Blood Vulture, the gothic sludge metal band helmed by ‘Two Minutes To Late Night‘ host Jordan Olds, released their debut album “Die Close” today, June 27th. Landing online in tandem with that record is the below music video for the title track. Olds said of the album as a whole:
“This is the first time I’ve ever released a piece of sincere art. Love it or hate it or think it’s okay, I sincerely appreciate anyone who takes the time to listen to it. Also, S/O Spider One from Powerman 5000 for calling out my comedy as a defense mechanism. Probably wouldn’t have made this if he didn’t cook me like that.”
As for this specific track, he added:
“This video was heavily inspired by Kathryn Bigelow‘s ‘Near Dark‘ and also a little bit by ‘The Lost Boys‘. I love that they are these sister Vampire movies from 1987 that have almost the same plot, but couldn’t be more beautifully different in style. This is a song about the universal pain of loss, but in reality I wrote about my dog and how I think about her passing a little bit every day to try to ease the pain of the day when she finally passes.
Every guest vocal you see on the chorus of the song was performed by one of my friends who also has a dog that they’d do anything for, so it meant a lot to me to have their voices on the track.”
The band will be a part of GWAR‘s 40th anniversary tour with Helmet and Dwaves this fall:
10/18 Salt Lake City, UT – Complex
10/20 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
10/22 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
10/23 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
10/24 Reno, NV – Virginia Street Brewhouse
10/25 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
10/26 Bend, OR – Midtown Ballroom
10/27 Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
10/29 Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
10/30 Penticton, BC – Penticton Trade & Convention Centre
10/31 Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
11/01 Edmonton, AB – Fan Park – Ice District
11/03 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
11/05 Denver, CO – Summit
11/06 Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
11/08 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
11/09 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
11/11 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
11/12 Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
11/13 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
11/15 Orlando, FL – Vans Warped Tour (openers vary)
11/16 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
11/18 Baltimore, MD – Nevermore Hall
11/19 Worcester, MA – Palladium
11/20 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
11/21 New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
11/22 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
Ahead of that, you can catch them out this August on the below trio of shows with Thursday & I Am The Avalanche:
08/06 Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall
08/07 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
08/08 Albany, NY – Lark Hall
