After already having taken forward-thinking extreme music to unprecedented heights over the course of their short but propulsive career, drummer T.J Childers and Richmond’s Inter Arma are back with another opus of epic proportions. Like the band’s previous works, the new album ‘Paradise Gallows’ is direct and foreboding while maintaining a nuanced, artful perspective. Inter Arma‘s signature palette of dissonant high-end and abyssal low-end has been augmented with swathes of thick, impressionistic melody that lend ‘Paradise Gallows ‘a truly biblical sense of scale, both lyrically and in terms of the album’s sonic content. Harsh and acoustic passages (including the band’s first-ever foray into clean vocals) spar with complex rhythmic structures across nine sweeping tracks over 71 minutes of expansive, progressive heaviness. Dense, funereal, and richly evocative, ‘Paradise Gallows’ is a vibrant blend of doom, post-metal, sludge, avant-garde, black and death metal, and is a singular and powerful new addition to the band’s already monumental discography.
Video By: Frank Huang (Demo Reel: https://vimeo.com/185653015)
Drums: Ludwig Classic Maple
2 x 14″ x 24″ kicks
12″ x 14″ tom tom
16″ x 16″ floor tom
16″ x 18″ floor tom
Snare: Pearl Free-Floating Brass
8″ x “14
Cymbals: Zildjian
22″ A Medium Ride
20″ A Ping Ride
21″ K Crash/Ride
21″ A Sweet Ride
20″ A Custom Crash
15″ A New Beat Hi-Hats
14″ A Hi-Hats (70s)
10″ A Splash
Trick Pro 1-V Bigfoot Pedals, Evans Heads, Vic Firth Sticks, AKG Mics
Tour Dates:
**All Dates with Carcass and Deafheaven**
Nov 07 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
Nov 09 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City
Nov 10 – Jacksonville, FL – 1904
Nov 11 – St. Petersburg, FL – The State Theatre
Nov 14 – Wilmington, NC – Ziggy’s By The Sea
Nov 15 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Nov 17 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony
Nov 18 – Reading, PA – Reverb
Nov 19 – Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
Nov 20 – Patchogue, NY – The Emporium
Nov 21 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
Nov 22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater
Nov 23 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
Nov 24 – Kitchener, ON – Dallas
Nov 25 – Valparaiso, IN – Big Shots
Nov 26 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
Nov 27 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
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Photo By: Maclyn Bean Photography
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