classically trained cellist/bassist/vocalist Soren Mourne and guitarist/vocalist Etienne Flinn, TRIBUNAL’s brick-heavy classic doom riffage borders on death metal heaviness, like My Dying Bride filtered through a colossal stained-glass edifice. The sound is instantly familiar with nods to the ‘80s and ‘90s but never sounds retro or like mere homage. Rather, The Weight Of Remembrance evokes the feeling of a painstakingly composed orchestral movement fit for a crumbling cathedral overgrown with moss. The duo frequently trades off vocals alternating between haunted wailing cleans, scathing black-metal style shrieks and dread-filled death calls.
The Weight Of Remembrance features additional contributions from several other talented musicians, including drums by Julia Geaman, additional drums on “Apathy’s Keep” by Magdalena Wienski, piano on “Remembrance” by Claine Lamb, and additional vocals by Rory Say. The album was recorded by TRIBUNAL except for the primary drums which were recorded by Andrew Conroy at Fifth Chord Studios and Wienski’s drums which were recorded by Violetta Macri at CJSF, after which the songs were mixed and mastered by Markov Soroka. The beautifully painted cover artwork was created by Soren Mourne, with lettering and frame by Karmazid, photography by Liam Kanigan, and layout by Dan Fried completing the presentation. Steeped in the black velvet finery of gothic doom metal, the band weaves dark tales of ultimate judgement, never-ending rain, and forsaken despair.
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