News : Pallbearer announce Australian tour dates

Hailing from The Little Rock, Arkansas, four piece doom metallers Pallbearer have announced a selection of shows across Australia this June. The band are currently promoting their latest release ‘Foundations Of Burden’, out now via Profound Lore Records.

June 17 – Melbourne – Ding Dong Lounge
June 18 – Hobart – Dark Mofo
June 19 – Melbourne – Northcote Social Club
June 20 – Sydney – Hermann’s Bar
June 21 – Brisbane – Crowbar

The Little Rock, Arkansas four piece have ascended not by aping their predecessors with Iommic worship and down-tuned guitars but by playing against the grain, composing 10-minute epics that contort and evolve with every movement, revealing rich harmonies and complex melodies amongst the dread.

On 2014’s Foundations of Burden, the group’s second release for the venerable Profound Lore Records, Pallbearer sound like a band with twice their experience. Certainly, the Black Sabbath influence is there, but it’s filtered through an appreciation for the likes of Boston, Rainbow and Dio. Brett Campbell’s distinct vocal harmonies may recall the Prince of Darkness, but he delivers every line with the reverence of a hymn, exhaling with every word like it’s been plucked from the depths of human suffering.

But make no mistake – Pallbearer are fucking heavy, with riffs that crush like a tonne of bricks covered in honey. For every uplifting moment of celebratory doom, there is an equal and opposite passage of pulverizing dread. This is the new wave of doom metal: dense, engulfing and utterly transcendent.

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