SHRINEBUILDER TO BRING PESTILENCE, WAR, FAMINE, AND DEATH… LIVE!
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 2:06pm by Gary Suarez
It should come as no surprise that we’re all pretty excited about Shrinebuilder here. And how could we not? It’s a fucking indie metal supergroup featuring Scott “Wino” Weinrich (Saint Vitus, The Obssessed), Scott Kelly (Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot), Al Cisneros (Sleep, Om, Asbestosdeath), and Dale Crover (Melvins, Altamont, Nirvana). Without hearing a single note–since the band has yet to release a single song–it is pretty much understood that its forthcoming self-titled debut shall destroy us all. I firmly belief that these men are the long promised Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Hopefully the particularly nasty bits in the Book of Revelation will take place after I get a chance to see the band play live. As of now, three Shrinebuilder shows have been announced, two on November 14 at The Empty Bottle in Chicago (one early, one late) and a third on November 15 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.
-GS
[Gary Suarez watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. He usually manages the consistently off-topic No Yoko No. Say, why don't you follow him on Twitter?]
Totally excited about this, with the people in this band it pretty much has to be something special. All we need now is some music.
I will follow anything that Scott Kelly and Wino touch.
How could this possibly not rule your fucking face?
Wino is a god. Dale Crover is a killer drummer with the Melvins. That’s where it all starts to fall apart, though, because Neurosis are fucking boring (I saw them live in ‘97 and they were just okay, and it’s been all downhill since Through Silver In Blood), Om are so boring they cease to be boring and drive me into a rage, and Crover’s other non-Melvins project, Altamont, was a nightmare. So there’s at least a 50/50 chance that this album will suck. The fun then will be watching all the droolers backpedal.
On the other hand, there’s a Gates Of Slumber album coming out that is world-crushingly great.
Respectfully disagree friend. I thought Sun That Never Sets and Eye of Every Storm were their best albums since the Souls at Zero era. But I’m with ya on Om. ZZZZZZ
pdf, watch what you say about the Almighty Neurosis.
“Indie Metal?”
Yes, metal dudes on indie labels.
Scott Kelly blog here:
http://weburnthroughthenight.blogspot.com/