The Blind Hole, the debut full-length studio effort from Atlanta’s straightedge/vegan grindcore activists DEAD IN THE DIRT, is now streaming in its entirety at Invisible Oranges/BrooklynVegan, as the record sees official release this week via Southern Lord. Taking DITD‘s downtuned, caustic riffs and pummeling blastbeats to their most morose and tonally oppressive levels to date, The Blind Hole kills off twenty-two tracks in less than twenty-four minutes, and though fueled by crushing distortion, the album boasts incredibly clear production values, recorded at Bricktop Recording Studio with Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos) in Chicago this April, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Nails, All Pigs Must Die, Baptists, Sleep).
Find yourself sucked mercilessly into The Blind Hole RIGHT HERE.
DEAD IN THE DIRT is currently touring in support of The Blind Hole, on their way to take part in the fourth annual The Power Of The Riff in LA this weekend alongside The Obsessed, Final Conflict, From Ashes Rise, Black Breath, M.D.C., Iceburn, Bastard Noise and more. They’ve also locked down a three-week Midwest/West Coast tour with Homewrecker and Harm’s Way in September. A full-on European tour for the Fall and more stateside live actions for the remainder of 2013 will be announced shortly.
DEAD IN THE DIRT Headlining Tour [REMAINING DATES]:
8/06/2013 Munoz Gym – Bakersfield, CA
8/07/2013 TBA – Sacramento, CA
8/09/2013 Filipino Community Center – San Jose, CA
8/10/2013 Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA @ The Power Of The Riff
8/11/2013 Che Cafe – San Diego, CA
8/12/2013 Bridgetown, La Puente, CA
8/13/2013 The Shitty Pot – Phoenix, AZ
8/14/2013 Tiny Town – Tucson, AZ
8/15/2013 TBA – El Paso, TX
8/16/2013 1011 – San Antonio, TX
8/17/2013 Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX
8/18/2013 Rampage Skatepark – Jackson, MS
DEAD IN THE DIRT w/ Homewrecker, Harm’s Way:
9/10/2013 TBA – Nashville, TN
9/11/2013 The Demo – St. Louis, MO
9/12/2013 Billards blue Room – Springfield, MO
9/13/2013 Sons of Hermann Hall – Dallas, TX
9/14/2013 Mango’s Cafe – Houston, TX
9/15/2013 The Korova – San Antonio, TX
9/16/2013 The War Room – El Paso, TX
9/17/2013 The Studio – Tucson, AZ
9/18/2013 The Blacklist – Tempe, AZ
9/19/2013 Che Cafe – San Diego, CA
9/20/2013 Aladdin Jr. – Pomona, CA
9/21/2013 Oakland Metro – Oakland, CA
9/22/2013 RBU – Davis, CA
9/23/2013 Ft. Ryland – Reno, NV
9/24/2013 The Salt Haus – Salt Lake City, UT
9/25/2013 The Office Space – Denver, CO
9/26/2013 Kirby’s – Wichita, KS
9/27/2013 Greenwood Studios – Conway, AR
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