THE GATES OF SLUMBER: Performance Footage Of New Song Available

January 28, 2011

Fan-filmed video footage of Indianapolis, Indiana doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER performing a brand new song from their upcoming album, "The Wretch", on November 7, 2010 at Underground in Cologne, Germany can be viewed below.

"The Wretch" was recorded at England's Orgone Studios with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano (GHOST, ANGEL WITCH). A spring release via Rise Above Records is expected.

THE GATES OF SLUMBER last year announced the addition of drummer "Cool Clyde" Paradis to the group's ranks. A New Orleans native and Hurricane Katrina survivor, Paradis joined THE GATES OF SLUMBER hot off stints in SOURVEIN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE and the New Orleans blues act T-BONE AND THE RHYTHM MAKERS.

A photo of the new lineup can be viewed below.

"The new music is taking on a more troglodyte doom metal feel," exclaimed THE GATES OF SLUMBER frontman/guitarist Karl Simon. "With Clyde now in the band, the feel of things was bound to change; he's not only a different drummer, but from a totally different school of thought with regards to the drums. It's no secret that SAINT VITUS' shuddering doom crawl was the root that inspired this band and we'd both felt that over three albums we'd taken the raw epic feel as far as we could. Now, it's time to get back to basics, shed some of the bulk and get ugly again. No warriors this time, no acoustic guitars, no keyboards, no lofty Nietzschean ideals. Just black bile and a bit of the old 'white magic; black magic.'"

THE GATES OF SLUMBER last fall completed a European tour as hand-picked support for legendary doom rock band CATHEDRAL. Additionally, THE GATES OF SLUMBER has been confirmed as one of the featured acts for the 2011 Roadburn festival, set to take place April 14-16 in Tilburg, Holland.

Weaned on BLACK SABBATH, ST. VITUS, the melodic might of IRON MAIDEN and a host of classic bands from THIN LIZZY to RAINBOW to MERCYFUL FATE, THE GATES OF SLUMBER draws deep from heavy metal's most powerful blood and delivers doom metal in its purest form. The band has been called "a breath of fresh air within the doom / true metal underground." The trio's powerful songwriting and instrumental skull-crushing is heavy and chillingly bleak in an almost unrelenting way that hasn't been heard since JUDAS PRIEST's heyday ("Sad Wings of Destiny", "Sin After Sin", etc.). Displaying a powerful focus and direction, THE GATES OF SLUMBER is at once powerfully compelling, tight in its grooves and unrivaled in its sheer power.

In addition to Simon and Paradis, THE GATES OF SLUMBER features bassist Jason McCash.

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