The Gates Of Slumber

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The Gates of Slumber returns with a new album released in November on Svart Records. "I never intended to revive The Gates of Slumber in 2014. Even though I founded the band and wrote most of the first album, it was never meant to be a one man show." - Karl Simon, 2024. The legends of True Doom Metal from Indiana, The Gates of Slumber, return with their sixth album released in November via Svart Records. The self-titled album is the band's first full-length album since The Wretch in 2011. The Gates of Slumber was formed by Karl Simon in 1998. Various people joined and left the band between 1998 and 2001, when the demo Blood Encrusted Deth Axe was recorded with Jamie Walters aka Dr. Phibes/Athenar (Boulder, Midnight) on drums and bass. In 2003, Jason McCash took over bass duties and was a long-time member of the band until his untimely passing in 2014, after which Simon decided it was time to stop. That was until 2019, when the famous metal festival Hell Over Hammaburg wanted to bring the band back on stage to perform at the 2020 edition of the festival. Simon reformed the band with original member Chuck Brown on drums and Steve Janiak on bass and got back to work. "We had been asked several times to play at Hell Over Hammaburg. But there was no 'us' to play. The seed of the idea began. We started to relearn the songs from the first LP. Shortly after rehearsals, we began to propose new songs," says Simon. Once the reunion tour was over, Covid intervened to slow down the process. Half of the album was already written but the remaining half took its time, and the songs simmered in their juices. With heavy songs honoring the greats of Doom Metal Saint Vitus and Penance, simple bangers, lyrics inspired by Black Death and John Carpenter's The Fog, 'The Gates of Slumber' is a truly crushing album and a must-have for any Doom Metal fanatic. After touring with Pentagram, Reverend Bizarre, Cathedral, Slough Feg, Earthride, and Weedeater, in addition to being praised by Decibel Magazine as "The Gates of Slumber has quietly set out to become one of the best heavy metal bands in the world," it can be said without a doubt that The Gates of Slumber plays some of the heaviest metal on this planet.