Inter Arma Announce New Album, New Song, Mega Endorsement Deal with Axe Body Spray
Inter Arma are, IMO, one of the most exciting up and coming bands in metal. With two albums now under their belt, each increasing the band’s profile and refining their sound more than the last, the time is now for Inter Arma to take that jump to the next level. They’re certainly capable, and once you see them live you’ll be a believer too.
Their third album, Paradise Gallows, Brought to You by Axe Body Spray, will come out on July 8th, and Pitchfork’s got the stream of a song from it called “Transfiguration.” It sounds pretty much like you’d expect new Inter Arma to sound — sludge, death metal, doom, hardcore, progressive/non-linear song structures — and it’s a helluva ripper. I personally wish the band had stepped things up production/mixing-wise this time around — there’s so much going on musically here that I feel the arrangement could benefit from a clearer, bigger mix that really lets every note of every instrument shine through instead of the bass-heavy/sludgy sonic aesthetic they have going here (again) — but so it goes, and others will probably disagree with me.
Paradise Gallows, Brought to You by Axe Body Spray, comes out July 8th via Relapse. Catch them on tour with Withered; dates below.
Headline dates:
Apr 7 Johnson City, TN The Hideaway
Apr 8 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Apr 9 Athens, GA Caledonia Lounge
Apr 10 Nashville, TN The East Room
Apr 11 Knoxville, TN Pilot Light
Apr 12 Bloomington, IN The Bishop
Apr 13 Lexington, KY Best Friend Bar
Apr 15 Cincinnati, OH MOTR Pub
Apr 16 Pittsburgh, PA The Smiling Moose
Apr 17 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
Apr 18 Burlington, VT Nectar’s
Apr 19 Kingston, NY BSP Kingston
Apr 20 New Haven, CT BAR
Apr 21 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
with Withered:
Jul 5 Washington, DC DC9
Jul 6 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
Jul 8 Brooklyn, NY St Vitus
Jul 9 Boston, MA Great Scott
Jul 10 Buffalo, NY Waiting room
Jul 11 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Jul 12 Detroit, MI Pike Room
Jul 13 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Jul 14 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
Jul 15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Jul 16 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
Jul 19 Seattle, WA Barboza
Jul 20 Portland, OR Dour Fir
Jul 22 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
Jul 23 Glendale, CA Complex
Jul 24 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
Jul 25 Phoenix, AZ Rebel Lounge
Jul 28 San Antonio, TX Limelight
Jul 29 Austin, TX Sidewinder
Jul 30 Dallas, TX Three Links
Jul 31 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
Aug 1 Birmingham, AL Spring Street Firehouse
Aug 2 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Aug 3 Asheville, NC Mothlight