UK death metal upstarts Venom Prison are still riding high on the glory of sophomore album Samsara, released earlier this year on Prosthetic. In between shows, the hard-touring band found time to record a live session at Vagrant Studios with Tom Dring, the same producer on Samsara and its predecessor, Animus.
In the video, Venom Prison rip through particularly nasty renditions of “Uterine Industrialization,” “Matriphagy,” “Asura’s Realm” and “Implementing the Metaphysics of Morals.” The South Wales quintet’s hardcore influences are extremely noticeable in the session, blending with their death metal riffs.
“Vagrant is like a second home to the artists who record there,” Venom Prison tell Decibel of the session. “We have worked with Tom on both our records and so when the opportunity arose to do a live session, Vagrant felt like the right place. We have created some of our best work in Vagrant. Most of the material that those attending shows have heard was recorded right there between those four walls, so to play the tracks back to back in there is quite a unique memory. Dring engineered the session and anyone who has recorded at Vagrant knows that when he is behind the controls, the results are guaranteed to be explosive.”
Check it out below. Samsara is available now.
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09/14 – Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martinière *^
09/15 – Waterford, NY – Chrome *^
09/16 – Somerville, MA – Once Ballroom *^
09/18 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus Bar *^
09/19 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Smiling Moose *^
09/20 – Indianapolis, IN – The Citadel *
09/21 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary *
09/22 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge *
09/24 – Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room *
09/25 – Denver, CO – Larmier Lounge *
09/26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ^^
09/27 – Boise, ID – The Shredder ^^
09/28 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon (Funhouse) ^^
09/29 – Portland, OR – Paris Theatre ^^
10/01 – Orangevale, CA – The Boardwalk ^^
10/02 – Los Angeles, CA – Five Star Bar ^^
10/03 – Las Vegas, NV – American Legion Post 8 ^^
10/04 – Mesa, AZ – Club Red ^^
10/06 – Dallas, TX – Club DaDa ^^
10/07 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall ^^
10/08 – Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live ^^
10/09 – New Orleans, LA – Santos ^^
10/10 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade ^^
10/11 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 ^^
10/12 – Washington, DC – The Pinch ^^
10/13 – Amityville, NY – Revolution ^^
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