The extraordinarily sick Hudson Valley group Age Of Apocalypse arrived on the scene with a novel sales-pitch: What if a heavy hardcore band had a frontman who may really sing? They weren’t the primary band to current an thought like that, and you could possibly hear the inspiration that they took from ’90s bands like Life Of Agony. However singer Dylan Kaplowitz’s megaton bellow actually units the band aside nowadays, and you’ll really hear the distinction within the lead single from the band’s upcoming album.
Age Of Apocalypse’s first full-length, 2022’s Grim Knowledge, kicked a whole lot of ass, however they seem like they’re about to make an enormous leap with its follow-up. For the previous few years. AOA have been on the backburner, and band members have been busy with facet initiatives like Sentinel and Pillars Of Ivory. Now, Age Of Apocalypse unveil plans for his or her new album In Oblivion, which they recorded with heavy-music mastermind and Twitching Tongues/God’s Hate member Taylor Younger. Taylor’s brother Colin Younger sings on the album, as do Excessive Vis’ Graham Sayle and Demonstration Of Energy’s Shaun Alexander. However the primary focus appears to be Dylan Kaplowitz’s voice. That man goes off.
In Oblivion kicks off with the grand-scale epic “Mortal Coil.” It begins out quiet and tingly, and Kaplowitz actually leans into his eerie whine-croon. When the tune will get heavy, Kaplowitz’s voice surges and soars with multi-tracked grace. The top consequence sounds much less just like the work of a hardcore band, extra like Pallbearer again when Pallbearer generally received heavy. Kaplowitz additionally directed the tune’s moody video, which will get into occult-biker territory. In a press launch, Kaplowitz says:
“Mortal Coil” offers with the themes of loss and the way one navigates grief or betrayal. It expresses that all of us must comply with these paths of life, nevertheless troublesome, however we don’t must navigate these hardships alone… The music video follows a mom retelling the story of how she met the daddy of her daughter. Her retelling is form of mythic and embellished, which I really feel we are likely to do after we inform tales to youngsters. I undoubtedly simply ripped off a few of my favourite administrators shot-wise, and simply had a whole lot of enjoyable with it. Jack and I had been adamant about taking pictures on 16mm. I believe it pays homage to the music movies we noticed as youngsters from the ’90s and the way vibrant and textural they had been.
This spring, Age Of Apocalypse will play some dates with the heavy hardcore bands Desize and Cross Of Disbelief, they usually’ll additionally open a bunch of reveals on Excessive Vis and Militarie Gun’s upcoming tour. Beneath, take a look at the “Mortal Coil” video, the In Oblivion tracklist, and the band’s tour dates.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Mortal Coil”
02 “Most Struggling”
03 “Gilded Hatred”
04 “In Oblivion”
05 “Equalizer”
06 “Apocalypse Intro”
07 “Impulse”
08 “Snake Oil God”
09 “Image Of Mourning”
10 “Over Mine”
TOUR DATES:
4/04 – Newburgh, NY @ Untouchable
4/05 – Hollywood, FL @ American Legion Publish
4/07 – Pensacola, FL @ The Deal with Bar $
4/08 – Houston, TX @ White Swan $
4/09 – Dallas, TX @ Haltom Theater $
4/10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Ren’s Den $
4/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Kingdom Boxing $
4/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Underground $
4/13 – San Francisco, CA @ Neck of the Woods $
4/15 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s %
4/16 – Vancouver, BC @ Pearl %
4/17 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Corridor %
4/18 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Ballroom %
4/19 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ City Lounge %
4/20 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater %
4/21 – Des Moines, IA @ Lefty’s Stay %
4/22 – Kansas Metropolis, KS @ Bottleneck %
4/23 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway %
4/24 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East %
4/25 – Louisville, KY @ LDB Fest
4/26 – Detroit, MI @ Lincoln Manufacturing facility %
4/27 – Chicago, IL @ Backside Lounge %
4/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA %
4/30 – Boston, MA @ Center East %
5/01 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw %
5/02 – Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar %
5/03 – Durham, NC @ Motorco %
5/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade %
$ with Despize & Cross Of Disbelief
% with Excessive Vis & Militarie Gun
In Oblivion is out 5/23 on Closed Casket Actions.