Liturgy is a transcendental black metal band from Brooklyn, NY. Liturgy’s music is an ecstatic affirmation of becoming and an assault on the floating malaise of contemporary information-age life. The ebb and flow of their churning, swarming rhythms and melodies both models and fosters the eternal flux.
They draw influence from, and comparison to, products from many ages and disciplines – the solemn 11th century chants of Perotin, the allegorical prophecies of Blake, the apocalyptic vision of Scriabin, the mass-media spirituality of Jodorowsky, the cataclysmic transcendence of Glenn Branca’s post-minimalist collective no-wave drones.
But there is nothing eclectic about Liturgy’s music. They dig to the core of black metal to drink from its purest essence, only to create it anew, reinventing it as what it truly is by connecting it to a broader transcendental tradition.
Their debut full-length Renihilation presents a vision of a new American black metal, permanently held to the flame, searing with energy, purged of impurities and form, eternally glowing like a star.
-Pitchfork (7.8): “the aggressive ecstasy of Renihilation promises an exciting future– for Liturgy, and for us.†– Grayson Currin
-Rolling Stone Tweet SXSW – “Hypnotic, occassionally blissful black metal; even more bonechilling in tight quarters.†– Chris Weingarten
-Time Out NY: “This visionary black-metal outfit could not have emerged at a better timeâ€
-CMJ.com: “…a conflicting feeling of fear and admittance will make you realize this is the black metal album of the decade.†(on Renihilation)
-NY Times: “…in all its rush and speed there’s an unlikely serenity.†-Ben Ratliff
-All Music Guide: “This is black metal that doesn’t waste time with pagan or satanic bluster, but goes straight for the transcendence that pure music can offerâ€
-Village Voice: “Through their own brand of growling, gnarling, lighting fast black-grind, Liturgy try to find euphoria through dissonance, repetition and volume—turning metal nightmares into something ready for the Dream House.â€
US Tour Dates
7/7 – Philadelphia PA – Pilam w/ Child Abuse
7/8 – Baltimore MD – Golden West Café w/ Child Abuse
7/9 – Richmond – VA – The Triple w/ Child Abuse
7/10 – Columbia SC – Art Shack w/ Child Abuse
7/11 – Asheville NC – Static Age Records w/ Child Abuse
7/12 Nashville TN – Little Hamilton w/ Child Abuse
7/13 Chicago IL – Empty Bottle w/ Child Abuse
7/14 – Minneapolis MN – 7th Street Entry w/ Child Abuse
7/17 – Anacortes WA – What The Heck Fest @ Port of Anacortes Warehouse
7/18/2010 – Seattle WA – The Morgue
7/19 – Olympia WA – Northern Olympia
7/20 – Portland OR – Dante’s
7/21 – San Francisco CA – Hemlock Tavern
7/22 – Visalia – CA – The Cellar Door w/ Sleepy Sun & Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound
7/23 – Los Angeles CA – Spaceland w/ Sleepy Sun & Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound
7/24 – Los Angeles CA – Synch
7/25 – San Diego CA – Casbah w/ Sleepy Sun & Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound
7/27 – San Antonio TX – Night Rocker: LIVE
7/28 – Houston TX – Mango’s
7/29 – Austin TX – Emo’s Inside Room
7/30 – Dallas TX – The Nightmare
7/31 – Oklahoma City OK – The Conservatory
8/2 – Kansas City MO – Riot Room
8/3 – St Louis MO – Cicero’s
8/4 – Cincinnati OH – Comet Tavern
8/5 – Dayton OH – South Park Tavern
8/6 – Pittsburgh PA – 31st Street Pub
