Stereogum.com today premiered the track “Even Saints Knew Their Hour Of Failure And Loss,” from THE BODY’s latest soul-raping full-length All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood. Check it out here: http://stereogum.com/474981/the-body-even-saints-knew-their-hour-of-failure-and-loss-stereogum-premiere/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/
The dense, diverse seven tracks on All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood form of the most twisted releases in recent doom metal history. The typical duo of THE BODY have teamed up with The Assembly Of Light Choir on this damning album, adding a totally mind engulfing, spine-chilling and downright freaky twist to the band’s already devastating doom, resulting in astonished, bewildered praise from Pitchfork, The New York Times, Decibel, Terrorizer, Metal Hammer, Rue Morgue and countless other major and D.I.Y. media outlets internationally in recent months.
The Rhode Island-based duo embarked on a two-month long tour in July in support of the release, and are about halfway through the venture as we speak, preparing to unleash hell on Denver tonight. Some of the dates are still being scheduled by the band themselves from the road, so stay tuned for updates on the rest of the tour.
Remaining dates of THE BODY’s Summer US Tour:
8/17/2010 Rhinoceropolis – Denver, CO
8/18/2010 Studded Bird – Kansas City, MO
8/19/2010 The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
8/20/2010 UUnder The Mooch Records – Tulsa, OK
8/21/2010 Pastime Tavern – Dallas, TX
8/22/2010 Sugar Shack – Baton Rouge, LA w/ Thou
8/23/2010 Mudlark Theatre – New Orleans, LA w/ Thou
8/24-27/2010 *TBA – Little Rock, AR (show on one of these dates)
8/28/2010 Farside – Tallahassee, FL
8/29/2010 Sluggos – Pensacola FL
8/30/2010 *TBA – Gainesville, FL
8/31/2010 Transitions – Tampa, FL
9/01/2010 *TBA – Ft. Meyers, FL
9/02/2010 *TBA – Miami, FL
9/03/2010 *TBA – Jacksonville, FL
9/04/2010 Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA
9/05/2010 Static Age Records – Asheville, NC w/ US Christmas
9/06/2010 Legit Biz – Greensboro, NC
9/07/2010 Little Hamilton Collective – Nashville, TN
9/08/2010 APOP Records – St. Louis, MO
9/09/2010 Carnegie Arts Center – Somerset, KY
9/10/2010 The Bunker – Cincinnati, OH
9/11/2010 *TBA – Columbus, OH
9/12/2010 *TBA – Pittsburgh, PA
9/13/2010 *TBA – Richmond, VA
9/14/2010 *TBA – Philadelphia, PA
9/15/2010 *TBA – Baltimore, MD
9/16/2010 *TBA – New York City, NY
9/17/2010 *TBA – Western MA
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“As the record continues, the beating just doesn’t stop. The choral voices, returning here and there, are the only ray of hope: the Body’s own singing amounts to weedy, apocalyptic howls, barely clearing the din of their processional stomps. It’s an experience, this record, written in big riffs and celestial choirs and digital static.” – The New York Times
“Like the best of Eyehategod or Bastard Noise, All the Waters is the rare album that feels truly dangerous… The record itself is a smartly designed simulacrum for the lyrics, recreating the sense of impending darkness by creating a sound that swallows itself… All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood is the seldom collapse-of-the-world record that’s actually as disturbing as it wants to be.” – Pitchfork
“One of the most unrelenting, riveting, odd and just plain special records of the year.” – Brooklyn Vegan
“.. be prepared to look beyond the realms of traditional doom, or of conventional heaviness, because The Body are anything but traditional or conventional, and All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood just might be the coolest, weirdest, most original doom record EVER.” – Aquarius Records
“Ever since Black Sabbath’s debut 40 years ago, doom metal bands have been providing the soundtrack to the end of humanity, but Providence, Rhode Island’s The Body may be one of the first to make Armageddon sound truly scary.” – Rue Morgue Magazine
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