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Foehammer Announce Spring Tour Dates Supporting Monumentum

Posted in Whathaveyou on March 2nd, 2023 by JJ Koczan

Couple TBAs here, in Richmond, Columbus, Cincinnati. That should be easy enough to fill, considering it’s Foehammer. [EDIT MARCH 2: And yeah, it was easy enough to fill. The poster and dates have been updated.] The Virginian crushers will head out on April 28 to support late 2022’s Monumentum (review here), which came out through Silent Pendulum Records as the atmospherically punishing follow-up to 2018’s debut, Second Sight (review here). It’s a Midwestern tour, hitting Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago and Indianapolis before circling back through Ohio and Pittsburgh, the latter a third show in Pennsylvania after the two tour openers in Harrisburg and Harrisonburg, which yes I do find harrilarious thank you for asking.

Joining guitarist/vocalist Jay Cardinell for the run on drums will be Zak Suleri, also of Et MorsCerulean Room and a bunch of others. I’m not sure what’s up with Ben Price, who played on Monumentum — that is, if he’s still in the band — but the “for this tour” in the announcement below makes me think he is, since Suleri‘s filling in.

In any case, here’s the tour as it stands now, as posted by the band on the ol’ sociables:

foehammer tour poster updated

FOEHAMMER – Monumentum Spring Tour 2023

Very excited to announce this today as it’s been a long time coming! In just over 8 weeks Foehammer will embark on our first tour in six years! It would be an understatement to say we’re stoked for these shows and the amazing acts we get to play with.

Sick poster art by the GOAT (#128016#) Matt Scott aka @vinumsabbati

On drums for this tour will be Zakir Suleri @cerulean_room singer / guitarist of the amazing @et_mors

Still looking for help on these TBA’s so if you know of anything good going on in Richmond, Columbus, Cincinnati, or the surrounding areas please let us know!

More specific show announcements and flyers to come so keep your (#128065#)️(#128065#)️ peeled!

Foehammer live:
04.28 Harrisburg PA JB Lovedraft’s*
04.29 Harrisonburg VA Crayola House
04.30 Raleigh NC School Kids*
05.01 Louisville KY Highlands Tap Room
05.03 Columbus OH Spacebar
05.04 Chicago IL Reggie’s
05.05 St Louis MO Platypus
05.06 Indianapolis IN State Street Pub
05.07 Akron OH Buzzbin**
05.08 Pittsburgh PA Blackforge Coffee**
* with False Gods
** with Altar and the Bull

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https://www.instagram.com/foehammer_band/
https://foehammer.bandcamp.com/

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Foehammer, Monumentum (2022)

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Foehammer Premiere “The Disk”; Set Nov. 18 Release for Monumentum

Posted in audiObelisk, Whathaveyou on September 16th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Foehammer (Photo by Ben Price)

Oh, what a grim and wretched pleasure it is to share some new Foehammer with you this morning. The occasion is you, marking your calendar with an old-style felt-tip pen to note the Nov. 18 arrival date for the Virginia sludge extremist duo’s second full-length, Monumentum, and if you weren’t yet looking forward to that, behold the grueling lumber of “The Disk” below.

The band announced last month they’d signed with Silent Pendulum Records for their new release, and it’s been a whopping four years since their counterintuitively titled debut album, Second Sight (review here), darkened skies in 2018. All the more fair to call Monumentum “awaited” in light of that, and also the fact that word was first put forth about its release in June 2020, at which point it was noted that it was the band’s first outing with Ben Price on drums alongside Jay Cardinell‘s vocals and guitar.

I don’t know if Monumentum has been finished for two years and sat on waiting to be issued, but “The Disk” lumbers forth with timeless weight at its core and a deathsludge lurch to coincide. At eight minutes, it’s one of I-don’t-know-how-many songs on the forthcoming collection, and its impact is near immediate in the stick-in-your-eye snare and massive, raw sounding crush that ensues, but it’s worth listening for the angularity that emerges in the last couple minutes as well; “The Disk” has plenty of it but is not at all limited to bludgeoning. Somewhere between compression sickness and blister-raised burn, the duo drive their point across in twisted, dense thud and rot-smelling resonance. There’s something dead in the woods. Always.

And by that I mean “enjoy”:

Foehammer, “The Disk” track premiere


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Jay Cardinell on “The Disk” and Monumentum:

“Lyrically, “The Disk” is based on a Jorge Luis Borges short story, El Disco, a surrealist piece wherein two men are struggling for control of an ancient artifact, The Disk Of Odin. I am a big fan of Borges and this story in particular struck me and I wanted to try to evoke the feeling through the song. As for the songwriting, “The Disk” is one where Ben and I really came together and the songwriting is about 50% from each of us.”

Monumentum is a term that just came into my brain like a lightning bolt. Upon researching it, I found Monumentum was a Latin word used by the Romans in their carvings, especially when listing the achievements of an Emperor. The word itself can have varied meanings such as “remembrance”, “tomb” or literally “monument.”

Pre-order physical: http://silentpendulumrecords.com

Pre-order digital: https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/

Foehammer’s new album Monumentum will be released November 18th on Silent Pendulum Records. Engineered and mixed by Foehammer drummer Ben Price. Mastered by James Plotkin.

Monumentum follows a self-titled demo (2014), a self-titled EP (2015, Australopithecus Records), and a 2XLP titled Second Sight (2018, Australopithecus Records).

Foehammer is:
Jay Cardinell (guitars, vocals)
Ben Price (drums)

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Foehammer, Second Sight (2018)

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Foehammer to Release New Album Monumentum This Summer

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 17th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

foehammer (Photo by Ingrid Cardinell)

Worried that you don’t see an exact release date for Foehammer‘s new album, Monumentum? Don’t sweat it — I’m sure you’ll feel the ground shaking well in advance of the record’s arrival sometime this summer. The Northern Virginian rumble-riffers haven’t been heard from much since their 2018 debut, Second Sight (review here), and there have been some lineup changes to perhaps account for some of that. Monumentum finds Foehammer working as the two-piece of founding guitarist/vocalist Jay Cardinell and new drummer/recording engineer Ben Price. I can’t profess to having heard any of the record as yet — and golly, I’d be glad to — but the suitably grim cover art has been unveiled and whenever it might actually show up, Monumentum will be a welcome arrival as far as I’m concerned.

If you need a refresher as to why, you’ll find the Second Sight Bandcamp stream at the bottom of this post.

Heavy days call for massive riffs, and Foehammer bring those to bear with expertly-wielded crawling tempos and a deathly ferocity that they quickly made their own. As to what their new incarnation might hold, I expect misery to persist and be perhaps all the more resonant as the band’s recording process has become self-contained. They may grow even more massive-sounding as they dig into their own mire of tone. Can’t wait.

Here’s their announcement, quick and to the point:

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Foehammer – Monumentum

Foehammer return from the depths, announcing their sophomore full-length and first new material in two years, Monumentum. Returning listeners will find the band going down new darkened paths, while still staying true to their funereal drone roots.

This album is the first to feature Ben Price (At the Graves, Immiseration, Elagabalus) at the drumset (and engineering/mixing) as well as returning guitarist and vocalist Jay Cardinell.

Featuring original artwork and design respectively by Rebecca and Brian Magar (Wailing Wizard Art, Cultic, The Owls [ANWTS]).

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https://foehammer.bandcamp.com/

Foehammer, Second Sight (2018)

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