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Righteous Bloom Post New Demo “Dying on the Vine”

Posted in Bootleg Theater on June 11th, 2015 by JJ Koczan

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Like many pieces of essential information, the fact that Chesapeake progressive doomers Righteous Bloom had a new demo made public was put out at 11PM. What the four-piece lack in web-based marketing, however, they more than make up for in distinctiveness of sound. Together with the earlier “Within Trance” (posted here) and their initial single “Of Sanctum and Solace” (posted here), “Dying on the Vine” makes for three new cuts revealed ahead of Righteous Bloom‘s full-length debut, due tentatively later this year on The Church Within Records. I haven’t heard for sure one way or another, but unless it’s already in the can, I think it might be 2016 before that record gets out.

Either way, while it’s somewhat discomfiting to hear a new band talk about “Dying on the Vine,” the demo version finds Righteous Bloom further branching out from guitarist/vocalist Dana Ortt and drummer Darin McCloskey‘s past recorded work in Beelzefuzz, while also making the most of lead guitarist Greg Diener (also Pale Divine) and bassist Bert Hall (also Revelation), the latter of whom joined earlier this year, pushing Righteous Bloom from “offshoot” to supergroup status within the sphere of Maryland (and the surrounding area) heavy. Ortt plays the role of mystical conjurer in these lyrics, tossing out “clandestine melody,” “sickening soliloquy,” and “tumultuous threnody” in quick succession over a bouncing and chugging verse that has an almost oompah feel to it with his guitar-as-organ tonality. Catchy in as bizarre a fashion as ever, it’s one more teaser to make one look forward to the album’s realization, whenever it might come.

Righteous Bloom will play the Vultures of Volume fest in Sept. (info here) alongside Solace, Elder and many others. Stay tuned for more as we get closer to their full-length’s release. If nothing else, I think I’ve made it pretty plain that if these guys see fit to post a new song, I’m going to see fit to blab about it.

Enjoy:

Righteous Bloom, “Dying on the Vine”

Righteous Bloom on Thee Facebooks

The Church Within Records

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