Scott Walker - Vitriol - Legacy of Contempt - Exclusive Drum Play-through

Driven by the inhuman drummer Scott Walker, Portland, Oregon’s violent trinity fronted by the dual vocal assault from guitarist Kyle Rasmussen and bassist Adam Roethlisberger, proved to make a successful strike at the genre’s heart with their 2017 EP, “Pain Will Define Their Death.” Released via Italy’s Everlasting Spew, it already provided a shockingly intense glimpse at the whirlwind that was to be unfurled on the group’s much-anticipated debut record, “To Bathe from the Throat of Cowardice.” Read more below…

Scott Walker’s Gear

Cymbals L to R:

(Left to Right)

16″ Zildjian ZBT China

14″ Zildjian Quick Beat Hi-hats

19″ Zildjian A Custom Crash

06″ Stagg Bell

10″ Zildjian ZBT Splash

19″ Zildjian A Custom Crash

14″ Zildjian A Custom Hi-hats

20″ Zildjian Earth Ride

18″ Zildjian ZBT China

Drums:

Pacific LX Series

10″x7″

12″x9″

14″x12″

16″x14″

22″x18″ (x2)

Snare drums:

10″x6″ Pacific

14″x5″ Custom Built Stainless Snare

Hardware:

All stands are Tama Road Pro

Tama Iron Cobra Hi-hat stand

Tama Speed Cobra 910 Series Pedals

Foot Blaster Bass Drum Triggers

Drum Heads: Remo

Drum Sticks: Vicfirth 2B “metal” wood tip

Upcoming Tour Dates with Vader:

February 4 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick

February 5 – Mesa, AZ – Club Red Mesa

February 9 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live

February 11 – Winter Park, FL – Haven Lounge

February 12 – Fayetteville, NC – The Drunk Horse Pub

February 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy

February 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw

February 15 – Manchester, NH – Jewel Music Venue

February 16 – Quebec, Canada – Le D’Auteuil

February 17 – Montreal, Canada – Foufounes Electriques

February 18 – Toronto, Canada – Velvet Underground

February 19 – Hamtramck, MI – Sanctuary Detroit

February 20 – Chicago, IL – Reggies

February 23 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater

February 26 – Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom

Supported by fellow underground icons such as Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder) and just recently confirmed for their first European tour with Nile and Hate Eternal, Vitriol are poised to attack extreme metal with will, technical proficiency, and the determination to push boundaries, for visual proof just watch Rasmussen/Roethlisberger play through tracks like ‘The Parting of a Neck’ (https://youtu.be/OpkerWvcb5Q). “The spirit of Vitriol is to take the uncompromising, thrashy, punky, spirit of the late 90s extreme death and bring it to a world that has been numbed by records that have abandoned all life in favor of shrink-wrapped, candy-coated articulation,” Rasmussen proclaims and transforms into 44 minutes of utmost sincere and vicious music embodying a radicalness and personality akin to the essence of black metal.

Joe Petagno (Motörhead, Krisiun, Angelcorpse) visualized this approach perfectly on the album’s gloomy and intimidating artwork: Vitriol is the blade at the throat of Death Metal’s comfort zone, the literally razor-sharp cutting-edge stabbing at the fabrics of a genre too complacently regurgitating the same sonic formulas over and over again. SweDeath-replicas, Morrisound-worships, TechDeath-polish – be gone! “The only noble future for Death Metal is one of strenuous personal responsibility. Intolerance for mediocrity, and reverence without novelty.”

With Vitriol, Century Media Records are proud to present a band willing and self-confident enough to take risks, sonically with its raw, suffocating yet natural production, musically with its sheer abundance of stellar riffs and unworldly rhythm section, lyrically by its deeply personal and gripping invocations of triumph and tragedy. Each note is human talent, each beat sheer force, each line of text a pouring of blood. “To Bathe from the Throat of Cowardice” neglects mainstream conformism in favor of a heartfelt interpretation of Death Metal amalgamating influences from Immolation to Blut Aus Nord, from Hate Eternal to DSO. It is a bold and truly demanding opus yet immensely rewards those who dare traveling beyond.