Gothic Americana black metallers, Wayfarer, have just released their latest single from the upcoming American Gothic album. “A High Plains Eulogy” comes with a video directed by Alex Pace, and is the third track revealed from the longplayer, due out October 27th, via Profound Lore (USA)//Century Media Records (EU). Check it out in the article below.
Pre-order American Gothic here.
Shane McCarthy (vocals/guitars) comments as follows:
“”A High Plains Eulogy” is one of the more stripped down and somber moments on the record. It’s a moody vision of the American frontier, serving a bit as a requiem for an idea that is slipping through one’s hands lost to time.”
“The video, captured by our longtime collaborator Alex Pace, paints the stark and empty beauty of the Colorado plains, and the Rocky Mountains, where the rock formations of the land serve as its own tombstones. The visuals are a perfect accompaniment to this dark little folksong. It tells of tragedy and sits in the middle of American Gothic, fully fleshing out the record’s more personal facets.“
In case you’ve missed it, here are the videos for their previous singles:
“False Constellation” https://youtu.be/XyDmbLvvnjk
“To Enter My House Justified” https://youtu.be/9qGDuElSobk
American Gothic tracklisting:
01 The Thousand Tombs Of Western Promise
02 The Cattle Thief
03 Reaper On The Oilfields
04 To Enter My House Justified
05 A High Plains Eulogy
06 1934
07 Black Plumes Over God’s Country
08 False Constellation
The album is available in the following versions:
Worn-Steel Silver Vinyl w/ Newspaper-look Booklet
Ltd. CD Digipak w/ Poster Booklet
More about Wayfarer:
Wayfarer is the pre-eminent Western American Metal band. Comprised of four black clad players from Denver, Colorado, the band creates a thunderous and uniquely American genre of metal all to their own.
After ten years of existence, the band presents American Gothic – a defining statement of Western heavy music that explores the dark soul of the nation itself. This time working alongside accomplished producer Arthur Rizk (Eternal Champion, Kreator), the band brings an aggressive and expansive vision to life in a new full-length LP.
Led by powerful riffing, bleak melodic sensibilities, and pointed songwriting, this record serves as a funeral for the American dream. Caked in dust, and buried deep in blood and gunpowder, it paints a brutal and beautiful portrait, and sees Wayfarer elevate their unique and genuine brand of metal to new heights.
“What we have now is a world full of oil drillers, and railroad barons. Cattle thieves and company men. This is the new American Gothic.”
Wayfarer line-up:
Shane McCarthy – Guitars, Vocals
Isaac Faulk – Drums, Keys
Jamie Hansen – Bass, Vocals
Joe Strong-Truscelli – Guitars
Follow Wayfarer:
www.instagram.com/wayfarercolorado
www.facebook.com/wayfarercolorado
www.wayfarercolorado.bandcamp.com