Oakland sludge practitioners BRAINOIL — featuring current and past members of Deathgrave, Laudanum, Graves At Sea, Stormcrow, Grimple, and Watch Them Die, among others — have booked a pair of Pacific Northwest appearances this May which will find them sharing the stages with the likes of Hell and Dark Castle in Portland, and Bell Witch and Fetid in Seattle. Later in the month the band will play The Elbo Room in Oakland with labelmates Kicker and Alone. Additional live abrasions are in the plotting stages.
BRAINOIL released their long-anticipated Singularity To Extinction full-length last fall via Tankcrimes. Their first output since 2011’s punishing Death Of This Dry Season was captured at Earhammer Studios by bassist/vocalist Greg Wilkinson (Deathgrave, ex-Laudanum, ex-Graves At Sea), mastered at Audisiege by Brad Boatright (Tragedy, Necrot), and offers up seven ravenous hymns of gnarly audio antagonism all swathed in the apocalyptic cover art of John Santos (Torche, Neurosis, Irata, Noisear). Infusing their signature sludge with unorthodox time signatures, Singularity To Extinction stands as BRAINOIL’s fastest, crustiest, and most monolithic offering to date.
Singularity To Extinction is available on CD, limited LP, and digital formats via Tankcrimes. For CD preorders go to THIS LOCATION. For vinyl go HERE and for digital purchases, go HERE where the record can be streamed in its entirety.
BRAINOIL:
5/03/2019 Tonic Lounge – Portland, OR w/ Hell, Dark Castle [info]
5/04/2019 Highline – Seattle, WA w/ Bell Witch, Fetid [info]
5/17/2019 The Elbo Room – Oakland, CA w/ Kicker, Alone