venerdì 27 settembre 2013

BOTANIST ANNOUNCES WEST COAST TOUR DATES IN OCTOBER

 
 
BOTANIST ANNOUNCES WEST COAST TOUR DATES IN OCTOBER
Botanist / Palace of Worms Split - Available 11/12/13 from The Flenser


In anticipation of the forthcoming split with Palace of Worms, San Francisco's Botanist will play a string of West Coast shows in October.  Beginning October 8th, this quick tour will take Bostanist from Los Angeles to Vancouver supporting Behold… The Arctopus.  Check out a full listing of shows below and find more information on each date on Facebook.

Botanist is scheduled to release a split with fellow San Franciscans Palace of Worms via The Flenser on November 12th.  Mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, this six-song split album is a great look into two of San Francisco's most interesting underground bands.

Palace of Worms, a one-man black metal band from the Bay Area not unlike Leviathan and Crebian, was formed back in 2007.  Frontman Balan plays all instruments: drums, guitar, bass and everything else in between.  Palace of Worms has released a demo, two full-lengths (2009's The Forgotten and 2010's Lifting the Veil) and a split with Mastery in 2012, and is gearing up for this year's split release with Botanist as well as live performances in support of this split release.

Botanist is an unconventional one-man black metal band featuring vocals, drums, and hammered dulcimer instrumentation.  The songs of Botanist are told from the perspective of The Botanist, a crazed man of science who lives in self-imposed exile, as far away from Humanity and its crimes against Nature as possible. In his sanctuary of fantasy and wonder, which he calls the Verdant Realm, he surrounds himself with plants and flowers, finding solace in the company of the Natural world, and envisioning the destruction of man. There, seated upon his throne of Veltheimia, The Botanist awaits the day when humans will either die or kill each other off, which will allow plants to make the Earth green once again.  Botanist's previous releases, I: The Suicide Tree, II: A Rose From The Dead (released July 2011 on tUMULt), III: Doom in Bloom(TotalRust) and most recently, 2013's IV: Mandragora have seen much critical acclaim; landing on lists such as NPR's 25 Best Metal Albums, Metal Sucks Top 15 Metal Albums, Metal Injection's Top 10 Releases, and an honorable mention on Pitchfork's Top 40 Albums of 2011.  Botanist recently started playing live shows - the first of which can be seen here.
 
 

 
10.8 LOS ANGELES at The Joint
10.9 SAN LUIS OBISPO at DIY SLO
10.10 SACRAMENTO at Press Club w/Practice
10.11 OAKLAND at Metro w/Burmese
10.12 PORTLAND at Mississippi Studios - Fall into Darkness fest w/Agalloch, Eight Bells
10.13 SEATTLE at Highline w/Lesbian, Space Bag
10.14 VANCOUVER BC at Biltmore Cabaret
 
Botanist / Palace of Worms Split - Available 11/12/13
Track Listing:
 
Botanist side, EP1: The Hanging Gardens of Hell
1. Tillandsia
2. Senecio
3. Trandescantia Pallida
 
Palace of Worms side, Ode to Joy
4. Ode to Joy (Hurrah, the End Draws Nigh)
5. King Leech
6. Twilight of the Idols (for R.B.)
 
 
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