May 15: HERON (Canadian sludge)

British Columbia's sludge doomsters HERON now have two songs streaming at the Bandcamp link below in anticipation of the May 15th, 2020 release of their album Time Immemorial. Featuring mostly painful, tortured, shrieking vocals, and the grooves to shake walls, the second album by the Canadians is easy to understand and enjoy. Heron, in some spots, kicks up the tempo to a more rocking groove, but overall the sludge crowds should be happy with this contribution to the genre. The official information below says that the band plans to tour a lot, and the band and fans will just to wait and see what happens with the present situation, but it looks like as soon they can, this band wants to be on road.

In the spring of 2014, HERON was conjured into being in a damp basement somewhere in East Vancouver, Canada. Combining four veterans of the independent music scene and a back-breaking amount of gear, HERON mixes post-rock textures with suffocating guitar riffs, dread-inspiring percussion, and agonizing sludge-metal vocals. To date, HERON has released two EPs and two full length albums of their own, as well as appeared on several compilations and splits. Each of HERON’s albums are available in a variety of media formats, including digital, cassette, compact disc, 7” vinyl, and 12” vinyl. These have been released independently and through partnerships with labels such as Sludgelord Records and Coup Sur Coup Records. HERON has toured extensively across Western Canada and played with such giants of the scene as High on Fire, Conan, Pallbearer, and Primitive Man. Continuing their relentless quest to play every venue that will let them have a bar tab, HERON has set their sights on Europe, Eastern Canada, and the Western United States with a Western U.S. tour planned for fall of 2020 and a European tour slated for early 2021. The album will be released on vinyl on May 15th.

heronsludge.bandcamp.com