Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are set to release Pasung, the sophomore album from Doom/Sludge titans BELDAM, January 26 on CD and Digital formats. New song 'Vial of Silence' is streaming below:
Pasung is BELDAM's second release on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions and their first with new vocalist/lyricist Randall Guidry. The band recently relocated to Seattle, continuing their vision to play skull-crushing, soul-wrenching, paint-peeling Sludge with blackened touches. With influences ranging from Sleep, EyeHateGod, Graves At Sea, The Melvins and Black Sabbath, BELDAM combines a massive wall of guitars, thickened bass tones, bone-rattling drums and harsh vocals featuring lyrics building on the themes of death and despair. Pasung clocks in at 50 minutes of pure, unadulterated American Sludge.
Pasung was recorded at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, TN, April 5-7, with additional tracking on August 31 and September 1, 2017. The album was engineered and mastered by Drew Carroll who recorded BELDAM's original 5-song demo in 2015. All guitars and bass on the recording were performed by Grahm Reynolds with the exception of "One from the Stable." Cullen Wade handled the drums on the entire record. Pasung represents the truest BELDAM. The band focused a significant amount of time on songwriting and pre-production to get the heaviest tones and thickest riffs possible. After parting ways with their original bassist and relocating to Seattle, BELDAM is psyched to release Pasung to the masses and play as many shows as possible in its new Pacific Northwest home.
RIYL: Bongzilla, Brainoil, Coffins, Conan, Crowbar, Dopethrone, Grief, High On Fire, Indian, Meth Drinker, Neurosis, Noothgrush, Om, Orange Goblin, Order Of The Owl, Pelican, Primitive Man, Pungent Stench, Rwake, Soilent Green, Sourvein, Sunn O))), Thou, Ufomammut, Weedeater and Zoroaster.
CD Pre-order: www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/store/hpgd164.html
Digital Pre-order: hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/pasung
Track Listing:
1. Vial Of Silence
2. Sunken Sorceress
3. Shed The Coil
4. One From The Stable
5. Carrion Feast
6. That Which Consumes You
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LINEUP
Randall: Vocals
Grahm: Guitars
Cullen: Drums
Addison: Bass
BIOGRAPHY
Beldam hails from Seattle, WA, playing sludge/doom with blackened touches. With influences as diverse as Sleep, Eyehategod, Graves at Sea and Black Sabbath, they pair primordial, buzz saw guitars and massive low end bass with earth shattering drums and intense vocals/lyrics invoking death, and despair.
Bassist Addison and guitarist Grahm came together in 2013 with a mutual love of heavy music. Early work on riffs led to adding drummer Cullen Wade as an essential part of Beldam’s sound. Grahm cut his teeth as former guitar tech and touring guitarist for Hank Williams III’s metal band, Assjack, in the early 2000s.
Addison played in Comparative Anatomy opening for Vital Remains, Absu, and Deicide. Drummer Cullen brings a diverse, hard-hitting style to the band as an established producer and multi-instrumentalist in a variety of music genres. Pennsylvania native Randall has recently been added as vocalist. With many of the same influences, he trained under former A Life Once Lost vocalist, Bob Meadows.
DISCOGRAPHY
Still the Wretched Linger Full-length 2016
Pasung Full-length 2018