As they’ve shown a wont to do on occasion, Pittsburgh four-piece ZOM have announced their intention to head abroad for a short stint of select dates. Heralding their 2022 album, Fear and Failure, on StoneFly Records, the band will perform select UK shows in the company of The Velvet Queens from Lincolnshire in England, beginning in Newcastle before heading further north into Scotland for a stop at the famed Bannerman’s in Edinburgh — where once upon a time Conan recorded a live album — and looping back down to Rotherham, which is one of the not-insignificant drives on the stint.

Perhaps this is kindergarten-level insight, but I’m happy tours like this can happen again. I’m glad US bands can get out to where the action is — nothing against the creativity of the States’ underground, but the audience is in UK/EU and if you’re reading this you already know it — and that the possibility at least exists for Euro acts to come over here for festivals and so on, even if the reality of that is ridiculously and needlessly more difficult. But at least it’s possible. At least you can leave the fucking house. Isn’t that in itself enough reason to do so? I’m asking as someone who just had (kinda still has but let’s not talk about it) covid. Is this not the stuff of life?

Dates from the PR wire:

ZOM announce 2022 UK Tour

Pittsburgh, PA (USA) groove-heavy rockers, ZOM (StoneFly Records), are headed to the UK in late August, 2022.

ZOM initially had a UK tour booked in 2020 but we all know what happened that year.

Gero: “Yeah, it was a drag. We didn’t even get to announce it because we were watching this new virus thing like everybody else. You know how the rest went. Marc Walsh (booking agent – Rock the Foundry) has been a huge help. He had to start from scratch this year but put together a helluva run for us in the UK, where we’ve never played. Only Matt (guitar) has ever even been there.

“Obviously there’s so much rock n’ roll history there, never mind the geography and architecture. The four of us always dive into new cultures and local history so we couldn’t be more stoked to be going to England and Scotland. Most of all though, we can’t wait to play for some of our fans over there and make new ones. England’s been good to us. The Velvet Queens are going to be joining us on the road and it’s gonna be a blast.”

DATES:
08.31 Trillians Newcastle
09.01 Bannermans Edinburgh
02.09 The Hive Rotherham
03.09 Tap ‘n’ Tumbler Nottingham
04.09 The Metal Monocle Leicester

ZOM is:
Gero Von Dehn: Vocals/Guitars
Sam Pesce: Bass
Ben Zerbe: Drums, Percussion
Matthew Tuite: Guitar

https://www.facebook.com/ZOMofficialpage/
https://www.instagram.com/zom412/
https://zom-rock.bandcamp.com/music
https://stoneflyrecords.bigcartel.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stoneflyrecords
http://instagram.com/stonefly_records

ZOM, Fear and Failure (2022)

Pittsburgh heavy rockers and tour veterans of Iceland ZOM will release their second full-length, Fear and Failure, through StoneFly Records on March 11. Vinyl preorders go up the same day ahead of an April 1 arrival. It was two years ago this week that the four-piece announced they were entering the studio with Jason Jouver recording in order to make the follow-up to 2018’s Nebulos (discussed here), which came out on Argonauta, for what would also be their first outing with the lineup of guitarist/vocalist Gero von Dehn, drummer Ben Zerbe, guitarist Matthew Tuite and bassist Sam Pesce.

Obviously it’s been quite a two years since. I have no idea how long the record’s actually been done, but the fact that they’re premiering a track and setting a date certainly brings it to mind as something fresh, and with what I’m hearing in this first cut, the switch from three- to four-piece and the decision to bring in Jouver on production don’t seem to have hurt them. This stuff is easy to dig, and since the intent is to grab attention and leave the listener more, that’s been done and then some.

Song premiere follows, then art and info from the PR wire. You know the drill for the heads-up. So, heads up.

Enjoy:

PITTSBURGH, PA STONER-GROOVE, HEAVY ROCKERS, ZOM SIGNS TO STONEFLY RECORDS FOR A WORLDWIDE VINYL RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM FEAR AND FAILURE ON APRIL 1st 2022

StoneFly Records is stoked to announce the signing of Pittsburgh, PA stoner-groove, heavy rockers, ZOM and look forward to release their sophomore album Fear And Failure on 180g vinyl. This album will be the 3rd album released by StoneFly Records.

Back in February 2021, not that long after I announced my intention of starting a record label, I was approached by Gero von Dehn; he expressed me his vivid desire to work with me for his new album. I must say I was immediately seduced by Fear And Failure! All songs were killers without fillers. Pure classic Stoner/Hard Rock vibes going on! The album even features a cover of Down The Highway by Nebula. It was a no brainer to me and I offered them a contract.

It was back in March of 2020 that the band entered the studio to record Fear And Failure but the pandemic slowed down the completion as well as any release plans they had. The album was recorded and engineered by Steel City go-to, Jason Jouver, at Plus/Minus studios. The album was mixed there and then went to legendary producer, Jack Endino, for mastering in Seattle, WA.

ZOM’S Fear And Failure will release digitally on March 11, 2022.
Vinyl Pre-Order will go live at the same time on March 11, 2022.
Vinyl will release on April 1st, 2022.

FEAR AND FAILURE
TRACK LISTING:
1. Washed Away
2. Long Way Gone
3. Showtime
4. Third Life
5. Running Man
6. Stone
7. August
8. Another Day to Run
9. Down The Highway (Nebula cover)
10. The Plunge

ZOM is:
Gero Von Dehn: Vocals/Guitars
Sam Pesce: Bass
Ben Zerbe: Drums, Percussion
Matthew Tuite: Guitar

https://www.facebook.com/ZOMofficialpage/
https://www.instagram.com/zom412/
https://zom-rock.bandcamp.com/music
https://stoneflyrecords.bigcartel.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stoneflyrecords
http://instagram.com/stonefly_records

ZOM, Nebulos (2018)