Photo credit: Chris Bauer
Rick Giordano (The Lion’s Daughter) recently introduced his new, post black metal/Western Americana project, Blood Mother. The second single, “The Wound of Heaven,” has now been unveiled, along with a visualizer video. It is taken from an upcoming, self-titled studio album, due on June 14. Watch it below and read more.
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Composer Rick Giordano comments, ““The Wound of Heaven” is about finding beauty and comfort in watching a cruel and horrible world being torn apart. The sky splits open and the violent destruction brings only serenity. Or maybe it’s just about pussy.”
Forged in themes of isolation, paranoia, violence and terror, dark and synth-driven ambience coalesces with bouts of chaotic and desperate black metal, while also honing in on the grit and desolation that was no doubt inspired by Giordano’s upbringing in the rugged American heartlands. Combined with the commanding aggression of Giordano’s vocal attack, Blood Mother offers the score to your own personal horror film.
Giordano is accompanied on this self titled debut album by Erik Ramsier, long time drummer and percussionist for the Lion’s Daughter, with artwork by renowned graphic novelist The Salamander King.
Blood Mother tracklisting:
01 The Night Fires
02 Bonecanter
03 Trail Of The Screaming Dead
04 The Wound Of Heaven
05 Lost In Thunder
06 Pulled Apart
Blood Mother isn’t just a reboot, but rather a reinvention. While it still draws from many of The Lion’s Daughter’s original influences, and therefore, the project also defies generic classification much like its predecessor, Blood Mother is still a clear evolution from what came before. “After 18 years of releasing music and touring the world, the daughter had to die so that the mother could live,” explains Giordano of the new project.
As a fully independent entity, Blood Mother has no chains, no bounds, and no master. Self-releasing this project with the help of world renowned independent artist manager Wolf Mountain Productions, Giordano is paving his own path and asserting his dominance over the oppressive music industry. Like a renegade cowboy, he joins the ranks of other modern artists who have abandoned all standards and practices to usher in a new era of artist ownership and DIY supremacy.
“I’ve never been a person that neatly fits in with any group, or made music that neatly fits into any category, so it just makes sense to operate independently,” Giordano explains. “I also look at the current state of the music and most of the bands that are popular now, and think why the fuck would I want anything to do with that?”
Like a ghost riding out from the desert, Blood Mother is here to paint the town a shade of red found only in Hell… before burning it all to the ground.
Lineup:
Rick Giordano – Guitar, bass, synth, vocals
Erik Ramsier – Drums
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