Punishing Perth doom outfit Drowning Horse are proud to announce their first Australian Tour in support of their second album Sheltering Sky, presented by Art As Catharsis, FALSExIDOL Records and life is noise:
Drowning Horse Sheltering Sky Australian tour
October 30 –The Rosemount, Perth
w/ Space Bong, Craig McElhinney and Alzabo
October 31 – Mojos, Fremantle
w/ Space Bong, Foxes and Self Harm
November 5 – Crowbar, Brisbane
w/ Carnal Urge, Ripped Off, Frown and IDYLLS
November 6 – The Curtin, Melbourne
w/ Gentlemen, Mutton, Whitehorse and Scab Eater
November 7 – The Tote, Melbourne
w/ Space Bong, Extinct Exist, Contaminated and Tombsealer
November 8 – Newtown Social Club, Sydney
w/ We Lost The Sea, Thorax and Jxckxlz
First things first: Drowning Horse are heavy, and Sheltering Sky is probably the heaviest record you’ll hear all year. In their short history, the Perth outfit have mastered the art of massive weight, imbuing every aspect of their sound with unmatchable immensity. And in that heaviness lies something primal – something earthshaking and bone-rattling and so vital it strikes at the heart of the human condition in its most bleak and fragile state.
Channeling the monumental heft of Neurosis and the reflective meditations of Earth, Drowning Horse are the sound of the ground ripping apart and the aftermath that follows catastrophe. With their complex marriage of blackened drone, doom, sludge, crust and metal, Drowning Horse have crafted something unto itself – something so powerful and emotionally demanding it’s physically exhausting to hear. Rest assured, this is not easy listening: this is music for extreme moods and extreme conditions, and on Sheltering Sky, Drowning Horse have refined their ability to channel those extremes.
To see and hear and feel Drowning Horse in the flesh is to bear witness to an unholy communion – to feel every inch of anatomy jolted and disturbed by the tectonic weight of the dirge emerging from the stage. With the band now split between coasts, Drowning Horse shows are rarer than ever, making this an experience you do not want to miss.
The Guinness of Perth metal. – The West Australian
Every guitar strum is a glacier of scalding-hot mud; every drum hit is a meteor. Nothing happens without tremendous weight and impact. – Cool Perth Nights
Drowning Horse are unmistakably the heaviest thing since concrete dinosaurs roamed the earth. – The Music
This is doom metal distilled to its very essence: punishing, primitive and miserable; a dark onward death march of despair that is as hypnotic as it is relentless. – Metal Obsession