The Skull, featuring vocalist Eric Wagner and bassist Ron Holzner, formerly of metal legends Trouble, has completed work on its highly anticipated sophomore album. Titled, The Endless Road Turns Dark, the LP was recorded in Chicago's Decade Music Studios with engineer Sanford Parker (Yob, Tombs) and builds on the foundation laid by The Skull's debut album, For Those Which Are Asleep, a recording that landed at or near the top of a host of 2014 year-end best of lists. The Endless Road Turns Dark will be released on September 7 via Tee Pee Records.
Today, The Skull releases a lyric video for the album's title track which makes its world premiere via Decibel. See and hear "The Endless Road Turns Dark" now at this location:
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/06/01/track-premiere-the-skull-the-endless-road-turns-dark/
The Skull, which also features longtime Cathedral drummer Brian Dixon, guitarist Lothar Keller (Sacred Dawn), and guitarist Rob Wrong (Witch Mountain), creates classic Sabbathian doom with a psych-tinged metal vision. The respected group's impending album, The Endless Road Turns Dark, benefits greatly from the pedigree and experience of the band's members and pushes authentic, old-school metal to heavier and more foreboding places, fueled by burly riffing, metallic groove and a crushing punch. Ethereal and wonderfully moody with a heart of heavy metal beating at its center, the record delivers definitive doom metal full of powerful builds and mesmerizing dynamic range. More than a mere throwback, The Endless Road Turns Dark is the work of a band that respects their fans, understands their own history, and still has their ears open to the current doom metal landscape. A wicked exercise in heavy metal majesty, The Endless Road Turns Dark plays like a natural extension of the musicians exemplary work during their 20-plus years with Trouble and cements The Skull as modern day doom metal royalty.
Track listing:
1.) The Endless Road Turns Dark
2.) Ravenswood
3.) Breathing Underwater
4.) The Longing
5.) From Myself Depart
6.) As the Sun Draws Near
7.) All That Remains (Is True)
8.) Thy Will Be Done
Pre-order The Endless Road Turns Dark at this location:
https://teepeerecords.com/products/the-skull-the-endless-road-turns?variant=8215357816930
To celebrate the completion of the new album, The Skull has announced a U.S. headlining tour that will launch on June 2 in in Chicago where the band will headline the third annual Doomed & Stoned Fest. The 14 city jaunt will run through June 19 in Kansas City, MO. On the spring tour, The Skull will be joined by guest drummer Henry Vasquez of Saint Vitus who will fill in for Dixon. Opening acts include Earthride and Hyborian.
THE SKULL tour dates:
June 2 Chicago, IL Reggie's (as part of Doomed & Stoned Fest)
June 3 Minneapolis, MN Studio B @ Skyway Theatre
June 5 Bozeman, MT Zebra Lounge
June 7 Seattle, WA Highline
June 8 Bellingham, WA Shakedown
June 9 Portland, OR Star Theatre
June 10 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp
June 11 Santa Cruz, CA Atrium @ Catalyst
June 12 San Francisco, CA Elbo Room
June 13 Los Angeles, CA Resident
June 14 Las Vegas, NV Count's Vamp'd
June 15 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
June 18 Denver, CO Streets of London
June 19 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
"The Skull have always been a pretty fascinating band for me, formed out of the ashes of one of the greats, they have now fully integrated into the modern doom scene, pulling in current and former members of Witch Mountain and Pentagram (among others) to create a lineup that simply can't help but impress. Simply put, The Skull is made up of some of the realest motherfuckers alive and the music reflects that. These are dudes who live and breathe rock and roll and the more you invest in their sound the more you get out of it. The Skull is taking doom metal by storm and are about to conquer the globe" - METAL INJECTION
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